: Free software for complex timelines I'm searching for a software (bestly free or at least really cheap) for time-lines which: would be easy to use and user friendly will be useful to both dayily

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I use Timeline, which is open source and can be found at SourceForge

I haven't tried different rates of time passage (that would be really useful in both fantasy and science fiction). I do use it to show events taking place in the ordinary world and timelines of important characters.

The file that drives the timeline is in XML and can have multiple timelines on the page and each timeline can have an unlimited number of entries. You can use the GUI to create timelines and events, or you can edit the file. Entries look like this:

<category>
<name>Hero's Journey</name>
<color>0,128,128</color>
<progress_color>153,254,255</progress_color>
<done_color>153,254,255</done_color>
<font_color>255,255,255</font_color>
</category>
<category>
<name>Eddie's Journey</name>
<color>64,128,128</color>
<progress_color>153,255,204</progress_color>
<done_color>153,255,204</done_color>
<font_color>255,255,255</font_color>
<parent>Hero's Journey</parent>
</category>

<event>
<start>1947-09-23 12:31:00</start>
<end>1947-09-23 12:31:00</end>
<text>(14)Call to Adventure</text>
<progress>0</progress>
<fuzzy>False</fuzzy>
<locked>False</locked>
<ends_today>False</ends_today>
<category>Eddie's Journey</category>
<default_color>200,200,200</default_color>
</event>

Hope this helps.

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