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+set ylabel ""
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# TODO:
+# - Task colors:
+#     - User-defined using config file.
+#     - Automagically chosen from color space.
+#     - Advanced algorithm (contact Hannes Pretorius).
+# - Koos' specs:
+#     - Resources and tasks sorted in read-in order (default)
+#       or alphabetically (flag).
+#     - Have proper gnuplot behavior on windows/x11, eps/pdf, latex terminals.
+#     - Create and implement algorithm for critical path analysis.
+# - Split generic stuff into a Gantt class, and specific stuff into the main.
+#
+# gantt.py ganttfile | gnuplot
+
+import itertools, sys, getopt
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+
+rectangleHeight = 0.8  #: Height of a rectangle in units.
+
+class Activity(object):
+    """
+    Container for activity information.
+
+    @ivar resource: Resource name.
+    @type resource: C{str}
+
+    @ivar start: Start time of the activity.
+    @type start: C{float}
+
+    @ivar stop: End time of the activity.
+    @type stop: C{float}
+
+    @ivar task: Name of the task/activity being performed.
+    @type task: C{str}
+    """
+    def __init__(self, resource, start, stop, task):
+        self.resource = resource
+        self.start = start
+        self.stop = stop
+        self.task = task
+
+class Rectangle(object):
+    """
+    Container for rectangle information.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, bottomleft, topright, fillcolor):
+        self.bottomleft = bottomleft
+        self.topright = topright
+        self.fillcolor = fillcolor
+        self.fillstyle = 'solid 0.8'
+        self.linewidth = 2
+
+class ColorBook(object):
+    """
+    Class managing colors.
+
+    @ivar colors
+    @ivar palette
+    @ivar prefix
+    """
+    def __init__(self, colorfname, tasks):
+        """
+        Construct a ColorBook object.
+
+        @param colorfname: Name of the color config file (if specified).
+        @type  colorfname: C{str} or C{None}
+
+        @param tasks: Existing task types.
+        @type  tasks: C{list} of C{str}
+        """
+        if colorfname:
+            values = self.load_config(colorfname, tasks)
+        else:
+            values = self.fixed(tasks)
+
+        self.colors, self.palette, self.prefix = values
+
+
+    def load_config(self, colorfname, tasks):
+        """
+        Read task colors from a configuration file.
+        """
+        palettedef = 'model RGB'
+        colorprefix = 'rgb'
+
+        # Read in task colors from configuration file
+        config = ConfigParser()
+        config.optionxform = str # makes option names case sensitive
+        config.readfp(open(colorfname, 'r'))
+        # Colors are RGB colornames
+        colors = dict(config.items('Colors'))
+
+        # Raise KeyError if no color is specified for a task
+        nocolors = [t for t in tasks if not colors.has_key(t)]
+        if nocolors:
+            msg = 'Could not find task color for ' + ', '.join(nocolors)
+            raise KeyError(msg)
+
+        return colors, palettedef, colorprefix
+
+    def fixed(self, tasks):
+        """
+        Pick colors from a pre-defined palette.
+        """
+        # Set task colors
+        # SE colors
+        # (see http://w3.wtb.tue.nl/nl/organisatie/systems_engineering/\
+        #      info_for_se_students/how2make_a_poster/pictures/)
+        # Decrease the 0.8 values for less transparent colors.
+        se_palette = {"se_red":   (1.0, 0.8, 0.8),
+                     "se_pink":   (1.0, 0.8, 1.0),
+                     "se_violet": (0.8, 0.8, 1.0),
+                     "se_blue":   (0.8, 1.0, 1.0),
+                     "se_green":  (0.8, 1.0, 0.8),
+                     "se_yellow": (1.0, 1.0, 0.8)}
+        se_gradient = ["se_red", "se_pink", "se_violet",
+                       "se_blue", "se_green", "se_yellow"]
+        se_palettedef = '( ' + \
+                        ', '.join(('%d ' % n +
+                                   ' '.join((str(x) for x in se_palette[c]))
+                                   for n, c in enumerate(se_gradient))) + \
+                        ' )'
+
+        palettedef = 'model RGB defined %s' % se_palettedef
+        colorprefix = 'palette frac'
+        # Colors are fractions from the palette defined
+        colors = dict((t, '%0.2f' % (float(n)/(len(tasks)-1)))
+                       for n, t in enumerate(tasks))
+
+        return colors, palettedef, colorprefix
+
+class DummyClass(object):
+    """
+    Dummy class for storing option values in.
+    """
+
+
+def make_rectangles(activities, resource_map, colors):
+    """
+    Construct a collection of L{Rectangle} for all activities.
+
+    @param activities: Activities being performed.
+    @type  activities: C{iterable} of L{Activity}
+
+    @param resource_map: Indices of all resources.
+    @type  resource_map: C{dict} of C{str} to C{int}
+
+    @param colors: Colors for all tasks.
+    @type  colors: C{dict} of C{str} to C{str}
+
+    @return: Collection of rectangles to draw.
+    @rtype:  C{list} of L{Rectangle}
+    """
+    rectangles = []
+    for act in activities:
+        ypos = resource_map[act.resource]
+        bottomleft = (act.start, ypos - 0.5 * rectangleHeight)
+        topright = (act.stop, ypos + 0.5 * rectangleHeight)
+        fillcolor = colors[act.task]
+        rectangles.append(Rectangle(bottomleft, topright, fillcolor))
+
+    return rectangles
+
+
+def load_ganttfile(ganttfile):
+    """
+    Load the resource/task file.
+
+    @param ganttfile: Name of the gantt file.
+    @type  ganttfile: C{str}
+
+    @return: Activities loaded from the file, collection of
+             (resource, start, end, task) activities.
+    @rtype:  C{list} of L{Activity}
+    """
+    activities = []
+    for line in open(ganttfile, 'r').readlines():
+        line = line.strip().split()
+        if len(line) == 0:
+            continue
+        resource = line[0]
+        start = float(line[1])
+        stop = float(line[2])
+        task = line[3]
+        activities.append(Activity(resource, start, stop, task))
+
+    return activities
+
+def make_unique_tasks_resources(alphasort, activities):
+    """
+    Construct collections of unique task names and resource names.
+
+    @param alphasort: Sort resources and tasks alphabetically.
+    @type  alphasort: C{bool}
+
+    @param activities: Activities to draw.
+    @type  activities: C{list} of L{Activity}
+
+    @return: Collections of task-types and resources.
+    @rtype:  C{list} of C{str}, C{list} of C{str}
+    """
+    # Create list with unique resources and tasks in activity order.
+    resources = []
+    tasks = []
+    for act in activities:
+        if act.resource not in resources:
+            resources.append(act.resource)
+        if act.task not in tasks:
+            tasks.append(act.task)
+
+    # Sort such that resources and tasks appear in alphabetical order
+    if alphasort:
+        resources.sort()
+        tasks.sort()
+
+    # Resources are read from top (y=max) to bottom (y=1)
+    resources.reverse()
+
+    return tasks, resources
+
+
+def generate_plotdata(activities, resources, tasks, rectangles, options,
+                     resource_map, color_book):
+    """
+    Generate Gnuplot lines.
+    """
+    xmin = 0
+    xmax = max(act.stop for act in activities)
+    ymin = 0 + (rectangleHeight / 2)
+    ymax = len(resources) + 1 - (rectangleHeight / 2)
+    xlabel = 'time'
+    ylabel = ''
+    title = options.plottitle
+    ytics = ''.join(['(',
+                     ', '.join(('"%s" %d' % item)
+                                for item in resource_map.iteritems()),
+                     ')'])
+    # outside and 2 characters from the graph
+    key_position = 'outside width +2'
+    grid_tics = 'xtics'
+
+    # Set plot dimensions
+    plot_dimensions = ['set xrange [%f:%f]' % (xmin, xmax),
+                       'set yrange [%f:%f]' % (ymin, ymax),
+                       'set autoscale x', # extends x axis to next tic mark
+                       'set xlabel "%s"' % xlabel,
+                       'set ylabel "%s"' % ylabel,
+                       'set title "%s"' % title,
+                       'set ytics %s' % ytics,
+                       'set key %s' % key_position,
+                       'set grid %s' % grid_tics,
+                       'set palette %s' % color_book.palette,
+                       'unset colorbox']
+
+    # Generate gnuplot rectangle objects
+    plot_rectangles = (' '.join(['set object %d rectangle' % n,
+                                 'from %f, %0.1f' % r.bottomleft,
+                                 'to %f, %0.1f' % r.topright,
+                                 'fillcolor %s %s' % (color_book.prefix,
+                                                      r.fillcolor),
+                                 'fillstyle solid 0.8'])
+                    for n, r in itertools.izip(itertools.count(1), rectangles))
+
+    # Generate gnuplot lines
+    plot_lines = ['plot ' +
+                  ', \\\n\t'.join(' '.join(['-1',
+                                      'title "%s"' % t,
+                                      'with lines',
+                                      'linecolor %s %s ' % (color_book.prefix,
+                                                        color_book.colors[t]),
+                                      'linewidth 6'])
+                            for t in tasks)]
+
+    return plot_dimensions, plot_rectangles, plot_lines
+
+def write_data(plot_dimensions, plot_rectangles, plot_lines, fname):
+    """
+    Write plot data out to file or screen.
+
+    @param fname: Name of the output file, if specified.
+    @type  fname: C{str}  (??)
+    """
+    if fname:
+        g = open(fname, 'w')
+        g.write('\n'.join(itertools.chain(plot_dimensions, plot_rectangles,
+                                          plot_lines)))
+        g.close()
+    else:
+        print '\n'.join(itertools.chain(plot_dimensions, plot_rectangles,
+                                        plot_lines))
+
+def fmt_opt(short, long, arg, text):
+    if arg:
+        return '-%s %s, --%s%s\t%s' % (short[:-1], arg, long, arg, text)
+    else:
+        return '-%s, --%s\t%s' % (short, long, text)
+
+def make_default_options():
+    option_values = DummyClass()
+    option_values.outputfile = ''
+    option_values.colorfile = ''
+    option_values.alphasort = False
+    option_values.plottitle = ''
+    return option_values
+
+def process_options():
+    """
+    Handle option and command-line argument processing.
+
+    @return: Options and gantt input filename.
+    @rtype:  L{OptionParser} options, C{str}
+    """
+    optdefs = [('o:', 'output=', 'FILE', 'Write output to FILE.'),
+               ('c:', 'color=',  'FILE', 'Use task colors (RGB) as defined in '
+                'configuration FILE (in RGB triplets,\n\t\t\t\tGnuplot '
+                'colornames, or hexadecimal representations.'),
+               ('a', 'alpha', '', '\t\tShow resources and tasks in '
+                'alphabetical order.'),
+               ('t:','title=', 'TITLE', 'Set plot title to TITLE (between '
+                'double quotes).'),
+               ('h', 'help', '', '\t\tShow online help.')]
+    short_opts = ''.join(opt[0] for opt in optdefs if opt[0])
+    long_opts  = [opt[1] for opt in optdefs if opt[1]]
+    usage_text = 'gantt.py [options] gantt-file\nwhere\n' + \
+            '\n'.join('    ' + fmt_opt(*opt) for opt in optdefs)
+
+    option_values = make_default_options()
+
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], short_opts, long_opts)
+    except getopt.GetoptError, err:
+        sys.stderr.write("gantt.py: %s\n" % err)
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    for opt, optval in opts:
+        if opt in ('-o', '--output'):
+            option_values.outputfile = optval
+            continue
+        if opt in ('-c', '--color'):
+            option_values.colorfile = optval
+            continue
+        if opt in ('-a', '--alphasort'):
+            option_values.alphasort = True
+            continue
+        if opt in ('-t', '--title'):
+            option_values.plottitle = optval
+            continue
+        if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
+            print usage_text
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+    # Check if correct number of arguments is supplied
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        sys.stderr.write('gantty.py: incorrect number of arguments '
+                         '(task/resource file expected)\n')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    return option_values, args[0]
+
+def compute(options, ganttfile):
+    activities = load_ganttfile(ganttfile)
+    tasks, resources = make_unique_tasks_resources(options.alphasort,
+                                                   activities)
+
+    # Assign indices to resources
+    resource_map = dict(itertools.izip(resources, itertools.count(1)))
+
+    color_book = ColorBook(options.colorfile, tasks)
+    rectangles = make_rectangles(activities, resource_map, color_book.colors)
+
+    plot_dims, plot_rects, plot_lines = \
+            generate_plotdata(activities, resources, tasks, rectangles,
+                              options, resource_map, color_book)
+
+    write_data(plot_dims, plot_rects, plot_lines, options.outputfile)
+
+def run():
+    options, ganttfile = process_options()
+    compute(options, ganttfile)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run()
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.gpl b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.gpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02ac5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.gpl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+set xrange [0.000000:30.000000]
+set yrange [0.400000:3.600000]
+set autoscale x
+set xlabel "time"
+set ylabel ""
+set title "Gantt chart"
+set ytics ("A" 2, "S2" 1, "S0" 3)
+set key outside width +2
+set grid xtics
+set palette model RGB
+unset colorbox
+set object 1 rectangle from 0.000000, 2.6 to 3.000000, 3.4 fillcolor rgb "#0092B5" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 2 rectangle from 3.000000, 1.6 to 5.000000, 2.4 fillcolor rgb "#0092B5" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 3 rectangle from 4.000000, 2.6 to 7.000000, 3.4 fillcolor rgb "#00AC82" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 4 rectangle from 5.000000, 0.6 to 8.000000, 1.4 fillcolor rgb "#0092B5" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 5 rectangle from 7.000000, 1.6 to 11.000000, 2.4 fillcolor rgb "#00AC82" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 6 rectangle from 8.000000, 2.6 to 11.000000, 3.4 fillcolor rgb "#84D200" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 7 rectangle from 11.000000, 0.6 to 14.000000, 1.4 fillcolor rgb "#00AC82" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 8 rectangle from 11.000000, 1.6 to 14.000000, 2.4 fillcolor rgb "#84D200" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 9 rectangle from 12.000000, 2.6 to 15.000000, 3.4 fillcolor rgb "#CEDF00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 10 rectangle from 14.000000, 0.6 to 17.000000, 1.4 fillcolor rgb "#84D200" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 11 rectangle from 15.000000, 1.6 to 19.000000, 2.4 fillcolor rgb "#CEDF00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 12 rectangle from 16.000000, 2.6 to 19.000000, 3.4 fillcolor rgb "#FFDD00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 13 rectangle from 19.000000, 0.6 to 22.000000, 1.4 fillcolor rgb "#CEDF00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 14 rectangle from 19.000000, 1.6 to 22.000000, 2.4 fillcolor rgb "#FFDD00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 15 rectangle from 20.000000, 2.6 to 23.000000, 3.4 fillcolor rgb "#FF9A00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 16 rectangle from 22.000000, 0.6 to 25.000000, 1.4 fillcolor rgb "#FFDD00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 17 rectangle from 23.000000, 1.6 to 27.000000, 2.4 fillcolor rgb "#FF9A00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+set object 18 rectangle from 27.000000, 0.6 to 30.000000, 1.4 fillcolor rgb "#FF9A00" fillstyle solid 0.8
+plot -1 title "0" with lines linecolor rgb "#0092B5"  linewidth 6, \
+	-1 title "1" with lines linecolor rgb "#00AC82"  linewidth 6, \
+	-1 title "2" with lines linecolor rgb "#84D200"  linewidth 6, \
+	-1 title "3" with lines linecolor rgb "#CEDF00"  linewidth 6, \
+	-1 title "4" with lines linecolor rgb "#FFDD00"  linewidth 6, \
+	-1 title "5" with lines linecolor rgb "#FF9A00"  linewidth 6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.plt b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.plt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f48291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.plt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+set terminal postscript eps color solid
+set output "foo.eps"
+load "foo.gpl"
+unset output
diff --git a/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.txt b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26a5641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/gantt/vargantt1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
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+A	3.00000000000000000000	5.00000000000000000000	0
+S0	4.00000000000000000000	7.00000000000000000000	1
+S2	5.00000000000000000000	8.00000000000000000000	0
+A	7.00000000000000000000	11.00000000000000000000	1
+S0	8.00000000000000000000	11.00000000000000000000	2
+S2	11.00000000000000000000	14.00000000000000000000	1
+A	11.00000000000000000000	14.00000000000000000000	2
+S0	12.00000000000000000000	15.00000000000000000000	3
+S2	14.00000000000000000000	17.00000000000000000000	2
+A	15.00000000000000000000	19.00000000000000000000	3
+S0	16.00000000000000000000	19.00000000000000000000	4
+S2	19.00000000000000000000	22.00000000000000000000	3
+A	19.00000000000000000000	22.00000000000000000000	4
+S0	20.00000000000000000000	23.00000000000000000000	5
+S2	22.00000000000000000000	25.00000000000000000000	4
+A	23.00000000000000000000	27.00000000000000000000	5
+S2	27.00000000000000000000	30.00000000000000000000	5