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Subject:    [graphviz-interest] Best way to create editable output from GraphViz
From:       Dan Oelke <dan () oelke ! com>
Date:       2011-09-28 3:15:13
Message-ID: 4E829141.8000206 () oelke ! com
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Disclaimer first - I am new to graphviz, but have been doing a lot of 
reading on this site and the archives.

I have a system with a couple of hundred nodes that needs to be put into 
a directed diagram. Graphviz seems to be a great fit for doing this. 
However, I know that I will need to edit, annotate, and tweak the layout 
beyond what is generated by graphviz. So - I was hoping for an output 
from graphviz that I could edit.

I saw notes about dia formatted output so I went to try that - but alas, 
it appears to be removed from recent versions of graphviz.

Then I found references to GraphVizio. I tried that, but it doesn't like 
the use of headport & tailport. I don't *have* to have headport & 
tailport, but it does give me a much better starting point for my 
graphs. There also seems to be a bug in GraphVizio where each of the 
edges get duplicated in the diagram. So for every "a -> b" I have 2 
lines in the diagram.

So - my question is - do I have any choices beyond:

1) Use an older version of graphviz with dia output
2) Use GraphVizio, but then have to edit the results a lot.

Thank you,
Dan

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    Disclaimer first - I am new to graphviz, but have been doing a lot
    of reading on this site and the archives. <br>
    <br>
    I have a system with a couple of hundred nodes that needs to be put
    into a directed diagram. Graphviz seems to be a great fit for doing
    this. However, I know that I will need to edit, annotate, and tweak
    the layout beyond what is generated by graphviz. So - I was hoping
    for an output from graphviz that I could edit. <br>
    <br>
    I saw notes about dia formatted output so I went to try that - but
    alas, it appears to be removed from recent versions of graphviz. <br>
    <br>
    Then I found references to GraphVizio. I tried that, but it doesn't
    like the use of headport &amp; tailport. I don't <b
      class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>have<span
        class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> to have headport &amp;
    tailport, but it does give me a much better starting point for my
    graphs. There also seems to be a bug in GraphVizio where each of the
    edges get duplicated in the diagram. So for every "a -&gt; b" I have
    2 lines in the diagram. <br>
    <br>
    So - my question is - do I have any choices beyond: <br>
    <br>
    1) Use an older version of graphviz with dia output <br>
    2) Use GraphVizio, but then have to edit the results a lot. <br>
    <br>
    Thank you, <br>
    Dan
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