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UNFLATTEN(1)		    General Commands Manual		  UNFLATTEN(1)

NAME
       unflatten - adjust directed graphs to improve layout aspect ratio

SYNOPSIS
       unflatten [-f?]	[-llen]	[-clen ] [ -o outfile ]	[ files	]

DESCRIPTION
       unflatten  is  a	preprocessor to	dot that is used to improve the	aspect
       ratio of	graphs having many leaves or disconnected  nodes.   The	 usual
       layout for such a graph is very wide or tall.  unflatten	creates	chains
       with  invisible	edges or adjusts the minlen on edges to	improve	layout
       compaction.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -l len The minlen of leaf edges is staggered between 1 and len (a small
	      integer).

       -f     Applies the -l option to fanout nodes whose indegree and	outde-
	      gree  are	both 1.	This helps with	structures such	as a ->	{w x y
	      z} -> b.	This option only works if the -l flag is set.

       -c len Form disconnected	nodes into chains of up	to len edges.

       -o outfile
	      causes the output	to be written to the specified	file;  by  de-
	      fault, output is written to stdout.

       -?     Prints the usage and exits.

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.

AUTHORS
       Stephen C. North	<north@research.att.com>
       Emden R.	Gansner	<erg@research.att.com>

SEE ALSO
       gc(1), dot(1), acyclic(1),  gvpr(1),  gvcolor(1),  ccomps(1),  tred(1),
       libgraph(3)

				21 January 2001			  UNFLATTEN(1)

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