Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] gzigzag/Java ZZTreeRaster.java (fwd)

["Tuomas J. Lukka" <lukka@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:43:15PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> > > The way I expected it would be to put the accursed cell in the middle: show
> > > its parent and siblings and children and grandchildren and 
> > > greatgrandchildren etc.
> > 
> > Hm, I'll have to think about that.  Actually, that's probably quite easy.
> 
> I need on input on this one: if the substructure being shown is not
> a tree, how should this raster cope with it?  My current method is
> (I think...) to show a spanning tree of the subnetwork that consists of
> all cells reachable from the "root" poswards on the two dimensions shown.
> However, this method needs a "root" cell, and finding it from the accursed
> cell is easy only if the substructure is a true tree.

Don't rely on it being a root - the parent can have siblings too. Think
relative, and think of being in a big tree.

If cells really lie outside the tree, show a connection and a very small
version of the cell (for example).

Actually, if you're deep in a tree, showing the whole path outwards
might be nice: just show parent's parent etc.

	Tuomas