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NAME
        socnetv - Visualize and analyze social networks


SYNOPSIS
       socnetv < file.net >

       socnetv -V | --version

       socnetv -h | --help


DESCRIPTION
       Social  Networks Visualiser (SocNetV) is a cross-platform, user-friendly application for the analysis and
       visualization of Social Networks.

       It lets you construct networks (mathematical graphs) with a few  clicks  on  a  virtual  canvas  or  load
       networks  of  various  formats (GraphViz, GraphML, Adjacency, Pajek, UCINET, etc) and modify them to suit
       your needs.

       The application can compute basic network properties, such as density, diameter and  distances  (shortest
       path  lengths),  as  well  as  more advanced structural statistics, such as node and network centralities
       (i.e. closeness, betweeness, graph), clustering coefficient, PageRank, etc.

       Various layout algorithms (i.e. Spring-embedder, radial and layered according to node centralization) are
       supported  for  meaningful  visualizations  of  your networks. Furthermore, random networks (Erdos-Renyi,
       Watts-Strogatz, ring lattice, etc) can be created with a few clicks.

       SocNetV also offers a built-in web crawler, allowing you to automatically create networks from all  links
       found in a given initial URL.

       SocNetV is being developed in C++ with the Qt5 GUI development toolkit. Qt5 is the only dependency.


OPTIONS
       --version | -V
              Displays the version of the program.

       --help | -H
              Displays a short help message.

       file.net
              The name of the file you want to open.


USAGE
       SocNetV  has  a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI). The biggest (right) part of the window is occupied
       by a virtual "canvas" where network nodes and edges appear. To the left of it, there is  a  dock  with  4
       buttons  (add/remove  node,  add/remove  link)  and some LCDs which display statistics. On the top of the
       window, you will find the menu with all commands and options, and at the bottom there is  a  status  bar,
       where messages appear.

       To create a new node, you can double-click on the canvas or click on the "add node" button.

       To  create  a  new  link,  you  can  middle-click  on  the  source  node  and  then  on  the target node.
       Alternatively, you can click on the "add link" button from the dock.

       You move a node by left-clicking and dragging it. When you right-click on a node, a context menu appears.
       From  there you can remove the node, change its color, label, size as well as its shape. SocNetV supports
       many kinds of node shapes, i.e rectangles, diamond, ellipse, circle, etc. A similar  menu   appears  when
       you right click on a link.

       Supported Formats

       SocNetV  supports many network formats, i.e. GraphViz (.dot), GraphML (.graphml), Pajek (.net), Adjacency
       matrix (.net, .txt). The default file format is GraphML.

       You can load GraphML files by clicking on menu File > Load. To load other network formats, use  the  menu
       File -> Import.

       Layout algorithms

       SocNetV  also  supports  a  variety of layout algorithms, such as spring-embedder (i.e. energy based) and
       centralities-based. The latter reposition all nodes in circles of different radiuses (i.e.  more  central
       nodes  appear  near the centre of the canvas) or in levels of different height (more central nodes appear
       near to the top).

       You can apply layout algorithms from the menu Layout or by clicking on the checkboxes on  the  dock.  Not
       all layouts appear on the dock, though.


KNOWN BUGS
       The  network  file  parser  is not 100% trustworthy. For instance, complicated Pajek or GraphML files can
       crash the application.

       Antialiasing is on by default. This slows down the application when the network has many nodes and edges.
       You can disable antialiasing by pressing F8 .


AUTHOR
       Dimitris Kalamaras <dimitris.kalamaras@gmail.com>


BUG REPORTS
       Report bugs to https://bugs.launchpad.net/socnetv.  In order to send a meaningful bug report, run socnetv
       from a terminal, press F9 and repeat the steps which lead to bug manifestation. SocNetV will be  printing
       debug messages on the standard output (the terminal in Linux).


AVAILABILITY
       The  latest  version of this program can be found at <http://socnetv.sourceforge.net>.  It is distributed
       in source code and binary packages for  Linux  distributions,  image  disks  for  Mac  OS  X  and  zipped
       executables for Windows.

       To get the latest development version use: git clone ssh://oxy86@git.code.sf.net/p/socnetv/git socnetv


       This  program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License 3 as published by the Free
       Software Foundation <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. See the built-in  help  for  details  on  the
       License and the lack of warranty.


SEE ALSO
       graphviz(1)