NAME 

graph-easy - render/convert graphs in/from various formats

SYNOPSIS 

Convert between graph formats and layout/render graphs: 
        graph-easy [options] [inputfile [outputfile]]
        graph-easy --input=graph.dot --as_ascii
        graph-easy --as_html --output=graph.html graph.txt
        graph-easy graph.txt graph.svg
        graph-easy graph.txt --as_dot | dot -Tpng -o graph.png
        echo "[ Bonn ] - car -> [ Berlin ]" | graph-easy --ascii

ARGUMENTS 

--help
Print the full documentation, not just a short overview.
--input
Specify the input file name.
--output
Specify the output file name.
--as
Specify the output format. Valid formats are: 
        ascii
        boxart
        html
        svg
        graphviz        the DOT language
        dot             an alias for "graphviz"
        txt             Graph::Easy text

If unspecified, the default format will be determined by the output filename extension, and is "ascii", if the output filename was not set.

Note that you can also use ONE argument of the form "--as_ascii", "--as_svg" and so on.

--from
Specify the input format. Valid formats are: 
        graphviz        the DOT language
        txt             Graph::Easy text

If not specified, the input format is auto-detected.

Note that you can also use ONE argument of the form "--from_graphviz" or "--from_txt",

--verbose
Write info regarding the conversion process to STDERR.
--debug=N
Write debugging info to STDERR. Warning, this can create huge amounts of hard-to-understand output!

Example: 

        graph-easy input.txt --output=test.html --debug=1
--parse
When true, will only parse the input file and not output anything. This is usefull in combination with "--debug=1".

DESCRIPTION 

"graph-easy" reads descriptions of graphs and then converts them to the desired output format.

By default, the input will be read from STDIN, and the output will go to STDOUT.

It understands the following formats as input: 

        Graph::Easy     http://bloodgate.com/perl/graph/manual/
        DOT             

The formats are automatically detected, regardless of the input
file name, but you can also explicitely declare your input to be in
one specific format.

The output can either be a dump of the graph in one of the two
input formats, or a layout (rendering) of the graph in one of the
output formats implemented by Graph::Easy:

        HTML    SVG     ASCII   BOXART



LICENSE 

 This library is free software;
you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GPL version 2.

See the LICENSE file of Graph::Easy for a
copy of the GPL.

This product includes color specifications and designs developed
by Cynthia Brewer (http://colorbrewer.org/). See the
LICENSE file for the full license text that
applies to these color schemes.


AUTHOR 

 Copyright (C) 2004 - 2007 by
Tels <http://bloodgate.com>