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I've just had an insane idea... Well, let's hope it's not insane. :D I was wondering, for the Matrix solution, what if you set the text width in the matrix (not the nodes inside) to be as much points as they are for the actual lifespan? For example, from 1660 to 1731 they are 71 years. Can I set Tikz to use a new length so that 1 point equals one year in my graph, so that if I write text width=71length it spans for "71 years"? If this would be easily implemented then I'd use your matrix-related solution. :)

Alenanno
– Alenanno

2013-03-31 13:26:07 +00:00
Commented Mar 31, 2013 at 13:26
Perhaps one way is to use \pgfmathsetmacro{\lifelength}{71} \pgfmathsetmacro{\lifespan}{\lifelength/6.4*10} then use text width=\lifespan in the node option.

hpesoj626
– hpesoj626

2013-04-01 04:53:06 +00:00
Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 4:53
Sorry if I'm pestering you but I've been trying all morning for this but... How do you fix that macro to be applicable per case? I've meant to use "#1"... The problem is that I don't know how to calculate the length of "one year" or even one unit length so that I can tell Latex "stretch this by X points" or whatever.

Alenanno
– Alenanno

2013-04-01 11:24:35 +00:00
Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 11:24
@Alenanno It's okay. But I am afraid I can't provide a better solution. See my edit.

hpesoj626
– hpesoj626

2013-04-02 09:35:42 +00:00
Commented Apr 2, 2013 at 9:35
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BTW, snakes library is now deprecated by decorations library for version 2.10. :)

hpesoj626
– hpesoj626

2013-04-02 09:41:34 +00:00
Commented Apr 2, 2013 at 9:41

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