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NAME

       osage - filter for drawing clustered graphs

SYNOPSIS

       osage [-(G|N|E)name=value] [-Tlang] [-llibfile] [-ooutfile] [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       osage draws clustered graphs. As input, it takes any graph in the dot format. It draws the
       graph recursively. At each level, there will be a collection of nodes and a collection  of
       cluster  subgraphs.  The internals of each cluster subgraph are laid out, then the cluster
       subgraphs and nodes at the current level are positioned relative to each  other,  treating
       each cluster subgraph as a node.

       At  each  level,  the  nodes  and  cluster subgraphs are viewed as rectangles to be packed
       together. At present, edges are  ignored  during  packing.   Packing  is  done  using  the
       standard  packing functions. In particular, the graph attributes pack and packmode control
       the layout.  Each graph and cluster can specify  its  own  values  for  these  attributes.
       Remember also that a cluster inherits its attribute values from its parent graph.

       After  all  nodes  and  clusters,  edges  are  routed  based  on  the value of the splines
       attribute.

OUTPUT FORMATS

       Osage uses an extensible plugin mechanism for its output renderers, so to see what  output
       formats  your  installation of osage supports you can use ``osage -Txxx'' (where xxx is an
       unlikely format) and check the warning  message.   Also,  The  plugin  mechanism  supports
       multiple  implementations of the output formats.  To see what variants are available, use,
       for example: ``osage -Tpng:'' and to force a particular variant, use, for example: ``osage
       -Tpng:gd''

       Traditionally,  osage  supports the following: -Tps (PostScript), -Tsvg -Tsvgz (Structured
       Vector Graphics), -Tfig (XFIG graphics),  -Tmif  (FrameMaker  graphics),  -Thpgl  (HP  pen
       plotters), and -Tpcl (Laserjet printers), -Tpng -Tgif (bitmap graphics), -Tdia (GTK+ based
       diagrams), -Timap (imagemap files for httpd servers for each node or edge that has a  non‐
       null  "href"  attribute.),  -Tcmapx  (client‐side  imagemap  for  use  in html and xhtml).
       Additional  less  common  or  more  special‐purpose  output  formats  can  be   found   at
       http://www.graphviz.org/cvs/doc/info/output.html.)

       Alternative  plugins  providing  support  for  a given output format can be found from the
       error message resulting from appending a ':' to the format. e.g. -Tpng: The  first  plugin
       listed is always the default.

GRAPH FILE LANGUAGE

       Here  is  a  synopsis  of  the  graph file language, normally using the extension .gv, for
       graphs:

       [strict] (graph|digraph) name { statement‐list }
       Is the top level graph. If the graph is strict then multiple edges are not allowed between
       the same pairs of nodes.  If it is a directed graph, indicated by digraph, then the edgeop
       must be "->". If it is an undirected graph then the edgeop must be "--".   Statements  may
       be:

       name=val;
       node [name=val];
       edge [name=val];
       Set  default  graph,  node,  or  edge  attribute name to val.  Any subgraph, node, or edge
       appearing after this inherits the new default attributes.

       n0 [name0=val0,name1=val1,...]; Creates node n0 (if it does not already  exist)  and  sets
       its attributes according to the optional list.

       n0 edgeop n1 edgeop ... edgeop nn [name0=val0,name1=val1,...];
       Creates  edges  between  nodes  n0, n1, ..., nn and sets their attributes according to the
       optional list.  Creates nodes as necessary.

       [subgraph name] { statement‐list }
       Creates a subgraph.  Subgraphs may be used in place of n0, ..., nn in the above statements
       to  create  edges.   [subgraph  name] is optional; if missing, the subgraph is assigned an
       internal name.

       Comments may be /*C‐like*/ or //C++‐like.

       Attribute names and  values  are  ordinary  (C‐style)  strings.   The  following  sections
       describe attributes that control graph layout.

GRAPH ATTRIBUTES

       size="x,y" sets bounding box of drawing in inches.

       page="x,y" sets the PostScript pagination unit.

       ratio=f  sets  the  aspect  ratio to f which may be a floating point number, or one of the
       keywords fill, compress, or auto.

       pagedir=[TBLR][TBLR] sets the major and minor order of pagination.

       rotate=90 sets landscape mode.  (orientation=land is backward compatible but obsolete.)

       center=n a non‐zero value centers the drawing on the page.

       layers="id:id:id:id" is a  sequence  of  layer  identifiers  for  overlay  diagrams.   The
       PostScript array variable layercolorseq sets the assignment of colors to layers. The least
       index is 1 and each element must be a  3‐element  array  to  be  interpreted  as  a  color
       coordinate.

       color=colorvalue sets foreground color (bgcolor for background).

       href="url"  the default url for image map files; in PostScript files, the base URL for all
       relative URLs, as recognized by Acrobat Distiller 3.0 and up.

       URL="url" ("URL" is a synonym for "href".)

       stylesheet="file.css" includes a reference to a stylesheet in -Tsvg  and  -Tsvgz  outputs.
       Ignored by other formats.

       splines.  If set to true, edges are drawn as splines.  If set to polyline, edges are drawn
       as polylines.  If set to ortho, edges are drawn as orthogonal polylines.  In all of  these
       cases,  the  nodes  may not overlap.  If splines=false or splines=line, edges are drawn as
       line segments.  The default is false.

NODE ATTRIBUTES

       height=d or width=d sets minimum height or width.  Adding fixedsize=true forces  these  to
       be the actual size (text labels are ignored).

       shape=record polygon epsf builtin_polygon
       builtin_polygon  is  one  of:  plaintext  ellipse  oval  circle  egg  triangle box diamond
       trapezium parallelogram house hexagon octagon note tab  box3d  component.   (Polygons  are
       defined  or  modified  by  the  following  node  attributes:  regular, peripheries, sides,
       orientation, distortion and skew.)  epsf uses the node's shapefile attribute as  the  path
       name of an external EPSF file to be automatically loaded for the node shape.

       label=text  where  text  may  include escaped newlines \n, \l, or \r for center, left, and
       right justified lines.  The string '\N' value will be replaced  by  the  node  name.   The
       string '\G' value will be replaced by the graph name.  Record labels may contain recursive
       box lists delimited by { | }.  Port identifiers in labels are set off by angle brackets  <
       >.  In the graph file, use colon (such as, node0:port28).

       fontsize=n sets the label type size to n points.

       fontname=name sets the label font family name.

       color=colorvalue  sets  the  outline color, and the default fill color if style=filled and
       fillcolor is not specified.

       fillcolor=colorvalue sets the  fill  color  when  style=filled.   If  not  specified,  the
       fillcolor when style=filled defaults to be the same as the outline color.

       fontcolor=colorvalue sets the label text color.

       A colorvalue may be "h,s,v" (hue, saturation, brightness) floating point numbers between 0
       and 1, or an X11 color name such as white black red green  blue  yellow  magenta  cyan  or
       burlywood, or a "#rrggbb" (red, green, blue, 2 hex characters each) value.

       style=filled solid dashed dotted bold invis or any Postscript code.

       layer=id  or  id:id  or  "all"  sets  the node's active layers.  The empty string means no
       layers (invisible).

       The following attributes apply only to polygon shape nodes:

       regular=n if n is non‐zero then the polygon is made regular, i.e. symmetric  about  the  x
       and   y   axis,   otherwise   the  polygon  takes  on  the  aspect  ratio  of  the  label.
       builtin_polygons that are  not  already  regular  are  made  regular  by  this  attribute.
       builtin_polygons  that  are  already  regular  are not affected (i.e.  they cannot be made
       asymmetric).

       peripheries=n sets the number of periphery lines drawn around  the  polygon.   This  value
       supersedes the number of periphery lines of builtin_polygons.

       sides=n  sets  the  number  of  sides  to  the  polygon.  n<3 results in an ellipse.  This
       attribute is ignored by builtin_polygons.

       orientation=f sets the orientation of the first apex of the polygon counterclockwise  from
       the vertical, in degrees.  f may be a floating point number.  The orientation of labels is
       not affected by this attribute.  This attribute is added to  the  initial  orientation  of
       builtin_polygons.

       distortion=f  sets  the amount of broadening of the top and narrowing of the bottom of the
       polygon (relative to its orientation).  Floating  point  values  between  -1  and  +1  are
       suggested.  This attribute is ignored by builtin_polygons.

       skew=f  sets  the  amount  of  right‐displacement  of the top and left‐displacement of the
       bottom of the polygon (relative to its orientation).  Floating point values between -1 and
       +1 are suggested.  This attribute is ignored by builtin_polygons.

       href="url"  sets  the  url  for  the  node  in  imagemap,  PostScript  and SVG files.  The
       substrings '\N' and '\G' are substituted  in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  node  label
       attribute.  Additionally the substring '\L' is substituted with the node label string.

       URL="url" ("URL" is a synonym for "href".)

       target="target" is a target string for client‐side imagemaps and SVG, effective when nodes
       have a URL.  The target string is used to determine which window of the  browser  is  used
       for  the  URL.   Setting  it  to  "_graphviz" will open a new window if it doesn't already
       exist, or reuse it if it does.  If the target string is empty, the default, then no target
       attribute  is included in the output.  The substrings '\N' and '\G' are substituted in the
       same manner as  for  the  node  label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring  '\L'  is
       substituted with the node label string.

       tooltip="tooltip"  is  a  tooltip string for client‐side imagemaps and SVG, effective when
       nodes have a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to be the same as  the  label  string,  but
       this  attribute permits nodes without labels to still have tooltips thus permitting denser
       graphs.  The substrings '\N' and '\G' are substituted in the same manner as for  the  node
       label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring  '\L'  is substituted with the node label
       string.

EDGE ATTRIBUTES

       label=text where text may include escaped newlines \n, \l, or \r for  centered,  left,  or
       right  justified  lines.  If the substring '\T' is found in a label it will be replaced by
       the tail_node name.  If the substring '\H' is found in a label it will be replaced by  the
       head_node  name.   If the substring '\E' value is found in a label it will be replaced by:
       tail_node_name->head_node_name If the substring '\G' is  found  in  a  label  it  will  be
       replaced by the graph name.  or by: tail_node_name--head_node_name for undirected graphs.

       fontsize=n sets the label type size to n points.

       fontname=name sets the label font family name.

       fontcolor=colorvalue sets the label text color.

       style=solid dashed dotted bold invis

       color=colorvalue sets the line color for edges.

       color=colorvaluelist  a  ':' separated list of colorvalue creates parallel edges, one edge
       for each color.

       dir=forward back both none controls arrow direction.

       tailclip,headclip=false disables endpoint shape clipping.

       href="url" sets the url  for  the  node  in  imagemap,  PostScript  and  SVG  files.   The
       substrings  '\T',  '\H',  '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the same manner as for the edge
       label attribute.  Additionally the substring '\L'  is  substituted  with  the  edge  label
       string.

       URL="url" ("URL" is a synonym for "href".)

       target="target" is a target string for client‐side imagemaps and SVG, effective when edges
       have a URL.  If the target string is empty, the  default,  then  no  target  attribute  is
       included  in  the output.  The substrings '\T', '\H', '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the
       same manner as  for  the  edge  label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring  '\L'  is
       substituted with the edge label string.

       tooltip="tooltip"  is a tooltip string for client‐side imagemaps effective when edges have
       a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to  be  the  same  as  the  edge  label  string.   The
       substrings  '\T',  '\H',  '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the same manner as for the edge
       label attribute.  Additionally the substring '\L'  is  substituted  with  the  edge  label
       string.

       arrowhead,arrowtail=none,  normal,  inv, dot, odot, invdot, invodot, tee, empty, invempty,
       open, halfopen, diamond, odiamond, box, obox, crow.

       arrowsize (norm_length=10,norm_width=5, inv_length=6,inv_width=7,dot_radius=2)

       headlabel,taillabel=string for  port  labels.   labelfontcolor,labelfontname,labelfontsize
       for head and tail labels.  The substrings '\T', '\H', '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the
       same manner as  for  the  edge  label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring  '\L'  is
       substituted with the edge label string.

       headhref="url"  sets the url for the head port in imagemap, PostScript and SVG files.  The
       substrings '\T', '\H', '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the same manner as  for  the  edge
       label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring  '\L'  is substituted with the edge label
       string.

       headURL="url" ("headURL" is a synonym for "headhref".)

       headtarget="headtarget" is a target string for client‐side imagemaps  and  SVG,  effective
       when  edge  heads  have a URL.  The headtarget string is used to determine which window of
       the browser is used for the URL.  If the headtarget string is  empty,  the  default,  then
       headtarget  defaults to the same value as target for the edge.  The substrings '\T', '\H',
       '\E' and '\G' are substituted in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  edge  label  attribute.
       Additionally the substring '\L' is substituted with the edge label string.

       headtooltip="tooltip"  is  a  tooltip string for client‐side imagemaps effective when head
       ports have a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to be the same  as  the  headlabel  string.
       The  substrings  '\T',  '\H',  and '\E' are substituted in the same manner as for the edge
       label attribute.  Additionally the substring '\L'  is  substituted  with  the  edge  label
       string.

       tailhref="url"  sets the url for the tail port in imagemap, PostScript and SVG files.  The
       substrings '\T', '\H', '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the same manner as  for  the  edge
       label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring  '\L'  is substituted with the edge label
       string.

       tailURL="url" ("tailURL" is a synonym for "tailhref".)

       tailtarget="tailtarget" is a target string for client‐side imagemaps  and  SVG,  effective
       when  edge  tails  have a URL.  The tailtarget string is used to determine which window of
       the browser is used for the URL.  If the tailtarget string is  empty,  the  default,  then
       tailtarget  defaults to the same value as target for the edge.  The substrings '\T', '\H',
       '\E' and '\G' are substituted in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  edge  label  attribute.
       Additionally the substring '\L' is substituted with the edge label string.

       tailtooltip="tooltip"  is  a  tooltip string for client‐side imagemaps effective when tail
       ports have a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to be the same  as  the  taillabel  string.
       The  substrings  '\T',  '\H',  '\E' and '\G' are substituted in the same manner as for the
       edge label attribute.  Additionally the substring '\L' is substituted with the edge  label
       string.

       labeldistance and port_label_distance set distance; also labelangle (in degrees CCW)

       decorate draws line from edge to label.

       samehead,sametail  aim  edges  having  the  same value to the same port, using the average
       landing point.

       layer=id or id:id or "all" sets the edge's active  layers.   The  empty  string  means  no
       layers (invisible).

       (neato‐specific attributes)
       w=f  sets  the weight (spring constant) of an edge to the given floating point value.  The
       default is 1.0; greater values make the edge tend more toward its optimal length.

       len=f sets the optimal length of an edge.  The default is 1.0.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

       -G sets a default graph attribute.
       -N sets a default node attribute.
       -E sets a default edge attribute.  Example: -Gsize="7,8" -Nshape=box -Efontsize=8

       -lfile loads custom PostScript library files.   Usually  these  define  custom  shapes  or
       styles.  If -l is given by itself, the standard library is omitted.

       -Tlang sets the output language as described above.

       -O automatically generate output filenames based on the input filename and the -T format.

       -v (verbose) prints various information useful for debugging.

       -V (version) prints version information and exits.

       -? prints the usage and exits.

EXAMPLES

       digraph test123 {
               pack=8
               subgraph cluster0 {
                 packmode=array
                 x y x0 y0 x1
                 subgraph cluster1 {
                   m n
                 }
               }
               b [shape=box];
               c [label="hello\nworld",color=blue,fontsize=24,
                    fontname="Palatino-Italic",fontcolor=red,style=filled];
               a -> z
               x -> z
               a -> b -> c;
               a -> {x y};
               edge [style=dashed,color=red];
               b -> x;
       }

AUTHORS

       Emden R. Gansner <erg@research.att.com>

SEE ALSO

       This  man  page  contains  only  a small amount of the information related to the Graphviz
       layout    programs.    The    most    complete    information    can    be    found     at
       http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation.php, especially in the on‐line reference pages. Most
       of these documents are also available in the doc and doc/info subtrees in the  source  and
       binary distributions.

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                                           27 May 2009                                   OSAGE(1)