I was thinking of adding support for dashed LINE:s, and I found this thread, where different aspects of the syntax are discussed:
http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/rrd-developers/msg00702.html Has anything happened since then? I was thinking that it perhaps would be a good idea to add a new, extendable syntax, such as: LINE:value[/key[=value][/key[=value] [...]]] Example: LINE:value/color=#ff0000/width=3.5/legend=Incoming/dash=2,3/stack (For color #ff0000, line width 3.5, legend "Incoming", dash_on = 2, dash_off = 3 and stacked, which apart from the dashed line would be: "LINE3.5:value#ff0000:Incoming:STACK" in the old syntax.) Comments: * A similar syntax could/should be supported for AREA, VRULE and TICK. * I'm not sure if "/" is the best separator, but I personally find it quite readable. We are free to choose anything as long as the old syntax can be easily identified (which rules out ":" and "#"). * Obviously there would be \\ and \/ available for value-escapes. * Perhaps one should allow shortenings such as "w=3.5", not sure if it is of any interest though (anyone uses rrdtool manually on the command line?). If there have been any other discussions of this that I have missed, please tell. (Btw, the Google search link on http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/ should be changed, it currently has as_sitesearch=www.ee.ethz.ch.) I don't know when I will have the time to do the actual coding, but in any case it'd be nice to have some comments before starting. -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/rrd-developers WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
