Can gnuplot do gantt charts relatively easily? Since org-mode already works with gnuplot I think in some aspects might this be another useable route to use?
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Eric S Fraga wrote: > John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > > [...] > > > There are great examples in the documentation, and I think there's > > *got* to be some way to integrate either org-mode tables or perhaps > > properties somehow in creating these. I find gantt charts useful for > > 1) personal management and just knowing a timeline for when things > > need to get done and 2) for management who wants to know these kinds > > of things. > > > > While agenda is quite helpful, there is something about seeing a > > bird's eye view of everything nested together that's really slick. > > I agree. I don't often use the project management aspects of TJ. My > main use of gantt charts is for initial project planning and I use org > directly for project management. > > > Any thoughts on whether there's interest in this? There's a similar > > package for ConTeXt, but I don't know anything about ConTeXt (when I > > first saw it, I thought this was for LaTeX and was really puzzled > > about why I couldn't get it to compile). See the following: > > --- http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Gantt-tikz > > --- http://www.martin-kumm.de/tex_gantt_package.php > > > > I think the pgfgantt package does everything for basic use, and more. > > I don't see a reason to go the ConTeXt route, but just provided it for > > information. > > > > This is already usable in LaTeX code blocks... but integration with > > org-mode would be superb and could perhaps replace the need for Task > > Juggler. It seems cleaner to me, though perhaps others get more out of > > Task Juggler than just gantt charts. That's my primary interest, and > > so exporting to a .tjp file and then needing to run from command line, > > and then printing the html to PDF... is a bit laborious. This is right > > in the org -> LaTeX workflow and really does a nice, neat job of > > providing the necessary info. > > For my needs, a direct org to gantt chart (using the tikz package) would > be ideal. I don't have time currently to devote to something like this > (term starts in a few weeks so more pressing needs...) but could provide > some help if somebody else takes this on. > > it would be nice if the same org format/layout as used by the TJ > exporter could be used here, mind you, to allow for both the simple > gantt chart generation but also the full project management support > using the same org file. > > Jude <jdash...@shellworld.net> "I love the Pope, I love seeing him in his Pope-Mobile, his three feet of bullet proof plexi-glass. That's faith in action folks! You know he's got God on his side." ~ Bill Hicks
