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Plankton Help
Help ( Plankton)
| PullDownMenu | |
|---|---|
| Command | Description |
| File | |
| Clear Network | Clears all nodes and lines that are currently displayed. |
| Clear World Map | Clears the world map that are currently displayed. |
| Center Network | Centers the viewing display on the location that is the average distance from all the nodes. |
| Load Network | Searchs a directory (./Data for standalone, a URL for Applet) and then lists the files in a pop up window. The user may then choose one to download. The applet only display `.fvl' files, while the standalone displays all files. |
| Load World Map | Loads a map when displaying in an geographical mode. |
| Animation | The user can choose multiple files and toggle between them by selecting file names listed. |
| Exit | Exit from Plankton |
| Build Tools | |
| Add Node | Adds node to current network when the mouse is clicked inside the display. |
| Add Line | Add a line between two existing nodes. First click and hold down the button of the mouse over a node. Then drag the mouse over to another node. Then let the button go. |
| Remove Object | Move the mouse over either a line or a node and then click on and the object will be removed. |
| Interaction | |
| Select Object | Allows the user to select nodes. Selected nodes will change there postions when the mouse button is held down and the mouse is dragged around inside of the display. |
| Select Tree | Select a node and all it's children. Where all it's children means those nodes which are placed below it in the format process. |
| Deselect All Objects | Deselects any selected nodes. |
| Select Root | Changes a node into a root node or the other way around when the mouse is clicked on it. |
| Select Root by Name | Selects all nodes that contain a string in their name and Changes them into root nodes. |
| Move | Will move the relative location of all the nodes when the user holds down the mouse and drags it around. |
| Auto Arrange | Attempts to place nodes in a tree which grows from the root nodes away from the center. This is done to all nodes. |
| Step by Step | Allows the user to see how hierarchy grows or shrinks from the roots one level at a time. |
| View | |
| Topological Arrange | Places cache nodes according to their position in a NLANR caching hierarchy. |
| Geographical Arrange | Places cache nodes resolving their latitude and longitude if they are provided in the data files. |
| Topological / Geographical | Display both topological and geopraphical hierarchy at a screen. |
| Low resolution | Represents peering relation as a line between nodes. |
| High resolution | Represents peering relation as a triangluar line. |
| Tool | |
| Zoom | Will scale the current dimenions of the node locations by the amount indicated. |
| Rotate | Will rotate the currently displayed graph by the degree indicated (effective for topological one only). |
| Line Size | Adjust the thickness of lines drawn on the map by the amount indicated. |
| Node Size | Adjust the size of nodes drawn on the map by the amount indicated. |
| Color by | |
| Top Level Domain Name | Will create a color scale and then color each node by the top level domain name. |
| Mask/Color by HTTP Request | Will create a color scale and then color each line and node by the number of HTTP requests it gets and allow users to highlight nodes or lines interested in. |
| Default Colors | Returns the line's an node's color to their defualt colors. |
| Help | |
| Commands | This menu |
| About | Information about this program. |
| Overview | Some useful information about line and node charateristics. |