Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:51:49 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port for drawing directed graphs? Message-ID: <20080915145149.GA27163@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080915163659.90ca2a0b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <D99E9FAD-34F9-4040-A261-F8F950DF0EE5@identry.com> <20080915163659.90ca2a0b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 04:36:59PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:31:57 -0400, John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> wrote: > > I am working on some software that must, as it's final output, > > produce a printout of a directed graph... nodes, connected by > > directed links. > > > > The printout could be generated by a postscript file, jpg, whatever. > > > > Does anyone know of a utility (in ports?) that can take a data set > > (for example, a two dimensional array that defines the nodes and the > > links between them), and produce a printable graph? > > > > Any help much appreciated. > > I think it's possible to use LaTeX for this, as long as you're > willing to provide the document basis, put an \include for the > drawing contents and then have a small processing script that > generates this file. There is some LaTeX document class that > supports graphs, I think. The output would be PS or PDF. > > For manual work, xfig can be used, but I'm not sure if it can > be "remote controlled" by a data file. graphviz? -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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