我正在使用timelineArne Meier 的软件包，我想控制时间线连接器的高度，可在GitHub。 时间线连接器的颜色可以自定义。 请考虑以下代码来排版附图：
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{timeline}
\definecolor{Wyellow}{cmyk}{0.15,0.05,0.84,0}
\definecolor{WrandomI}{cmyk}{0.66,0.07,0.13,0.0}
\definecolor{WrandomII}{cmyk}{0.33,0.04,0.44,0.05}
\definecolor{WrandomIII}{cmyk}{0.55,0.15,0.54,0.0}
\definecolor{WrandomIV}{cmyk}{0.44,0.65,0.14,0.1}
\begin{document}
For changing the height of the timeline connectors by using the \verb|timeline| package.\\
\begin{timeline}[Wyellow][WrandomI][WrandomII][WrandomIII][WrandomIV] %where WrandomIV is the color of the timeline connectors.
\timebar[3]{|}{0}{2000}{2013}{1}{|}
\entry{2002}{entry}{no opacity}
\entryshift{2003}{entryshift}{no opacity}{4mm}
\flipentry{2004}{flipentry}{no opacity}
% \flipentry{2005}{Anotherflipentry}{no opacity}
% \flipentry{2005}{Anotherflipentry-I}{no opacity}
\flipentry{2005}{NoOverlapIsExpected}{no opacity}
\flipentryshift{2005}{flipentryshift}{no opacity}{4mm}
\entry[0.5]{2008}{entry}{opacity}
\entryshift[0.5]{2009}{entryshift}{opacity}{4mm}
\flipentry[0.5]{2010}{flipentry}{opacity}
\flipentryshift[0.2]{2011}{flipentryshift}{opacity}{4mm}
\end{timeline}
\end{document}
其结果如下：
期望在于获取图片为手写的时间线：
如果可以控制时间线连接器的高度，则可以避免重叠。点（在手写图片中作为连接线）不必是点，因为连接线代表相同的想法。用于获取时间线的样式文件如下：
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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{timeline}[2018/04/03 timeline LaTeX package]
\RequirePackage{pgf}
\RequirePackage{tikz}
\RequirePackage{xparse}
\RequirePackage{ifthen}
\RequirePackage{calc} % for length maxof
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes.misc,calc}
\definecolor{uniblue}{rgb}{0.29,0.45,0.72}
\colorlet{timeline-what}{orange!75!white}
\colorlet{timeline-what-fg}{black}
\colorlet{timeline-who}{uniblue!75!white}
\colorlet{timeline-who-fg}{white}
\colorlet{timeline-connector}{orange!75!white}
\newcommand{\timelineInnerBG}[1]{\colorlet{timeline-what}{#1}}
\newcommand{\timelineInnerFG}[1]{\colorlet{timeline-what-fg}{#1}}
\newcommand{\timelineOuterBG}[1]{\colorlet{timeline-who}{#1}}
\newcommand{\timelineOuterFG}[1]{\colorlet{timeline-who-fg}{#1}}
\newcommand{\timelineConnector}[1]{\colorlet{timeline-connector}{#1}}
\newlength\timelineEntryMinHeight
%\setlength\timelineEntryMinHeight{.4cm}
\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
\pgfdeclarelayer{foreground}
\pgfsetlayers{background,main,foreground}
\newlength\boxheightright
\newlength\boxheightleft
%%%% This part of the code (until the end marker) is licensed under cc by-sa 3.0, Paul Gaborit (https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/14500/paul-gaborit)
%%%% It appeared as an answer to my question (https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/424785/tikz-get-current-unit-length-of-x-coordinate) on TeX.StackExchange.
\def\getxlengthincm#1{
\path let \p{x}=(1,0), \n{xlencm}={scalar(veclen(\x{x},\y{x})/1cm)}
in \pgfextra{\xdef#1{\n{xlencm}}};
}
%%% End Marker
\NewDocumentEnvironment{timeline}{O {orange!75!white} O {black} O {uniblue!75!white} O {white} O {orange!75!white}}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}%
\timelineInnerBG{#1}%
\timelineInnerFG{#2}%
\timelineOuterBG{#3}%
\timelineOuterFG{#4}%
\IfNoValueTF{#5}{
\timelineConnector{#1}%
}{
\timelineConnector{#5}%
}
}{\end{tikzpicture}}
% \entrytemplate*type{year}{what}{where}{shift}
\NewDocumentCommand{\entrytemplate}{s m m m m o}{`
\pgfmathsetmacro{\yshiftval}{\IfBooleanTF{#1}{-0.4cm}{0.3cm}\IfValueT{#6}{-#6}}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\xshiftval}{\IfBooleanTF{#1}{-0.3cm}{0.2cm}\IfValueT{#6}{+#6}}
\setlength{\timelineEntryMinHeight}{\maxof{\heightof{#4}}{\heightof{#5}}+1.5mm}
% label
\begin{pgfonlayer}{main}
% back ground white
\node[anchor=\IfBooleanTF{#1}{east}{west},
rotate=45,
rounded rectangle,
rounded rectangle \IfBooleanTF{#1}{west}{east} arc=none,
font=\color{white}\footnotesize,
fill=white,
inner sep=.25mm,
yshift=\yshiftval,
xshift=\xshiftval,
minimum height=\timelineEntryMinHeight,
align=left] (#3-label) at (#3) {#4};
\node[anchor=\IfBooleanTF{#1}{east}{west},
rotate=45,
rounded rectangle,
rounded rectangle \IfBooleanTF{#1}{east}{west} arc=none,
fill=white,
inner sep=.25mm,
font=\color{white}\footnotesize,
minimum height=\timelineEntryMinHeight,
align=left] at (#3-label.\IfBooleanTF{#1}{west}{east}) {#5};
% first arg
\node[anchor=\IfBooleanTF{#1}{east}{west},
rotate=45,
rounded rectangle,
rounded rectangle \IfBooleanTF{#1}{west}{east} arc=none,
font=\color{timeline-what-fg}\footnotesize,
opacity = #2,
fill=timeline-what,
inner sep=.25mm,
yshift=\yshiftval,
xshift=\xshiftval,
minimum height=\timelineEntryMinHeight,
align=left] (#3-label) at (#3) {#4};
% second arg
\node[anchor=\IfBooleanTF{#1}{east}{west},
rotate=45,
rounded rectangle,
rounded rectangle \IfBooleanTF{#1}{east}{west} arc=none,
fill=timeline-who,
opacity = #2,
inner sep=.25mm,
font=\color{timeline-who-fg}\footnotesize,
minimum height=\timelineEntryMinHeight,
align=left] at (#3-label.\IfBooleanTF{#1}{west}{east}) {#5};
\end{pgfonlayer}
% connector
\begin{pgfonlayer}{background}
\node[circle,inner sep=0mm,minimum width=1mm,fill=timeline-connector, opacity = #2] at (#3) {};
\path let \p1 = (#3) in node (#3-goal) at (\x1,\IfBooleanTF{#1}{-1.15}{.85}) {};
\draw[ultra thick,timeline-connector, opacity = #2] (#3.center)
\IfNoValueTF{#6}%
{ -- (#3.center|-#3-label.\IfBooleanTF{#1}{south east}{north west})}%
{ |- ([xshift=1mm]#3-label.\IfBooleanTF{#1}{north east}{west})};
\end{pgfonlayer}
}
\newcommand{\entry}[4][1]{
\entrytemplate{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}
}
\newcommand{\flipentry}[4][1]{
\entrytemplate*{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}
}
\newcommand{\entryshift}[5][1]{
\entrytemplate{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}[#5]
}
\newcommand{\flipentryshift}[5][1]{
\entrytemplate*{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}[#5]
}
% \timeline{intervalyear}{startsymbol}{startX}{fromyear}{toyear}{intervallength}{endsymbol}
\newcommand{\timebar}[7][5]{
\pgfmathsetmacro{\timelineIntervalLength}{(#5-#4)+1} % length of interval with 1x at the end
\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{|}}{\pgfmathsetmacro{\timelineOffset}{-.25}}{\pgfmathsetmacro{\timelineOffset}{0}}
\draw[#2-#7] (#3+\timelineOffset,0) -- (#3+#6*\timelineIntervalLength,0);
\foreach \l [count=\li] in {#4,...,#5}{
\pgfmathsetmacro{\timelineX}{#3+(\li-1)*#6} % counter \li starts at 1, thus '-1' required.
\pgfmathsetmacro{\timelineLengthY}{mod(\l,#1)==0?2:1} % if its divisible by 5
\draw (\timelineX,.\timelineLengthY) -- (\timelineX,-.\timelineLengthY) node[font=\footnotesize,yshift=-1.15mm] {\ifthenelse{\timelineLengthY=2}{\l}{}};
\node (\l) at (\timelineX,0) {};
}
\getxlengthincm{\myxlength}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\timebarunit}{#6/12}
\foreach \y in {#4,...,#5}{
\foreach \m in {1,...,12}{
\node[xshift=1cm*\myxlength*\timebarunit*(\m-1)] (\y-\m) at (\y) {};
}
}
}
% \timelinezigzag{start-x-coordinate}
\newcommand{\zigzag}[1]{
\draw[-] (#1,0) -- (#1+0.1,-.4) -- (#1+0.2,.4) -- (#1+0.3,0) -- (#1+0.4,0);
}
\endinput
已经考虑了标记时间线两侧（上方和下方）的方面；但是，手写图片中没有出现。关于更改标签的角度，必须对样式文件进行更改。
发布此问题的主要原因是获得有关调整时间线连接器高度的建议，以避免标签重叠（例如，通过使用此包，同一年份的同一位置不能创建两个事件）。该包还有一个可以编译的手册，手册显示了一个似乎相关的命令；但是，使用此命令控制标签的高度仍未完成：
\maxof{\heightof{#3}}{\heightof{#4}}+1.5mm
timeline在的样式文件中做了一些更改（例如使用单词“connectors”的拼写） 。任何关于修改timeline.sty文件以获得所需结果的建议都将受到欢迎。
干杯!