bandaid for jsphylosvg

//first step is to check that the tree is out of frame.
var frame_h = parseInt($('svg')[0].attributes.getNamedItem('height').value);
//in my correctly rendering graph, the y val of the lowest path = frame_h - 20
var biggest_h = 0;//this variable is for recording the largest y value seen.
for( var i = 0; i < $('svg path').length; i++ ){
 var temp = $('svg path')[i].attributes.getNamedItem('d').value.split(',');
 //d is the string of the path object which defines where to draw the line from (M) and to (L)
 //split string by ',' -> an array like ["M10.0001","280L10","280L10","540L10.0001","540"]
 //note the coords should be read like e.g. "M: x = 10.0001, y = 280"
 for( var j = 1; j < temp.length; j++ ){
  cur_y = parseInt(temp[j].split('L')[0]);
  if( biggest_h < cur_y ){ biggest_h = cur_y; }
  //systematically test and record the largest y value seen.
 }
}
if( biggest_h > frame_h ){
 //this means the tree is not correctly placed and all y values need to be adjusted...
 //by the following amount:
 y_adjust = biggest_h - frame_h + 20;//+20 comes from -(frame_h - 20);
 //let's adjust the paths first:
 for( var i = 0; i < $('svg path').length; i++ ){
  var temp = $('svg path')[i].attributes.getNamedItem('d').value.split(',');
  //splitting to easily know where y values are (which must be replaced)
  var d_replace = '' + temp[0];
  for( var j = 1; j < temp.length; j++ ){
   var jsplit = temp[j].split('L');
   //j = 0 and j = temp.length-1 have length 1 jsplits. j=0 is already handled and won't occur here.
   //otherwise it is length 2 and the 'L' character must be reinserted after the y value
   if( jsplit.length != 1 ){
    d_replace = d_replace + ',' + (parseInt(jsplit[0]) - y_adjust).toString() + 'L' + jsplit[1];
   } else {
    d_replace = d_replace + ',' + (parseInt(jsplit[0]) - y_adjust).toString();
   }
  }
  $('svg path')[i].setAttribute('d', d_replace);
 }
 //thankfully the next part is much easier...
 for( var i = 0; i < $('svg text').length; i++ ){
  $('svg text')[i].setAttribute('y',
   (parseInt($('svg text')[i].attributes.getNamedItem('y').value) - y_adjust).toString()
   );
 }
}