Re^2: drawing (visualizing) directed graphs

Mastering Algorithms in Perl has an entire chapter (8) devoted to Graphs

but nothing about graph drawing. I don't know any open source library that produces good looking graphs - for all type of graphs, not only some special cases.

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Re^3: drawing (visualizing) directed graphs by planetscape (Chancellor) on Jul 17, 2006 at 00:10 UTC
hrmmm... point taken. And I'm sorry to hear GraphViz (graphviz on CPAN) does not appear to meet the OP's needs - what (little?) I've done with it so far has been most satisfactory. Super Search turned up the following nodes: Really slick Charts and Graphs Portable simple line graph module? Charting Modules Professional, "a-la-OpenOffice", 3D graphs develop animation and graphics creating graphs (YA) Q: re "which graphics module?" Perhaps there may be something in one of them that would be useful to the OP. The OP may also wish to take a look at gnuplot, plotutils, and gnuplot stuff on CPAN. HTH, Update: Pronoun swap. I inadvertantly confused the OP and the person to whom I was replying (D'oh!). I plead insufficient caffeination. Update 2: In addition to TouchGraph (SourceForge), I note there is also a project called JPowerGraph (SourceForge): "JPowerGraph is a Java library for creating directed graphs for both Swing and SWT. It supports graph movement, selection, context menus, tooltips and dynamic edge creation. JPowerGraph has a spring layout algorithm based on that used in TouchGraph." ... planetscape	[reply]

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Re^3: drawing (visualizing) directed graphs
by planetscape (Chancellor) on Jul 17, 2006 at 00:10 UTC

hrmmm... point taken.

And I'm sorry to hear GraphViz (graphviz on CPAN) does not appear to meet the OP's needs - what (little?) I've done with it so far has been most satisfactory.

Super Search turned up the following nodes:

Really slick Charts and Graphs
Portable simple line graph module?
Charting Modules
Professional, "a-la-OpenOffice", 3D graphs
develop animation and graphics
creating graphs
(YA) Q: re "which graphics module?"

Perhaps there may be something in one of them that would be useful to the OP. The OP may also wish to take a look at gnuplot, plotutils, and gnuplot stuff on CPAN.

HTH,

Update: Pronoun swap. I inadvertantly confused the OP and the person to whom I was replying (D'oh!). I plead insufficient caffeination.

Update 2: In addition to TouchGraph (SourceForge), I note there is also a project called JPowerGraph (SourceForge):

"JPowerGraph is a Java library for creating directed graphs for both Swing and SWT. It supports graph movement, selection, context menus, tooltips and dynamic edge creation. JPowerGraph has a spring layout algorithm based on that used in TouchGraph."

planetscape

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