From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: Was tj3 --> tikz gantt chart Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:39:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87pque4ynz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87mxer15qd.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <8762leitpy.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]:60235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyU9i-00043n-OH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:39:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyU9h-0002Oo-Es for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:39:30 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:47502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyU9h-0002OV-9o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:39:29 -0400 Received: by bkbzt4 with SMTP id zt4so5901046bkb.0 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:39:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8762leitpy.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> 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 , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > 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 goo= d 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? =C2=A0It's the one I would use in any case. Oh wow. I totally missed that that they were not the same. I thought one was the package and the other a wiki on how to use it. Missed that the ConTeXt one was a port of the original! Cool deal! John > -- > : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 > : using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.222.gd7757) >