[rrd-users] Re: Putting text directly on a graph

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Jen,

this feature is not currently in rrdtool, but both code and
sponsorship are welcome ...

cheers
tobi

Tuesday Jen Becker wrote:

> Morning folks --
>
> I love RRD.  I've been using it for the last few years very
> successfully.  Now I have some features I'd love to add to my graphs,
> but I'm not sure how (or if I can).
>
> My main goal is to add landmarks to my graphs -- vertical lines
> marking milestones to provide some context to the data.  However,
> basic vertical lines become confusing when there are 4 or 5 to a
> graph, even with a legend.
>
> Ideally I imagine putting a comment next to the vertical line on the
> graph itself -- for instance, "Milestone 1, 4/27/05" next to the line
> at the top of the graph.  However, digging through the documention
> doesn't seem to show any method for putting text on the graph itself.
>
> Am I out of luck?  Or did I miss something?
>
> Thanks for your help!
> - jen
>
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