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Ask HN: Is there a text-based tool to create a timeline diagram?

39 pointsby absolute100about 4 years ago
some tool like https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.websequencediagrams.com&#x2F;. but for timeline diagram.<p>This is an example timeline diagram (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mk0trumpexcelrq4mcds.kinstacdn.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;Milestone-chart-in-Excel-Pic.png). Not the Gantt chart

7 comments

Jugurthaabout 4 years ago
I searched for &quot;timeline latex&quot;, and the screenshots of one of the results looks pretty nice: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pypi.org&#x2F;project&#x2F;labella" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pypi.org&#x2F;project&#x2F;labella</a>.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org&#x2F;eb38e25ead41c4d732eb2cf97c4142f1162aeaea&#x2F;68747470733a2f2f7261772e67697468756275736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f476a6a7664427572672f6c6162656c6c612e70792f6d61737465722f6578616d706c65732f74696d656c696e655f6b69745f332e706e67" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org&#x2F;eb38e25ead...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org&#x2F;71c5e180bc84a50eafa2f16a8523b6d2b5d27e49&#x2F;68747470733a2f2f7261772e67697468756275736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f476a6a7664427572672f6c6162656c6c612e70792f6d61737465722f6578616d706c65732f74696d656c696e655f6b69745f352e706e67" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org&#x2F;71c5e180bc...</a><p>The first paragraph of the description:<p>&gt;<i>Labella.py is a Python 3 clone of labella.js that supports all the features of labella.js and addionally can generate TikZ PDF images for use in LaTeX.</i>
zoomablemindabout 4 years ago
You may check out Pikchr <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pikchr.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pikchr.org</a> tool&#x2F;language, inspired by the PIC language.<p>It&#x27;s by the creator of SQLite and Fossil SCM. In fact the Pikchr functionality is bundled into Fossil SCM, and is directly supported in Fossil&#x27;s UI (can be mixed in Markdown in the docs&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;forum).<p>The Pikchr language takes some patience to learn, but there&#x27;re some useful examples to get you started. Plus, you could ask for help on the Forum.
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bjourneabout 4 years ago
Matplotlib: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;matplotlib.org&#x2F;stable&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;lines_bars_and_markers&#x2F;timeline.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;matplotlib.org&#x2F;stable&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;lines_bars_and_markers...</a>
aszenabout 4 years ago
Last time I had to embed diagrams I used mermaid js <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mermaid-js.github.io&#x2F;mermaid&#x2F;#&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mermaid-js.github.io&#x2F;mermaid&#x2F;#&#x2F;</a> which is made to be rendered alongside markdown. Not sure if your particular diagram is supported but the project has a big community around it so there should be a way.
begemotzabout 4 years ago
timevis in R (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rdocumentation.org&#x2F;packages&#x2F;timevis&#x2F;versions&#x2F;1.0.0&#x2F;topics&#x2F;timevis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rdocumentation.org&#x2F;packages&#x2F;timevis&#x2F;versions&#x2F;1.0...</a>)
tofukidabout 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;playground.diagram.codes" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;playground.diagram.codes</a> has timelines, flow charts, etc. all live updated from text.
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perrygeoabout 4 years ago
Sequence diagrams? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plantuml.com&#x2F;sequence-diagram" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plantuml.com&#x2F;sequence-diagram</a>