Re: [ns] Nam and Marks

[John Mehringer <mehringe@ISI.EDU>]

If you want to change the behavior of the node marks you need to edit
the node.h and node.cc files.

Instead of implementing node mark "orbits" it might be easier to just to
have different colors for the node marks to indicate information.

- John

Raju Mansukhlal Shah wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I am using the marking ability for nam support to aid in the visualization
> of my network opperation.  I have run into some inconsistances and am
> looking for help/guidance.
> 
> What are the shapes that a node mark can take on?
> The manual seems to state that it can take three shapes: circle, box, and
> hexagon (section 37.1.6).  The box is corrected to square in section
> 37.1.11.  I thought I saw somewhere else that triangle was a permitted
> shape - but i don't seem to be able to find it.
> 
> I also noticed that when a node had two marks and the inner one was
> deleted that the outtermark became the inner mark and when I introduced a
> new mark with the same old name the new mark became the inner one.  Is
> this the intended opperation?  Is there a way to specify the level of a
> mark, or an intention to add this in the future?  I also noticed that the
> when the inner mark was a square and the outer mark was circle that the
> square went out side the range of the circle.  Is there a way to specify
> the size of the mark?
> 
> What would be useful would be to set a mark and have it retain that orbit
> level - even if other marks are added/deleted that would change the number
> of marks in relation to the node.
> 
> I would like to add other markings that i could visually identify the
> state of a node... would appreciate suggestions.
> 
> raju