iplotx (network plotting)

[iosonofabio]

PR Summary

After discussions with @tacaswell over a few years and as a rewrite of my matplotlib backend within igraph, I have now completed iplotx (https://iplotx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), a universal package to plot networks/graphs and trees in Python. It natively supports both networkx and igraph as well as an internal zero-dependency format for networks, and four separate popular libraries plus an internal zero-dependency format for trees. Examples are at:

https://iplotx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gallery/index.html

This PR requests to add iplotx to the list of third-party packages using matplotlib as a framework.

It's pretty straightforward except for whether this deserves its own category. Network visualisation is a big thing and I could not find any category that fits in the pre-existing ones. It's not "domain specific" - in fact, the preprint was just rejected by a bioinformatics journal on account of being not domain specific! - and I'm not sure what other category it would fit. Open for suggestions.

Thank you!

[story645]

I wouldn't be opposed to a new section for networks and graph, but generally we use "domain specific" kind of broadly - networkx is under domain specific b/c we consider networks a domain.

[iosonofabio]

Right, hmm.

When I go through the list, it's a little awkward in a way, because cartography has its own category but seaborn is listed as "domain specific".

I could change this PR to domain specific first and get it merged and then make another one that adds a few more things (igraph, Biopython) and tries to reorganize a bit?

[story645]

I could change this PR to domain specific first and get it merged and then make another one that adds a few more things (igraph, Biopython) and tries to reorganize a bit?

Sounds good to me!