Re: [tkined] Preventing label overlap

Doug Hughes (Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU)
Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:01:57 -0500

On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Daniel R Ehrlich wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am just getting started with tkined so if this is an FAQ please forgive me
> and just let me know where I can find the FAQ file.
>
> Is there a way to have tkined automatically prevent labels from overlapping?
> I tried setting the grid spacing to 80, but the FQDNs are still ending up
> overlapping. Or is there a way to tell tkined to only display some portion
> of the FQDN?
>

Under the layout tool, there is something called 'Unique name'. select
all the icons that you just 'discovered' or put there by yourself, and
do a 'Unique name' and it will take all of them and strip off the
common trailer portion.
Works great for me.

____________________________________________________________________________
Doug Hughes Engineering Network Services
System/Net Admin Auburn University
doug@eng.auburn.edu

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