python-igraph API reference

List of all classes, functions and methods in python-igraph

igraph.configuration

module documentation

Configuration framework for igraph.

igraph has some parameters which usually affect the behaviour of many functions. This module provides the framework for altering and querying igraph parameters as well as saving them to and retrieving them from disk.

Class Configuration Class representing igraph configuration details.
Function get_platform_image_viewer Returns the path of an image viewer on the given platform.
Function get_user_config_file Returns the path where the user-level configuration file is stored
Function init Default mechanism to initiate igraph configuration
def get_platform_image_viewer():

Returns the path of an image viewer on the given platform.

Deprecated since python-igraph 0.9.1 and will be removed in 0.10.0.

Unknown Field: deprecated
This function was only used by the now-deprecated show() method of the Plot class.
def get_user_config_file():

Returns the path where the user-level configuration file is stored

def init():

Default mechanism to initiate igraph configuration

This method loads the user-specific configuration file from the user's home directory, or if it does not exist, creates a default configuration.

The method is safe to be called multiple times, it will not parse the configuration file twice.

Returns
the Configuration object loaded or created.