Re: [O] Testers / Feedback wanted: Gantt charts via org-gantt.el

[Axel Kielhorn]

Hi Bernhard,

Thanks for your quick response.

> I tried org-gantt on a current project and ran into one problem:
>> 
>> I track progress with
>> * Task [%]
>> and
>> * Task [/]
>> 
>> Of course the % causes a problem when exporting to LaTeX.
>> I suggest to either ignore [%] and [/] or use them as an alternative to show 
>> how
>> much is completed.
>> It is probably a better metric than hours worked.
> 
> I do not quite understand: Is this an org mode feature (I could not find any 
> documentation - you can possibly tell I haven't been using or mode for too 
> long), or is this just something that you do yourself?
> While I agree that it would be a good idea to use those numbers, I'm a bit 
> wary of implementing something that is not based on official org mode 
> features.
> As a preliminary measure, I now ignore % signs.

Section 5.5 „Breaking tasks down into subtasks“ of the org (8.2) manual.

It works with TODO / DONE and checkboxes in lists.

I’ll look into the remaining comments later.


Axel