GVCOLOR(1) User Commands GVCOLOR(1)

NAME

gvcolor - flow colors through a ranked digraph

SYNOPSIS

gvcolor [ files ]

USAGE

dot file.gv | gvcolor | dot -T<format>

DESCRIPTION

gvcolor (previously known as colorize) is a filter that sets node
colors from initial seed values. Colors flow along edges from tail
to head, and are averaged (as HSB vectors) at nodes. The graph must
already have been processed by dot. Appropriate choice of initial
colors yields drawings in which node colors help to emphasize logical
relationships between nodes, even when they are spread far apart in
the layout.

Initial colors must be set externally, using the color attribute of a
node. It is often effective to assign colors to a few key source or
sink nodes, manually setting their colors by editing the graph file.
Color names are as in dot(1): symbolic names or RGB triples. It is
best to choose some easily-distinguished but related colors; not
necessarily spaced evenly around the color wheel. For example,
blue_green, green, and light_yellow looks better than red, green,
blue.

Certain graph attributes control the gvcolor algorithm. flow=back
reverses the flow of colors from heads to tails. saturation=.1,.9
(or any two numbers between 0 and 1) adjusts the color saturation
linearly from least to greatest rank. If Defcolor is set, this color
value is applied to any node not otherwise colored.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0 Successful completion.

1 If nodes of the graph do not possess a ``pos'' attribute.

BUGS

It would be nice to make the program work without relying on an
initial pass through dot.

AUTHORS

Stephen C. North <north@research.att.com>
Emden R. Gansner <erg@research.att.com>

SEE ALSO

gc(1), dot(1), gvpr(1), ccomps(1), sccmap(1), tred(1), libgraph(3)

21 March 2001 GVCOLOR(1)