[Matplotlib-users] Boxes and relationships

[Mike D. <mi...@de...>]

Hi all

Just dropped in to your list after drawing a blank in your archives. I 
am attending an Open Source Developers Conference in Melbourne as we 
speak and got a referral to you from an admirer.

I'm looking for a Python (I'm new to python and graphics sw) module to 
visualise subsets of a database of related entities by printing boxes 
joined by lines.

The entities are linked with named n:m relationships and I'd like to 
select one and display it in a box (with the entity name) and all 
related entities likewise in boxes linked to each other by lines 
representing the relationships tagged with the names of those 
relationships.

I'm thinking I need some clever stuff to ensure as few lines as possible 
cross and mess up the visualisation.

At first glance I would say we have a mismatch and your very impressive 
software is probably overkill for what I want. If I'm on the wrong tram 
with matplotlib I'd appreciate a redirect. Otherwise, if anyone is 
prepared to say matplotlib is the way to go I'll download it and start 
playing.

Thanks heaps

mike