clarify the use of "orientation" attribute for nodes

diff --git a/doc/info/attrs.html b/doc/info/attrs.html
index 660c9d2d64268f9ba9e48dca5ffc60f89328d04a..81ea6dec8ba71960e9b310d5af2ecbd652bc0c2d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/info/attrs.html
+++ b/doc/info/attrs.html
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ This field indicates which graph component uses the attribute.
   nodes n.
 
 <DT><A NAME=d:orientation HREF=#a:orientation><STRONG>orientation</STRONG></A>
-<DD>  Angle, in degrees, used to rotate node shapes.
+<DD>  Angle, in degrees, used to rotate polygon node shapes. For any number of polygon sides, 0 degrees rotation results in a flat base.
 
 <DT><A NAME=dd:orientation HREF=#aa:orientation><STRONG>orientation</STRONG></A>
 <DD>  If "[lL]*", set graph orientation to landscape

diff --git a/doc/infosrc/attrs b/doc/infosrc/attrs
index c70ce04a60bd485371e43c97b7ccd7425c4889b1..68af57d477dba431d343f88fc73fc3c37f23cf68 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/infosrc/attrs
+++ b/doc/infosrc/attrs
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ If "in", the edges *->n appear
 left-to-right in the same order in which they are defined for all
 nodes n.
 :orientation:N:double:0.0:360.0;
-Angle, in degrees, used to rotate node shapes.
+Angle, in degrees, used to rotate polygon node shapes. For any number of polygon sides, 0 degrees rotation results in a flat base.
 :orientation:G:string:"";
 If "[lL]*", set graph orientation to landscape
 Used only if <A HREF=#d:rotate><B>rotate</B></A> is not defined.