daVinci(1)

NAME
daVinci - interactive graph-visualization system

SYNOPSIS
daVinci [ generic-tool-arguments ]
-selection { paths | labels } ]
-startappl < directory > < filename / options > ]
[ < filename > ]

DESCRIPTION
daVinci is a universal, generic visualization system of high quality for directed graphs which are very common in todays applications, e. g. file systems, module dependencies, dataflows, document structures, networks, etc. daVinci visualizes a directed graph from an ASCII term representation, considering readability qualities such as minimization of edge crossings and bends. The visualization is interactive, i.e. nodes and edges can be selected, they can be moved for fine-tuning to improve the graph image, subgraphs can be hidden temporarily for abstraction, the display scale can be modified steplessly, etc. daVinci provides an application interface for the communication with a graph administrating program. This interface offers commands for transmitting graphs, creating menus, calling user dialogs or controlling daVinci. A connected application is informed about events such as the user selection of graph nodes, menus etc. By using daVinci's application interface, an arbitrary application is able to offer the user a visual view to graphs without losing control of the graph structure. daVinci was implemented in the pure functional language ASpecT which has been developed at the University of Bremen. The OPEN LOOK user interface of daVinci was implemented using the toolkit XView. There was no time to write a detailed manual page. Please refer to the "daVinci V1.4 User Manual" for further details.

SEE ALSO
daVinci V1.4 User Manual , grapheditor(1)

COPYRIGHT
daVinci is available free of charge for non-profit use. Any commercial exploitation of this software is prohibitted without the explicit authorization of the daVinci project. Please read the COPYRIGHT file in the daVinci distribution.

AUTHORS
daVinci has been developed at the Institute for Formal Methods in Software Engineering at the University of Bremen, headed by Prof. Dr. Bernd Krieg-Brueckner. The authors of daVinci are Michael Froehlich and Mattias Werner. To contact the daVinci project, to report bugs, to subscribe to the daVinci mailing list or to suggest new features, write by e-mail to:
    daVinci@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE