Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!agcsun!jackm From: jackm@agcsun.UUCP (Jack Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: [graphics] Summary: Generic graph editor under X and Unix Message-ID: <862@agcsun.UUCP> Date: 29 Oct 90 16:43:10 GMT References: <1990Oct26.202818.26275@math.lsa.umich.edu> Reply-To: jackm@agcsun.UUCP (Jack Morrison) Organization: Ampex VSD Golden Engineering, Golden, CO Lines: 34 In article <1990Oct26.202818.26275@math.lsa.umich.edu> soder@nmpcad.se (Hakan Soderstrom) writes: >> Anybody know of a more or less generic, embeddable graph >> editor? Preferrably under X (and Motif), but definitely >> under Unix. >> >> What I mean is a tool specialized for drawing graphs, i.e. a >> restricted form of graphics. It should "understand" nodes >> connected by arcs (which is more than just geometry). There >> are so many types of graphs, and it is painful to re-invent >> a graph editor for each one. Think of it: schematics, flow >> charts, finite state machines, entity-relationship diagrams ... > >My posting generated far more "me too"s than actual clues. I didn't >expect this. I thought a graph editor was a commodity and I was one of >the few who didn't know where to get it. There is an enormous number >of applications that would benefit from a graph editor. Then I hope no-one will flame me if I quietly mention that my company sells a diagram editor that does these things very well (though it's not free, not "embeddable", and currently runs under SunView but not generic X). Call/write/email for info. Jack Morrison (303) 674-5232 Digital Insight, P.O. Box 2095, Evergreen CO 80439-2095 ncar!boulder!agcsun!jackm -- "How am I typing? Call 1-303-279-1300" Jack C. Morrison Ampex Video Systems 581 Conference Place, Golden CO 80401