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<h1>Graph::Easy - Manual - Introduction</h1>
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<h3>Introduction</h3>
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<code>Graph::Easy</code> is a pure-Perl module that has:
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<li>an easy-to-understand, compact and human readable graph description language</li>
<li>a grid-based layouter that enables among other things ASCII art drawings</li>
<li>export filters for <a href="http://graphviz.org/">Graphviz</a>,
<a href="http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/~sander/html/gsvcg1.html">VCG</a> (Visualizing Compiler Graphs),
<a href="http://www.aisee.com/">GDL</a> (Graph Description Language) and
<a href="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/">GraphML</a></li>
<li>import filters for Graphviz, VCG and GDL</li>
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In this manual you will learn in detail how to create a graph (or flow chart) by
describing it in the <code>Graph::Easy</code> 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.
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Please start with the <a href="overview.html">overview</a> page.
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<h3>Download and Mirrors</h3>
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You can download <code>Graph::Easy</code> from
<a href="http://search.cpan.org/~tels/Graph-Easy/" title="Download Graph::Easy">CPAN</a>.
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If you want to setup a mirror for the manual, please let me <a href="http://bloodgate.com/mail.html">know</a>.
The online version of this <b>manual</b> can be found at the following sites:
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<li><a href="http://bloodgate.com/perl/graph/manual">bloodgate.com</a>
<li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/~tels/Graph-Easy-Manual/doc/manual/index.html">search.cpan.org</a>
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<h3>Demos, Usage and Examples</h3>
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You can see a <a href="http://bloodgate.com/graph-demo">live-demo of Graph::Easy</a>.
It is also used in projects that graph Perl packages
<a href="http://bloodgate.com/perl/graph/dependency/">dependencies</a> or
<a href="http://bloodgate.com/perl/graph/usage/">usage</a>.
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Plus, with a <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~tels/mediawiki-graph/">Mediawiki-Plugin</a> you can
use it inside <a href="http://bloodgate.com/wiki/Graph">wikis</a>, or even use
it to add graphs to <a href="http://bloodgate.com/wiki/POD">POD</a>.
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The following sites and projects use <code>Graph::Easy</code>:
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<li><a href="http://s23.org/wiki/Graph_Extension">S23</a> <small>[2005-12-01]</small></li>
<li><a href="http://bloodgate.com/wiki/Graph">Bloodgate</a> <small>[2006-08-20]</small></li>
<li><a href="http://onto.eva.mpg.de/bowiki/index.php/Special:GO/Nucleus">BOWiki</a> <small>[2006-10-13]</small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cosmogol.fr/examples.html">Cosmogol</a> (a state-machine language and parser) [2006-11-11]</li>
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<h3>Contact and Bugreports</h3>
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If you have questions, feel free to send me an <a href="http://bloodgate.com/mail.html">email</a>
<small>(<a href="http://bloodgate.com/tels.asc">Gnupg key</a>)</small>.
<b>Bugreports</b> should go to <a href="http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Graph-Easy">rt.cpan.org</a>.
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Last update: <span class="date">2008-05-18</span>
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