From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Was tj3 --> tikz gantt chart Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:29:13 +0100 Message-ID: <8762leitpy.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87pque4ynz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87mxer15qd.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52497) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyTzt-0000xR-BS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:29:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyTzs-0000Am-3h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:29:21 -0400 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:42626) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyTzr-0000Ac-OX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:29:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: (John Hendy's message of "Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:58:57 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: John Hendy Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org John Hendy writes: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: >> John Hendy writes: >> > >> [...] >> >>> In any case, it looks like *just* after this discussion, something a >>> bit more formal came about for gantt charts and TikZ. I thought you >>> and others might be interested in it: >>> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Gantt-tikz >>> >>> It looks like a summary/walkthrough of this package: >>> http://www.martin-kumm.de/tex_gantt_package.php >> >> Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. =C2=A0It looks very good= and >> definitely much cleaner and prettier than my little hack job! >> >> It should be fairly straightforward to modify my org table to gantt >> chart code to work with this package. =C2=A0I'll add this to my list of = jobs >> to do "when I have the time" or "when I next need this functionality", >> whichever comes soonest ;-) >> > > One thing to note is that this is using ConTeXt, not [La]Tex. I had > actually never heard of it before and there were some notable > differences between the file structure, particularly the preamble. Let > me know what you think when you dig into that and if org can manage. > Bummer the package wasn't for straight LaTeX! > > > John Ah but the [[http://www.martin-kumm.de/tex/gantt.sty][original]], linked to from the site above, *is* for LaTeX and has the same functionality, I believe? It's the one I would use in any case. --=20 : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.222.gd7757)