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* doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps-manual.xml: Update manual.

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* src/Makefile.am: Ship SelectPerson.py and choose.glade.
* src/plugins/Makefile.am: Ship SimpleBookTitle.py and book.glade.
* NEWS: Some updates for upcoming release.
* doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps-manual.xml: Update manual.
2003-07-07 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
* src/plugins/WriteGedcom.py: Fix GEDCOM export. Fixed date

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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
<!ENTITY appversion "0.9.2">
<!ENTITY manrevision "2.1">
<!ENTITY date "May 2003">
<!ENTITY appversion "0.9.3">
<!ENTITY manrevision "2.2">
<!ENTITY date "July 2003">
<!ENTITY app "<application>GRAMPS</application>">
<!-- Information about the entities
The legal.xml file contains legal information, there is no need to edit the file.
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<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>GRAMPS Manual V2.1</revnumber>
<date>May 2003</date>
<revdescription>
<para role="author">Alex Roitman
<email>shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu</email>
</para>
<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>GRAMPS Manual V2.0</revnumber>
<date>April 2003</date>
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</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="adv-dates">
<title>Edit Dates</title>
<para> Anywhere in <application>&app;</application> where the date
is entered or edited, the following rules apply:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Date validity indicators</term>
<listitem><para><application>&app;</application> uses color
circles to indicate the validity of the entered date. </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para> Green circle means that the date is valid and
complete (e.g. May 24, 1961). </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Yellow circle means that the date is valid but is
partial (i.e. not complete). Examples of partial dates are: 1961,
about 1961, from 1960 to 1962, before 1963. While partial dates do
not exactly define the date, they allow at least for some type of
comparisons between the dates. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Red circle means that the date is not recognized as
a valid date (e.g. Christmas week of 61). In that case the date will
be stored as a text string. Therefore, no comparison with other dates
will be available. It is best to avoid such date entries. Same
information can be entered as a note for the event of interest instead
of a date. In the example considered, a better things to do is to
enter December 1961 as a date and Christmas week of 61 as a note.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Acceptable date entries</term>
<listitem><para><application>&app;</application> recognizes many
formats of exact dates. The only problematic formats are XX/XX/XX or
XX-XX-XX because of the ambiguity between the day and the month.
The interpretation for this type of formats is configured
in <guilabel>Getting Started</guilabel> dialog and can also be changed
from the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. </para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Besides exact dates, <application>&app;</application>
recognizes and supports partial dates, date ranges, and alternate
calendars. </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para> Parital dates define some portions of the date such
as a year or a year and a month. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Date ranges define the boundaries containing the
date such as from January 1961 to March 1963. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Alternate calendars are calendars other than Gregorian
calendar. Currently, <application>&app;</application> supports Hebrew,
French Republican, Julian, Islamic, and Persian alternate calendars.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="adv-rel">
<title>Edit Relationship Data</title>
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</sect3>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="adv-merge">
<title>Merge People</title>
<para> Sometime two people entries in the database turn out to be
describing the same person. When this happens, merging people is
a useful useful way of correcting the situation. </para>
<para> To make a merge, exactly two people have to be selected in the
People View. This is accomplished by selecting one person and then
selecting another person while holding down <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key.
</para>
<para> When exactly two people are selected, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Merge</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
to evoke <guilabel>Merge</guilabel> dialog. The dialog allows you to
retain the data from either person as the primary data for the new
(merged) person. The data from the other person can be kept as alternate
data if you so choose. If you would like to continue editing data of
a newly merged person, click <guibutton>Merge and edit</guibutton>
button. </para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="gramps-nav">
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</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-find-people">
<title>Finding People</title>
<para> To find a person in a database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
when in People View, Family View, or Pedigree View. This opens a
<guilabel>Find Person</guilabel> dialog which can be used for searching
forward and backward. </para>
<para> If the search is successful, the found person becomes an active
person and the display adjust according to the new active person and the
current view. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-find-sources">
<title>Finding Sources</title>
<para> To find a source in a database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
when in Sources View. This opens a <guilabel>Find Source</guilabel>
dialog which can be used for searching forward and backward. If the
search is successful, the found source becomes highlighted. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-find-places">
<title>Finding Places</title>
<para> To find a place in a database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
when in Places View. This opens a <guilabel>Find Place</guilabel>
dialog which can be used for searching forward and backward. If the
search is successful, the found place becomes highlighted. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-find-media">
<title>Finding Media Objects</title>
<para> To find a media object in a database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
when in Media View. This opens a <guilabel>Find Media Objects</guilabel>
dialog which can be used for searching forward and backward. If the
search is successful, the found media object becomes highlighted. </para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->