Graph::Easy - Manual - Introduction

Introduction

Graph::Easy is a pure-Perl module that has:

• an easy-to-understand, compact and human readable graph description language
• a grid-based layouter that enables among other things ASCII art drawings
• export filters for Graphviz, VCG (Visualizing Compiler Graphs), GDL (Graph Description Language) and GraphML
• import filters for Graphviz, VCG and GDL

In this manual you will learn in detail how to create a graph (or flow chart) by describing it in the Graph::Easy language, and then convert it to the desired output formats like ASCII, HTML, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) or Graphviz, which in turn allows you to generate PNG or PDF files.

Please start with the overview page.

Download and Mirrors

You can download Graph::Easy from CPAN.

If you want to setup a mirror for the manual, please let me know. The online version of this manual can be found at the following sites:

• bloodgate.com
• search.cpan.org

Demos, Usage and Examples

You can see a live-demo of Graph::Easy. It is also used in projects that graph Perl packages dependencies or usage. Plus, with a Mediawiki-Plugin you can use it inside wikis, or even use it to add graphs to POD.

The following sites and projects use Graph::Easy:

• S23 [2005-12-01]
• Bloodgate [2006-08-20]
• BOWiki [2006-10-13]
• Cosmogol (a state-machine language and parser) [2006-11-11]

Contact and Bugreports

If you have questions, feel free to send me an email (Gnupg key). Bugreports should go to rt.cpan.org.