Graphviz

Introduction

Graphviz (short for Graph Visualization Software) is a package of open source tools initiated by AT&T Research Labs for drawing graphs specified in DOT language scripts. It also provides libraries for software applications to use the tools. Graphviz is free software licensed under the Common Public License.

Usage

Compute Systems Invocation Version(s)
Red Hat Linux (32-bit) % /util/bin/dot
% /util/bin/dotty 		2.24.0 (default)
Red Hat Linux (64-bit) % /util/bin/dot
% /util/bin/dotty 		2.26.3 (default)

Notes

  1. Problem: In dotty, right-click opens the context menus, but I cannot select any of the menu items.

    Solution: Disengage the Num Lock key on your keyboard.

References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz
  2. http://www.graphviz.org/