be contained in a node of any shape, not just a rectangle.
<DT><A NAME=d:imagescale HREF=#a:imagescale><STRONG>imagescale</STRONG></A>
-<DD> Attribute controlling how an image interacts with the size of its
- containing node. By default, the image is given its natural size,
- (cf. <A HREF=#d:dpi>dpi</A>)
- and the node size is determined by the size of its image, its
+<DD> Attribute controlling how an image fills its
+ containing node. In general, the image is given its natural size,
+ (cf. <A HREF=#d:dpi>dpi</A>),
+ and the node size is made large enough to contain its image, its
label, its margin, and its peripheries.
+ Its width and height will also be at least as large as it
+ minimum width and height. If, however, <TT>fixedsize=true</TT>,
+ the width and height attributes specify the exact size of the node.
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- In the non-default cases, the size of the node is calculated as
- if no image were present. Then, when the node is
- drawn, the image is scaled to the node size.
- When <TT>imagescale=true</TT>,
+ During rendering, in the default case (<TT>imagescale=false</TT>),
+ the image retains its natural size.
+ If <TT>imagescale=true</TT>,
the image is uniformly scaled to fit inside the node.
At least one dimension of the image will be as large as possible
given the size of the node.