From: Chris Schlaeger (cs_at_suse.de)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 03:44:33 CET
From: Chris Schlaeger <cs@suse.de> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 03:44:33 +0100 Message-Id: <200301230344.33629.cs@suse.de> Subject: Re: [taskjuggler] how to start with first file???
On Monday 20 January 2003 17:15, Dirk Gerlach wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I tried to understand the philosophy of taskjuggler, but :-((
>
> I've installed 1.4 on a Suse 8.1 with KDE. That was easy, but how to
> start?
> I read the chapters for beginners but I didn't really understand
> what to do.
>
> I only want to open a project, give them some datas and looking for
> a nice GANTT.
> So what must I do or what must I understand.
All project data needs to be entered in at least one text file. This describes
the project using the syntax described in the manual. This file(s) need to be
processed by taskjuggler. You need to pass the files to the taskjuggler
program on the command line like this:
taskjuggler foo.tjp
whereas foo.tjp is the name of your text file. TaskJuggler will then create
output files according to the report definitions you have put in the project
file. Those output files can either be HTML files (viewed with your favorit
browser) or XML files. The xml files can be processed by other programs again
to convert them in human readable formats. To create a GANTT chart from an
XML file you need to pass the XML file to tjx2gantt.
tjx2gantt foo.tjx
This will create an encapsulated postscript file. This file can be viewed with
many browsers or used in other programs such as OpenOffice.org.
> Our project engineers searching for a simple click&start programm.
> If there is needed a script for startup it may be ok, but all
> reading of the manual gives me no answers.
TaskJuggler is not a click&start program. It has a steeper learning curve than
for example MS Project. In return you will get a much more powerful program.
Chris
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