Directory graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-kalender

A LaTeX based calendar using TikZ

For usage see the example files »tikz-kalender-example1.tex«, »tikz-kalender-example2.tex«, and ».events«. See also my Git repository. The Code is inspired by this document and has the »Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY-SA)«.

The class »tikz-kalender« requires the package »tikz« and the tkiz libraries »calc« and »calendar«.

Short Description

Keys for the macro setup

\setup[key1=value1,key2=value2,..]

General

• year=year of the calendar
• yearText=text for the year (default: 4-digit current year)
• title=title of the calendar
• events=list of files with events or periods (without the ending .events)
• showweeknumbers=true or empty or false (showing the number of the week)
• lang=language for marking (option passed to package babel)
• paper=papersize abbreviation (understandable by package geometry;

default: a4)

• print=true or empty or false (printer-friendly orientation for

double-side printing; default: false)

• xcoloroptions=options (passed to package xcolor; default: svgnames)

Color definitions

• titleColor=... (default: dark)
• eventColor=... (default: medium)
• periodColor=... (default: period)
• monthBGcolor=... (background; default: dark)
• monthColor=... (default: white)
• workdayColor=...
• saturdayColor=... (default: bright)
• sundayColor=... (default: medium)

The default colors:

• dark: {HTML}{A57C00}
• medium: dark!35
• bright: dark!20
• period: gray!30

Font definitions

• titleFont=...
• yearFont=...
• monthFont=...
• dayFont=...
• dayNbFont=...
• weekNbFont=...
• eventFont=...

Examples

• titleFont={\fontsize{1.2em}{1.2em}}
• yearFont={\itshape}
• titleColor=IndianRed3 (required xcoloroptions={x11names})

Macros event and period inside of events files

Examples

• \event{\year-10-09}{John Lennon (1940)}; uncolored every year event

• \event*{2016-03-27}{Ostersonntag}; event colored with the color defined

by the key eventColor (general holiday)

• \event*{2016-07-10}{Fußball-EM: Endspiel}[color=DarkTurquoise];

colored event with a special color

• \period{2016-12-23}{2017-01-03}; period colored with the color defined

by the key periodColor

• \period{2016-02-01}{2016-02-06}[color=LightGreen]; period colored with a

special color

• \period{2016-09-12}{2016-10-04}[color=red!30,name=Urlaub]; named period

colored with a special color

Rolf Niepraschk, 2018-04-01