Manual

Before using the bindings, you have to import the tulip module in your current Python session. It is recommended to use the following directive:

from tulip import *

This manual aims to quickly introduce the following features:

• Creating and manipulating graphs
  • Creating a new graph
  • Importing / exporting a graph using the TLP file format
  • Adding / Removing elements in the graph
  • Iterating over graph elements
• Getting / Setting data on graph elements
  • Creating / Accessing / Deleting a graph property
  • Working with graph properties
• Modifying the visual attributes of a graph
  • Graph layout
  • Rotations of the nodes
  • Selection
  • Colors of graph elements and labels
  • Sizes of graph elements
  • Shapes of graph elements
  • Labels of graph elements
  • Border width of graph elements and labels
  • Applying a texture to nodes or edges
• Applying an algorithm on a graph
  • Calling a general algorithm on a graph
  • Calling a property algorithm on a graph
• Graph/Properties observation
  • Observing a graph
  • Observing a graph property
• Creating and manipulating Tulip visualizations with the tulipgui module
  • Using the module from the main Tulip GUI
  • Using the module with the classical Python interpreter
  • Embedding Tulip views into a PyQt4 application