Vertice represent (dynamic) automata states. They are round-shaped, and could appear anywhere in the drawing area. How to create a port: - select the "edition:vertex:create" menu function; - click with the mouse left button inside drawing area./ Vertice are created at button release. A vertex has default colors, under Xresources: Atg*vertexforeground Atg*vertexbackground and a default radius: Atg*vertexradius Further vertexs attributes may alter color shades. Vertex labels have a default fonts, as Atg*vertexfont A vertex can be made initial, and can be "unexplored", meaning that SOME of its outgoing transitions are folded back (see help:explore). Both properties are displayed as smaller inner circles, using default colors and sizes: Atg*vertexinitialradius Atg*vertexinitialforeground Atg*vertexinitialbackground Atg*vertexexploreradius Atg*vertexexploreforeground Atg*vertexexplorebackground Consistency of transition edges is not assumed before explicit completion or translation is required by user. See help:translation.