dot2tex: Create PGF/TikZ commands from Graphviz output¶

Description¶

dot2tex is a Python module, whose purpose is to give graphs generated by Graphviz a more LaTeX friendly look and feel. This is accomplished by converting xdot output from Graphviz to a series of PSTricks or PGF/TikZ commands.

See https://github.com/kjellmf/dot2tex/

License¶

MIT

Upstream Contact¶

Kjell Magne Fauske, km@fauskes.net

Dependencies¶

graphviz (www.graphviz.org) should be installed and in the path (for example via the graphviz spkg).

preview, a LaTeX package for extracting parts of a document.

Self-tests dependencies:

graphviz
texlive-latex-base
texlive-pictures
texlive-pstricks

Patches¶

remove_test_semicolon.patch:

Remove the failing semicolon test for the open dot2tex issue #5 - https://github.com/kjellmf/dot2tex/issues/5

Special Update/Build Instructions¶

Make sure corresponding optional doctests still pass:

sage -t –long –optional=dot2tex,graphviz,sage src/

Type¶

optional

Version Information¶

package-version.txt:

2.11.3.p0

install-requires.txt:

dot2tex >=2.11.3

Equivalent System Packages¶

arch:

$ sudo pacman -S  dot2tex python:dot2tex

See https://repology.org/project/dot2tex/versions, https://repology.org/project/python:dot2tex/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution; see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023