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

[Eric S Fraga]

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.

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