[instaviz-users] how to set a default style for a node?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 27, 2009, at 08:38, virga wrote:

> is it possible at this time to define a style for a node, and set it
> as the default style for every new node that is created? additionally,
> it would be great if i could define the style for a few items - a
> square node, oval node, arrow, and access them in some sort of
> palette. as a designer, i'm a style junkie and am compelled to change
> the serif font and add some color to my charts. setting the style
> options is getting very redundant beginning to feel like a waste of
> time. let's make it easy!

That would be nice.

While you're at it, you could think about ways that the Graphviz dot  
syntax could be extended to support these kinds of user style  
definitions. In existing Graphviz syntax, you can only have a single  
global node or edge style, and then you can override that in  
individual nodes and edges, but there's no concept of being able to  
define multiple node or edge style templates and have those templates  
then used for specific nodes and edges.