Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Horizontal tree with "gates"

[tropicofvector]

Dear all,

I'm looking to create a horizontal tree with "gate" style node connections.

Before starting this post I've performed a forum search and have indeed found this thread: http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... ontal+tree. I've tried fumbling about with PSTricks, qtree, xyling and TIkz but unfortunately to no avail.

My biggest problem at the moment is time, as I'm writing my MA thesis and the deadline is 31 August. I've a good number of pages to write yet and I've lost a lot of time already with testing this and that.

In short, if anybody would be able to point me in the direction of a package that I can use to draw this kind of tree, plus perhaps a simple syntax hint, I'd be extremely grateful.

Please understand, I'm not looking for someone to write me a tailormade solution, just for someone to point me in the right direction so I don't have to start from scratch. From what I've found out qtree won't do, probably xyling won't do either, but I've seen similar things to what I want in TIkz and PSTricks...

Thank you very much in advance!

Btw, I'm using TexLive, Texniccenter (and JabRef) on Windows.

I've attached a PNG with what I wanna do approximately.

Thanks!

horiz_tree_gates.png (14.01 KiB) Viewed 3915 times

[frabjous]

Are the examples on p. 374 of the TikZ manual not close enough to what you want? If not, what's wrong with them?

[tropicofvector]

Problem solved:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{trees}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node {root}[edge from parent fork right,grow=east]
child {node {left}}
child {node {right}
child {node {child}}
child {node {child}}
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I know I should've had a look at the manual before posting and I did but couldn't find the relevant section you've mentioned. I'm used to a very helpful community for my Linux distro, so I thought I might as well ask here...

[localghost]

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Best regards
Thorsten