From: Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>
To: Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [ANN] Org-Mindmap (via TikZ) and Request for Help
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:13:08 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ac505ad0911061713g32ec3e58r760d4bf193046449@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4edb2bbc0911060853t2a2dbc4k162ebdf8334cb895@mail.gmail.com>
One vote for inclusion of this MindMap tikz generator in the org-mode
mainstream.
Daniel
2009/11/6 Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com>:
> Hi Peter,
>
>>
>> Also attached is an example org file, and the output (in PDF). I do
>> need a bit of help finishing this off though. I'm not quiet sure how to
>> get TikZ to do a better job with the layout of the mindmap when you have
>> several nodes.
>
> I tried the new mindmap function and it looks really nice and run flawless
> on my system.
> I guess for the placement of the nodes there is not much you can do.
> Personaly I belive that it is at least a very difficulte task, not only to
> find the required space (which might need some optimisation algorithm) but
> often mindmaps should be arranged according to the content (e.g. bring
> similar topics close to each other). I find it already difficult to do it by
> hand.
>
> Maybe instead of and full automatised version you could try to find a way to
> define where to place the nodes within org-mode.
> Furthermore, I noticed that you define standard colours in styles and
> override there settings by variables given in the org-file. Since you
> generate the complete tex-file, might it be possible to define the styles on
> the fly. This would allow you to remove the color definition in most of the
> node parameters and make the whole file less verbose.
>
> Since you always create mindmaps you might even reduce
>
> :TIKZ_STYLE: concept color=green
> to
> :TIKZ_STYLE: green
>
> as for the above described placement, a very easy way to give a rough
> placement command could be
> :TIKZ_STYLE: green, north
> with north, northeast, east, etc.
> or
> :TIKZ_STYLE: green, 90
> whereas the number is the degree
>
>> Anyone want to help me get this mindmap generator finished?
>
>
> It is not really a help but at least a feedback
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Torsten
>
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-05 17:09 [ANN] Org-Mindmap (via TikZ) and Request for Help Peter Jones
2009-11-06 16:53 ` Torsten Wagner
2009-11-07 1:13 ` Daniel Martins [this message]
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