LNEATO(1) General Commands Manual LNEATO(1)
NAME
lneato - A Customizable Graph Editor
SYNOPSIS
lneato [ -V ] [ -lmmode ] [ -ellev ] [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
lneato is a graph editor for the X Window System. It may be run as a
standalone editor, or as a front end for applications that use graphs.
It can control multiple windows viewing different graphs.
lneato is written on top of neato and lefty. lefty is a general-purpose
programmable editor for technical pictures. It has an interpretive pro-
gramming language similar to AWK and C. The user interface and graph
editing operations of lneato are written as lefty functions. Program-
mer-defined graph operations may be loaded as well. Graph layouts are
made by neato, which runs as a separate process that communicates with
lefty through pipes.
If the input graph contains xdot attributes, lneato will use that to
display the graph. Otherwise, it runs neato to obtain layout informa-
tion.
USAGE
The file name is optional. If present, the graph contained in that file
is displayed in the lneato window.
OPTIONS
-V Prints the version.
-lmmode
Sets the layout mode. The mode can be sync or async. The default
is async.
-ellev Sets the mesage level. The lev can be 0 or 1. The default is 0.
SEE ALSO
neato(1), lefty(1), dotty(1), xdot(3),
dotty user guide.
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