Add note concerning state in xdot drawing attributes

diff --git a/doc/info/output.html b/doc/info/output.html
index 21c712780e90454a3dd5da704ad764472538962b..5f7c71c26b61e4bc53750a245698a7283d304fa5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/info/output.html
+++ b/doc/info/output.html
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Additional drawing attributes can appear on nodes, edges, clusters and
 on the graph itself. There are six new attributes: 
 <SPACER TYPE=VERTICAL size=10>
 <TABLE  border bgcolor=beige>
-<TR><TD>_draw_<TD colspan=2>Drawing operations
+<TR><TD>_draw_<TD colspan=2>General drawing without labels
 <TR><TD>_ldraw_<TD colspan=2>Label drawing
 <TR><TD>_hdraw_<TD>Head arrowhead<TD>Edge only
 <TR><TD>_tdraw_<TD>Tail arrowhead<TD>Edge only
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ imply two operations: first, drawing the filled figure with the
 current fill color; second, drawing an unfilled figure with the
 current pen color, pen width and pen style.
 <P>
+Within the context of a single drawing attribute, e.g., <TT>_draw_</TT>, there is
+an implicit state for the graphical attributes. That is, once a color, style, font, or
+font characteristic is set, it remains valid for all relevant drawing operations
+until the value is reset by another xdot cmd.
+<P>
 Style values which can be incorporated in the graphics model do not
 appear in xdot output. In particular, the style values
 <TT>filled</TT>, <TT>rounded</TT>, <TT>diagonals</TT>, and <TT>invis</TT>

diff --git a/doc/infosrc/outputs b/doc/infosrc/outputs
index a96c8b720cc7da6e2f0d532f222a6208c3665df5..78fc5b6812f7e23ebb3fcd11e3dbf54bbd580414 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/infosrc/outputs
+++ b/doc/infosrc/outputs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Additional drawing attributes can appear on nodes, edges, clusters and
 on the graph itself. There are six new attributes: 
 <SPACER TYPE=VERTICAL size=10>
 <TABLE  border bgcolor=beige>
-<TR><TD>_draw_<TD colspan=2>Drawing operations
+<TR><TD>_draw_<TD colspan=2>General drawing without labels
 <TR><TD>_ldraw_<TD colspan=2>Label drawing
 <TR><TD>_hdraw_<TD>Head arrowhead<TD>Edge only
 <TR><TD>_tdraw_<TD>Tail arrowhead<TD>Edge only
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ imply two operations: first, drawing the filled figure with the
 current fill color; second, drawing an unfilled figure with the
 current pen color, pen width and pen style.
 <P>
+Within the context of a single drawing attribute, e.g., <TT>_draw_</TT>, there is
+an implicit state for the graphical attributes. That is, once a color, style, font, or
+font characteristic is set, it remains valid for all relevant drawing operations
+until the value is reset by another xdot cmd.
+<P>
 Style values which can be incorporated in the graphics model do not
 appear in xdot output. In particular, the style values
 <TT>filled</TT>, <TT>rounded</TT>, <TT>diagonals</TT>, and <TT>invis</TT>