gantt

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

Is it possible to make a gantt chart by using lyx?

Thank

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[stefano franchi]

Post by Patrick Dupre
Hello,
Is it possible to make a gantt chart by using lyx?

I had to make one for a EU grant application recently, and I ended up using
tikz-gantt [1]. Documentation is excellent and it didn't take too much time
once I got the hang of the general idea behind the package. On the other
hand, YMMV. My gantt chart was really simple

Using tikz means no direct lyx support, however. My lyx-based grant
application has a big, 2-page long ERT box with all the tikz-gantt code in
it. In practical terms, I actually worked on the chart itself separately
from LyX using a Latex editor (Kile). Once I debugged it to my
satisfaction, I simply cut and paste the latex code into an ERT box in LyX


Cheers,

Stefano


[1] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgfgantt

[Jacob Bishop]

In practical terms, I actually worked on the chart itself separately from
LyX using a Latex editor (Kile). Once I debugged it to my satisfaction, I
simply cut and paste the latex code into an ERT box in LyX

For what it's worth, I have also used tikz to create charts and graphs for
use in LyX (although never a gantt chart). I have had good luck with the
editor qtikz, which is nice because it gives the code on one side, and a
real-time preview of the output on the other. Also, if you use the preview
capability of LyX, you can make your ERT (when not selected) convert to a
nice preview of the output on-screen within LyX.

Jacob