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Re: [O] New[er] TikZ package: pgfgantt (interest in using with org?)


From: John Hendy
Subject: Re: [O] New[er] TikZ package: pgfgantt (interest in using with org?)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:50:53 -0500

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Jude DaShiell <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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?
>

http://devel.se.wtb.tue.nl/trac/shed/browser/trunk/visualization/taskresource_gnuplot_gantt

?

John

> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Eric S Fraga wrote:
>
>> John Hendy <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden>
> "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
>



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