5 Graph Description Language (GDL) - Absint

• Clicking in an open information window causes it to close again.
• Right-clicking enables Show Information to be exited.
3.5.1 Application Specific Information
aiSee allows up to three different pieces of additional information, i.e. text fields, to be associated
with a node. For instance, an application using aiSee to visualize graphs may provide additional
information with each node. Usually the application defines titels for these pieces of information,
enabling the titels to be found and selected in information submenu.
If no titles are defined by the application the default menu items are:
Menu item Key Effect
0 (normal, i) i Information window
1 (normal, j) j is displayed
2 (normal, k) k with a scale factor of normal.
0 (scaled) Information window
1 (scaled) is displayed
2 (scaled) with the current scale factor.
For example, if aiSee is used to visualize family trees in which the nodes contain the names, the
additional information fields could be used to display the date and place of birth and the individual’s
address as shown below.
Example menu items:
3.5.2 Node Label
Menu item
Date of Birth (normal, i)
Place of Birth (normal, j)
Address (normal, k)
Date of Birth (scaled)
Place of Birth (scaled)
Address (scaled)
The menu item Node Label displays the label of a node in normal size. This is useful if the graph
has been reduced to such an extent that label text is no longer readable.
3.5.3 Node Layout Attributes
The Node Layout menu item shows the layout attributes of nodes, such as the node title, a node’s
absolute (x,y) coordinates, width and height, etc. (for the list of attributes shown in the information
window, see table 8 on page 121).
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