About sysdot.py

This program is a modification of xdot, taken from xdot.py, meant to be working for RISC compiler under Professor Doemer of UCI.

Features

• Keyboard/mouse navigation.
• Supports events on the nodes with URLs.
• Animated jumping between nodes.
• Highlights node/edge under mouse.
• Support for visualizing conflict graphs as well, by using a conflict graph file.
• Visualizing sub-sections of graph, by marking nodes.

Requirements

• Python 3

• PyGObject bindings for GTK3

• Graphviz

Command Line

If you install sysdot.py from PyPI or from your Linux distribution package managing system, you should have the sysdot somewhere in your PATH automatically.

When running sysdot.py from its source tree, you can run it by first setting PYTHONPATH environment variable to the full path of sysdot.py's source tree, then running:

python3 -m sysdot

You can also pass the following options:

Usage:
	sysdot.py [file|-]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILTER, --filter=FILTER
                        graphviz filter: dot, neato, twopi, circo, or fdp
                        [default: dot]
  -g GEOMETRY           default window size in form WxH

Shortcuts:
  Up, Down, Left, Right     scroll
  PageUp, +, =              zoom in
  PageDown, -               zoom out
  R                         reload dot file
  F                         find
  Q                         quit
  P                         print
  Escape                    halt animation
  Ctrl-drag                 zoom in/out
  Shift-drag                zooms an area

If - is given as input file then sysdot.py will read the dot graph from the standard input.