Path (graph) shower utility

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:31:15 +0100, Durumdara <durumdara at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi !
>
> I need to create a program that read eml file headers, analyze the 
                                       ^^^^^^^^
You mean "email". Took me some time to figure out.

> receive tags and create a path database. I finished with this program 
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
You mean "the Recieved: headers". Also took some time to figure out.

> section.
>
> But I want to show a graphical summary about the paths.
>
> This is (what I want to show) like a graph - show ways, stations, etc, 
> and I want to show the strength of lines (how many of mails use this way).
>
> Can anyone known about a freeware tool, software, or python module that 
> can show graphs with best alignments ?

Sure. You want graphviz:

  http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/

It's primarily a tool for rendering a graph (in Postscript, PNG etc) from a
text representation, but IIRC there are Python bindings for it as well. Lots
of people use it for purposes similar to yours.

/Jorgen

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