<TT>"n","ne","e","se","s","sw","w","nw"</TT>. This modifies the edge
placement to aim for the corresponding compass point on the port or,
in the second form where no <I>portname</I> is supplied, on the node
- itself.
+ itself.
<P>
This attribute can be attached to an edge using the
<A HREF=#k:headport>headport</A> and
<CENTER>
<TT>node1:port1 -> node2:port5:nw;</TT>
</CENTER>
+ <P>
+ Note that it is legal to have a portname the same as one of
+ the compass points. In this case, this reference will be resolved to
+ the port. Thus, if node <TT>A</TT> has a port <TT>w</TT>, then
+ <TT>headport=w</TT> will refer to the port and not the compass point.
+ At present, in this case, there is no way to specify that the compass
+ point should be used.
<DT><A NAME=k:rankType><STRONG>rankType</STRONG></A>
<DD>"same", "min", "source", "max", "sink"