From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kevin Nagel" Subject: gantt chart similar overview of time for project planning Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:12 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <59632.81.102.140.119.1211370852.squirrel@webmail.ebi.ac.uk> Reply-To: auyeung@ebi.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jymtc-0001em-GK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:16 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jymtb-0001dL-5G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:15 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54292 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jymtb-0001d8-1I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:15 -0400 Received: from spike.ebi.ac.uk ([193.62.196.9]:48531) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jymta-0004kf-Jj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:14 -0400 Received: from webmail.ebi.ac.uk (sysweb4.ebi.ac.uk [172.18.1.72]) by spike.ebi.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m4LBsCYK027387 for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:12 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org hello, I started using orgmode and love it. however one thing is missing, which is a simple way of checking out the dates to see if there is time to allocate for a task/project without interfering others and also able to readjust it. the view would be sth like a gantt chart, but simple colored boxes along the project/task header and the dates would be sufficient. is that doable? is it a matter of adjusting the column view? can i manipulate the dates in the column view too? i think it is really crucial, as looking up in the calendar and selecting dates without colliding with other scheduled dates is not clear. thanx for reply in advance. kev -- lost in kaleidoscope skies... ...kevin Kevin Nagel EMBL Outstation - Hinxton European Bioinformatics Institute Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton Cambridge, CB10 1SD United Kingdom -- lost in kaleidoscope skies... ...kevin Kevin Nagel PhD Student EMBL Outstation - Hinxton European Bioinformatics Institute Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton Cambridge, CB10 1SD United Kingdom