GVPACK(1)GVPACK(1)NAMEgvpack - merge and pack disjoint graphs
SYNOPSISgvpack [ -nguv? ] [ -mmargin ] [ -array[_flags][n] ] [ -ooutfile ] [
-Gname=value ] [ files ]
DESCRIPTIONgvpack reads in a stream of graphs, combines the graphs into a single
layout, and produces a single graph serving as the union of the input
graphs. The input graphs must be in dot format, and must have all nec‐
essary layout information. Acceptable input is produced by applying a
Graphviz layout program, such as dot or neato, with no -T flag.
By default, the packing is done at the cluster level. Thus, parts of
one graph will not intrude into any top‐level clusters or overlap any
nodes or edges of another.
The output of gvpack can be used to produce concrete output by applying
neato -s -n2 with the desired -T flag.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-g Combines the graphs at the graph level. This uses more space,
but prevents parts of one graph from occurring between parts of
another.
-array[_flags][n]
Combines the graphs at the graph level, placing them in an
array. By default, the layout is done in row-major order. The
number of columns used is roughly the square root of the number
of graphs. If the optional integer n is supplied, this indicates
the number of columns to use.
If optional flags are supplied, these consist of an underscore followed
by any of the letters "c", "t", "b", "l", "r" or "u". If "c" is
supplied, the graphs are packed in column-major order, in which
case a final integer specifies the number of rows. The flags
"t", "b", "l", "r" indicate that components are aligned along
the top, bottom, left or right, respectively. The "u" flag
indicates that the insertion order is based on the sortv
attribute attached to each graph.
-Gname=value
Specifies attributes to be added to the resulting union graph.
For example, this can be used to specify a graph label.
-mmargin
Packs the graphs allowing a margin of output points around the
parts.
-n Combines the graphs at the node level. Clusters are ignored in
the packing.
-ooutput
Prints output to the file output. If not given, gvpack uses std‐
out.
-u Don't pack the graphs. Just combine them into a single graph.
-v Verbose mode.
-? Prints usage information and exit.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
files Names of files containing 1 or more graphs in dot format. If
no files operand is specified, the standard input will be used.
RETURN CODESgvpack returns 0 if there were no problems, and non‐zero otherwise.
EXAMPLES
ccomps -x abc.gv | dot | gvpack | neato -s -n2 -Tps
This pipeline decomposes the graph in abc.gv into its connected compo‐
nents, lays out each using dot, packs them all together again, and pro‐
duces the final drawing in PostScript. Of course, there is nothing to
prevent one from using different layouts for each component.
BUGS
All the input graphs must be directed or undirected.
An input graph should not have a label, since this will be used in its
layout. Since gvpack ignores root graph labels, resulting layout may
contain some extra space.
gvpack unsets the bounding box attribute of all non‐cluster subgraphs.
AUTHORS
Emden R. Gansner <erg@research.att.com>
SEE ALSOgvpr(1), dot(1), neato(1), twopi(1), ccomps(1), libpack(3)
27 May 2010 GVPACK(1)
