I can't seem to figure this out. I have a .dot file, which is valid according to the syntax. How do I use graphviz to convert this into an image?
(note that I'm on Windows, not linux)
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A:
type: dot -Tps filename.dot -o outfile.ps
If you want to use the dot renderer. There are alternatives like neato and twopi. If graphiz isn't in your path, figure out where it is installed and run it from there.
If you're using windows, check out the installed tool called GVEdit, it makes the whole process slightly easier.
Go look at the graphviz site in the section called "User's Guides" for more detail on how to use the tools:
http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation.php
(See page 27 for output formatting for the dot command, for instance)
Paul McMillan
2009-09-29 19:35:05
somehow, the GVEdit preview always shows the image to be blank. When I try to save the image, nothing happens.
Rosarch
2009-09-29 20:05:40
you have to open the dot file, then click the running person icon to render it.
Paul McMillan
2009-09-29 20:18:06
yes, I have done that. then it asks for settings, previews it, but the preview is blank.
Rosarch
2009-09-30 01:40:41
Does it do that for the sample files as well? Have you tried changing the rendering mode?
Paul McMillan
2009-10-01 17:45:23
A:
dot -Tps input.dot > output.eps
dot -Tpng input.dot > output.png
PostScript output seems always there. I am not sure if dot has PNG output by default. This may depend on how you have built it.
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Seth
2009-09-29 20:16:52