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<para>
The somewhat incomplete list of contributors includes (in alphabetical order):
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Alexandre Duret-Lutz</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Alexander Bogdashevsky</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Alexander Roitman</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Arkadiusz Lipiec</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bernd Felsche</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>David R. Hampton</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bernd Schandl</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Billy C. Earney</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bruce J. DeGrasse</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Donald A. Peterson</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Douglas S. Blank</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Eero Tamminen</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Egyeki Gergely</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Frederick Noronha</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Frode Jemtland</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Gary Shao</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Greg Kuperberg</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Guillaume Pratte</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>James Treacy</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jason Salaz</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jeffrey C. Ollie</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Larry Allingham</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jens Arvidsson</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jesper Zedlitz</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jim Smart</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Julio Sanchez</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lars Kr. Lundin</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Laurent Protois</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Leonid Mamtchenkov</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lorenzo Cappelletti</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Marcos Bedinelli</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Martin Hawlisch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Martin Senftleben</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Matthieu Pupat</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Michel Guitel</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nathan Bullock</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Pier Luigi Cinquantini</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Radek Malcic</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Douglas S. Blank</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Radu Bogdan Mare</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Alexander Bogdashevsky</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Richard Bos</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Richard Taylor</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Samuel Tardieu</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Sebastian Voecking</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nathan Bullock</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lorenzo Cappelletti</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Pier Luigi Cinquantini</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bruce J. DeGrasse</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Alexandre Duret-Lutz</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Billy C. Earney</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bernd Felsche</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Egyeki Gergely</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Michel Guitel</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Steve Hall</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Steve Swales</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Tim Waugh</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>David R. Hampton</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Martin Hawlisch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Frode Jemtland</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Greg Kuperberg</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Arkadiusz Lipiec</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lars Kr. Lundin</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Radek Malcic</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Leonid Mamtchenkov</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Tino Meinen</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Frederick Noronha</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jeffrey C. Ollie</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Donald A. Peterson</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Guillaume Pratte</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Laurent Protois</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Matthieu Pupat</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Alexander Roitman</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jason Salaz</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Julio Sanchez</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bernd Schandl</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Martin Senftleben</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Gary Shao</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jim Smart</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Steve Swales</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Eero Tamminen</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Samuel Tardieu</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Richard Taylor</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>James Treacy</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Sebastian Voecking</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Xing Wang</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Tim Waugh</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jesper Zedlitz</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
If you know of somebody else who should be listed here, please let us know.
</para>

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type="http">The Fink project</ulink> has ported
<ulink url="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/gramps"
type="http">some older versions</ulink> of
&app; to OSX. The Mac OSX port is not directly supported by
&app; to OSX (tm). The Mac OSX port is not directly supported by
the &app; project, primarily because none of the &app; developers
have access to Mac OSX and because OSX is not Free Software.</para>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ data that you download from the Internet. It can export data that you could
send over the Internet. &app; is familiar with the standard file formats
widely used on the Internet (e.g. JPEG, PNG, and GIF images, MP3, OGG, and
WAV sound files, QuickTime, MPEG, and AVI movie files, etc). Other than that,
there is little that a genealogical program can do with the Internet :-)
there is little that a genealogical program can do with the Internet.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ knowledge of programming in Python.
<varlistentry><term>What standards does &app; support?</term>
<listitem><para>
The nice thing about the standards is that there never is a shortage of
them :-). &app; is tested to support the following flavors of GEDCOM:
them. &app; is tested to support the following flavors of GEDCOM:
GEDCOM5.5, Brother's Keeper, Family Origins, Familty Tree Maker, Ftree,
GeneWeb, Legacy, Personal Ancestral File, Pro-Gen, Reunion, and
Visual Genealogie.
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ no problem using databases with tens of thousands of people.
<varlistentry><term>How many people can &app; database handle?</term>
<listitem><para>
We have found that on a typical system, &app; tends to bog down after the
database has around 150,000 people. Again, this is dependant on how much
database has around 150,000 people. Again, this is dependent on how much
memory you have.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

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<para> The individuals are arranged in a tree-like structure,
according to their family names. Every family name is a node of the
tree. Clicking the arrow on the left of the node will toggle its
expansion state. When expanded, the node's contents is listed in the
expansion state. When expanded, the node's content is listed in the
window. When collapsed, the contents is rolled up and not visible.
However, all the data is still intact, it is just not being displayed.
</para>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
see <xref linkend="column-editor-fig"/>. Only checked columns will be shown
in the view. To change their order, drag any column to its desired place inside
the editor. Clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will reflect the changes
in the People View. To incoke <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>,
in the People View. To invoke <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>,
choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Column
Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
allows you to edit their relationship information. Shift-clicking on
the Current spouse allows the editing of the Current spouse's data.</para>
<para> To add a new relationship use one of the two upper buttons to the
<para> To add a new relationship, use one of the two upper buttons to the
right of the spouse box. Click the top one to add a new person to a
database and to the new relationship. Click the middle one to add a
person already existing in the database to the new relationship.
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
right of the spouse box. Note that removing a spouse from the
relationship does not remove the person from the database. Most of these
functions are also available by right-clicking into the spouse box and
selecting an appropriate items from the context menu. </para>
selecting an appropriate item from the context menu. </para>
<para>The parents of both the Active person and the Current spouse
are listed in the corresponding list boxes in the right-hand part of
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
That is, it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the
selected Mother the Current spouse. Most of these
functions are also available by right-clicking into the parent box and
selecting an appropriate items from the context menu. </para>
selecting an appropriate item from the context menu. </para>
<para>The bottom list box displays children of the Active person and
the Current Spouse. The Children's list can be ordered by the Birth date
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
button removes the selected child from the family. Note that removing
a child from the family does not remove the person from the
database. Most of these functions are also available by right-clicking
into the children box and selecting an appropriate items from the
into the children box and selecting an appropriate item from the
context menu.</para>
<para>The layout of the Family View can be switched from the
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
relations (such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.).
When the mouse moves over the white box, it expands to display the
corresponding person's dates of birth and death. When the mouse is
placed over the family line, the line become highlighted to indicate
placed over the family line, the line becomes highlighted to indicate
an active link: double-clicking on the line makes the corresponding
ancestor the Active person. The display in that case is re-adjusted
to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
context menu. Among other useful items, the context menu has submenus
listing <guilabel>Spouses</guilabel>, <guilabel>Siblings</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Children</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Parents</guilabel>
of that person. Insensitive (greyed out) submenus indicate the absense
of that person. Insensitive (greyed out) submenus indicate the absence
of the data in the appropriate category. Similarly to the children menu above,
children's and parents' menus distinguish continuing lines from dead ends.
</para>
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
of the display area.
The set anchor person will stay in effect until either the anchor is
removed (by selecting the <guilabel>Remove anchor</guilabel> item from the
context menu) or until the active person chosen is unrelated to the anchor
context menu), or until the active person chosen is unrelated to the anchor
person. The latter move can be made using extensive navigation tools
available in &app;, see <xref linkend="gramps-nav"/> for the detailed
reference.

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The filetype filter in the <guilabel>Open database</guilabel> dialog allows
you to display files of a certain type. If the <guilabel>All files</guilabel>
filter is selected (the default), all the files will be shown. The type will
be deteremined by the extension of the selected filename.
be determined by the extension of the selected filename.
</para>
<note id="open-db-note"><title>Selecting file</title>
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@
<varlistentry><term>&app; package</term>
<listitem><para>
The package is a compressed archive containing the &app; XML
file and all media objects (images, sound files, etc.) that the
database refers to. The &app; package is created by exporting
file and all media objects (images, sound files, etc.) to which the
database refers. The &app; package is created by exporting
(<menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>
Export...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) data in that format.
</para></listitem>
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<listitem><para>
If the person's data are stored in a database, check <guilabel>Person
is in the database</guilabel> box. Then click the
<guibutton>Select</guibutton> button to evoke <guilabel>Select
<guibutton>Select</guibutton> button to invoke <guilabel>Select
Person</guilabel> dialog. Choose the person from that dialog and
click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. The <guilabel>Person</guilabel>
text field will display the name of the person you selected.
@@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<listitem><para>
When exactly two people are selected, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compare and
Merge...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to evoke <guilabel>Compare
Merge...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to invoke <guilabel>Compare
People</guilabel> dialog.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Compare People dialog ==== -->
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<listitem><para>
When exactly two people are selected, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Fast
Merge</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to evoke <guilabel>Merge
Merge</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to invoke <guilabel>Merge
People</guilabel> dialog.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Compare People dialog ==== -->
@@ -2542,7 +2542,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<title>Merge Sources</title>
<para>When exactly two sources are selected, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compare and
Merge...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to evoke <guilabel>Merge
Merge...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to invoke <guilabel>Merge
Sources</guilabel> dialog.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Merge Sources dialog ==== -->
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<para>When exactly two places are selected, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compare and
Merge...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to evoke <guilabel>Select
Merge...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to invoke <guilabel>Select
title</guilabel> dialog.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Select title dialog ==== -->
@@ -2842,14 +2842,14 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<title>Generating Reports</title>
<para> Reports are the most common form of the output produced by
genealogical research. The majority of genealogical software puts a lot
of emphasis on developing nicely looking reports. &app; is no
exception in this regard: it offers a choice of a variety of reports.
of emphasis on developing nice looking reports. &app; is no
exception in this regard, offering a choice of a variety of reports.
&app; can generate reports in a multitude of open formats, both
text based and graphical. &app; can also produce screen based reports
that are convenient for viewing a summary of your database.
Finally, &app; can generate a web site suitable for immediate
posting on the Internet. All these are almost infinitely flexible:
if you wish to modify or extend the default format of &app; report
posting on the Internet. All of these are almost infinitely flexible.
If you wish to modify or extend the default format of &app; report,
you can design and choose the style for each of your reports. </para>
<para> All reports can be accessed through the menu by choosing
@@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
Report</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively,
you can browse the complete selection of available reports along
with their brief descriptions in a <guilabel>Report
Selection</guilabel> dialog evoked by clicking the
Selection</guilabel> dialog invoked by clicking the
<guibutton>Reports</guibutton> icon on the toolbar.
</para>
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<para>Click the <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button to load
the book from the list of previously saved books. Finally, click the
<guibutton>Edit books</guibutton> button to evoke the editable list of
<guibutton>Edit books</guibutton> button to invoke the editable list of
available books. </para>
<para> The vertical set of buttons to the right of the bottom pane
@@ -2923,7 +2923,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
options of the selected item of the current book.
</para>
<para> The configuration dialogs evoked by <guibutton>Setup</guibutton>
<para> The configuration dialogs invoked by <guibutton>Setup</guibutton>
are item-specific. If you choose not to configure the item, sane
defaults will be used for all needed options. The common option for
almost all book items is the center person: the person on whom the
@@ -3193,7 +3193,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect2 id="rep-view">
<title>View Reports</title>
<para> View reports represent overall summaries of the database
<para> View reports are representing overall summaries of the database
information available immediately for on-screen viewing.
The following view reports are currently available in &app;:</para>
@@ -3271,7 +3271,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
Tool</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively,
you can browse the complete selection of available tools along
with their brief descriptions in a <guilabel>Tool
Selection</guilabel> dialog evoked by clicking the
Selection</guilabel> dialog invoked by clicking the
<guibutton>Tools</guibutton> icon on the toolbar. </para>
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
@@ -3287,7 +3287,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<listitem><para>This tool compares events across the selected group of
people. The people for this comparison are chosen with the use of
custom filters. The custom filters can be created in the Custom Filter
Editor (see <xref linkend="tools-util-cfe"/>) that can be evoked by clicking
Editor (see <xref linkend="tools-util-cfe"/>) that can be invoked by clicking
the <guilabel>Custom Filter Editor</guilabel> button. The resulting
table produced by this tool can be saved as a spreadsheet.
</para></listitem>
@@ -3610,7 +3610,7 @@ all changes are immediate.</para></note>
<para>For example, you may want to make sure that nobody in your
database had children at the age of 98. Based on common sense, such
a record would indicate an error. However, it is not a consistency
error in the database. Besides, someone might have a child at the of
error in the database. Besides, someone might have a child at the age of
98 (although this rarely happens). The Verify tool will display
everything that violates your criteria so that you can check whether
the record is erroneous or not. The ultimate decision is yours.