introduce builddir

[rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdgraph.pod

diff --git a/doc/rrdgraph.pod b/doc/rrdgraph.pod
index b87d9d7..6017efd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rrdgraph.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdgraph.pod
@@ -252,12 +252,13 @@ Override the default colors for the standard elements of the graph. The
 I<COLORTAG> is one of C<BACK> background, C<CANVAS> for the background of
 the actual graph, C<SHADEA> for the left and top border, C<SHADEB> for the
 right and bottom border, C<GRID>, C<MGRID> for the major grid, C<FONT> for
 I<COLORTAG> is one of C<BACK> background, C<CANVAS> for the background of
 the actual graph, C<SHADEA> for the left and top border, C<SHADEB> for the
 right and bottom border, C<GRID>, C<MGRID> for the major grid, C<FONT> for

-the color of the font, C<AXIS> for the axis of the graph and finally C<ARROW>
-for the arrow head pointing to the future. Each color is composed out of
-three hexadecimal numbers specifying its rgb color component (00 is off, FF is
-maximum) of red, green and blue. Optionally you may add another hexadecimal
-number specifying the transparency (FF is solid). You may set this option
-several times to alter multiple defaults.
+the color of the font, C<AXIS> for the axis of the graph, C<FRAME> for the
+line around the color spots and finally C<ARROW> for the arrow head pointing
+up and forward. Each color is composed out of three hexadecimal numbers
+specifying its rgb color component (00 is off, FF is maximum) of red, green
+and blue. Optionally you may add another hexadecimal number specifying the
+transparency (FF is solid). You may set this option several times to alter
+multiple defaults.

 
 A green arrow is made by: C<--color ARROW:00FF00>
 
 
 A green arrow is made by: C<--color ARROW:00FF00>
 


@@ -291,6 +292,12 @@ This specifies the largest font size which will be rendered
 bitmapped, that is, without any font smoothing. By default,
 no text is rendered bitmapped.
 
 bitmapped, that is, without any font smoothing. By default,
 no text is rendered bitmapped.
 

+[B<-E>|B<--slope-mode>]
+
+RRDtool graphs are composed of stair case curves by default. This is in line with
+the way RRDtool calculates its data. Some people favor a more 'organic' look
+for their graphs even though it is not all that true.
+

 [B<-a>|B<--imgformat> B<PNG>|B<SVG>|B<EPS>|B<PDF>]
 
 Image format for the generated graph. For the vector formats you can
 [B<-a>|B<--imgformat> B<PNG>|B<SVG>|B<EPS>|B<PDF>]
 
 Image format for the generated graph. For the vector formats you can