5 Graph Description Language (GDL) - Absint

– cfish
Self-adaptable (see p. 34) Cartesian fish-eye view. The effect of the Cartesian fish eye is
similar to polar fish-eye view, only that the Cartesian coordinate system is transformed
instead of the polar system. In this view horizontal and vertical lines remain horizontal
and vertical after transformation, i. e. they are not bent as in the case of polar fish-eye
view.
– fcfish
Cartesian fish-eye view with a fixed radius. Here the fish eye only shows a fixed radius
around the focus, meaning the entire graph may no longer be visible.
– dcfish
Cartesian fish-eye view with a double focus.
– pfish
Self-adaptable (see p. 34) polar fish-eye view. The plane containing the graph layout is
projected onto a sphere. Polar fish-eye view is a 3D look onto this sphere.
– fpfish
Polar fish-eye view with a fixed radius. Here the fish-eye view only shows a fixed radius
around the focus, meaning the entire graph may no longer be visible.
– dpfish
Polar fish-eye view with a double focus.
• width
Type: integer
Default value:
Top-level graph: (width of root screen − 100) pixels
Subgraphs: (width of the label for summary nodes) pixels
Attribute of: top-level graph, subgraphs
Description:
The meaning of this attribute depends on its location.
– top-level graph This attribute specifies the width of the display window in pixels.
– subgraphs Here it specifies the width of the summary node in pixels.
See also graph attribute height (p. 73)
• x, y
Type: integer
Default value:
Top-level graph: 0 pixels for both
Subgraphs: unspecified for both
Attribute of: top-level graph, subgraphs
Description:
The meaning of these attributes differ depending on whether they are specified for the toplevel
graph or for subgraphs.
– top-level graph
Here these attributes specify the position of the graph window in relation to the root
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