From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/33451 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: tree charts Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:05:08 -0700 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172084960 22313 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2007 19:09:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:09:20 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Feb 21 20:09:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HJwq4-0007uu-1u for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:09:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E24202E4; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:06:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28586-01; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:06:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4335B202DD; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:02:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 339D5202E2 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:02:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28223-01-16 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:02:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from trueband.net (trueband.net [216.163.120.10]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E7E4202D9 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:02:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail 23444 invoked by uid 1006); 21 Feb 2007 19:05:25 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. 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Processed in 5.326656 secs); 21 Feb 2007 19:05:25 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.5) by -v with SMTP; 21 Feb 2007 19:05:19 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 17503 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2007 19:05:17 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO walayah-main) (67.54.131.34) by -v with SMTP; 21 Feb 2007 19:05:17 -0000 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.02 (Win32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:33451 Archived-At: On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:18:10 -0700, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> Dear cabal, >> >> Do any of you have any examples of tree charts done in, say, MetaFun? >> Are >> there any macros, libraries etc. for easy tree charts in \ConTeXt? >> >> Example: >> http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~anne/Aufl-Bilder/D7Tree.jpg > > There are three ways you can do it in ConTeXt > > 1) Most features: pstricks (yes pstricks can be used with context, but > you always have to go the ps->pdf route) I used pstricks for this purpose for my dissertation years ago (LaTeX, dvips). It's been years since I used pstricks, does not seem too popular with ConTeXt, dvips does not work well with ConTeXt virtual fonts, etc.... > 2) Easiest syntax and prettiest looking output: tikz. You need one of > the recent versions of tikz that work fine with context (except some > of the exotic features, like adding arbitrary nodes to the page) Never heard of it; will look it up > > 3) A very flexible system, but it takes a while to get used to the > syntax: Metaobj. You also need a workabound to get metaobj to run > correctly with metafun (search the mailing list for Taco's > reply on a mail with metaobj in the subject) Will look this up as well, though I don't look forward to yet another syntax (still need to get used to metapost ;-) > For things like this, my personal recommendation will be tikz. It is > not as powerful as metapost, since all the calculations are done in > tex, but the user interface is slightly easier to use than metapost, > and it has a good looking library of functions. > > If you need something, quick and dirty, plain metapost with boxes > package will also work. There is also the flowchart module, but I do > not think that it can draw diagonal lines. Yes, otherwise that module would be the ticket. Maybe someone will extend it someday; I think a tree-chart module is at least just as important as one for flow charts. THANK YOU for the info! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/