[pstricks] Geneaology/pedigree charts.

[Herbert Voss]

John R. Culleton wrote:
> I can create a chart of sorts using the plain TeX table writing
> mechanism. See the following example:
> 
> http://wexfordpress.com/ceili2.htm
> 
> However users object to the lack of arrows linking children to
> parents at various level. A copmlicaitn factor is the length of
> the names, requiring one to either overlap entries (as in
> ceili2.htm) or break names onto multiple lines in a table (as
> in http://wexfordpress.com/ceili1.html )
> 
> This makes the customary flowcharting software of little use.
> 
> I wondered if anyone has attacked this problem in the pstricks or eplain 
> communities. A starting point would be to take my existing
> chart and add arrows to it. 

Should be easy with pst-tree or \psmatrix from pst-node

e.g.
http://PSTricks.tug.org/main.cgi?file=examples#bracket
http://PSTricks.tug.org/main.cgi?file=Nodes/nodes

Herbert