From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: make a timeline from a table? Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:29:49 +0000 Message-ID: <87eib1fhsi.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43621 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PDy13-0004Um-2n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:30:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PDy11-0004sQ-Bz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:30:00 -0400 Received: from vscane-a.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.41]:45081) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PDy11-0004s3-5Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:29:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Matt Price's message of "Thu, 4 Nov 2010 06:59:52 -0400") 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: Matt Price Cc: Org Mode Matt Price writes: > Hi eveyone, > > I'm trying to do something that seems really simple to me but i still don= 't > know how to do.=C2=A0 I want to draw a timeline that represents the stage= s of a > research project (inception, research, presentation, writing, submission, > publication...)=C2=A0 and I would like it to look something like this: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------- > \=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 \ > =C2=A0\=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 \ > =C2=A0 inception=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 research > > only I want it to be pretty, say with little circular nodes connecting the > diagonal lines to the main horizontal lines, and with the text aligned > diagonally along the lines.=C2=A0 Is there an easy way to do this in org,= and will > it export say to html?=C2=A0 Or if not in org, some way to generate the g= raphic > from a set of datapoints?=C2=A0 I imagine this must exist but I don't oft= en make > charts and graphics so I don't know how to do it.=C2=A0 > > Anyway, I appreciate your help.=C2=A0 Thanks, > Matt Matt, I don't know of an org specific example of how to do this but I know there are plenty of latex+tikz examples out there (google "timeline latex tikz" for instance). With some simple emacs lisp code, you should be able to convert an org table to suitable input for tikz. If you want a GANTT chart approach instead, check out a posting I made to list back in early October: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/31824 Maybe check that message out in any case for an example of how to work with an org table and create tikz commands for latex export. HTH, eric --=20 : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1 : using Org-mode version 7.02trans (release_7.3.14.g106ad)