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<title>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</title>
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<copyright> <year>2003</year> <holder>Alex Roitman</holder> </copyright>
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<copyright> <year>2001</year> <holder>Donald N. Allingham</holder> </copyright>
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<address> <email>shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu</email> </address>
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<firstname>Donald N.</firstname>
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<surname>Allingham</surname>
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<orgname>GRAMPS Project</orgname>
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<address> <email>dallingham@users.sourceforge.net</email> </address>
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<revnumber>GRAMPS Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
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<para role="author">Alex Roitman
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<email>shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu</email>
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<para role="author">Donald A. Peterson
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<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>GRAMPS Manual V2.1</revnumber>
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<date>May 2003</date>
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<revdescription>
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<para role="author">Alex Roitman
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<email>shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu</email>
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<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
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<revnumber>GRAMPS Manual V2.0</revnumber>
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<date>April 2003</date>
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<para role="author">Alex Roitman
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<email>shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu</email>
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<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>GRAMPS User Manual V1.1</revnumber>
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<date>2001</date>
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<revdescription>
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<para role="author">Donald N. Allingham
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<email>dallingham@users.sourceforge.net</email>
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<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
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<revnumber>gramps User Manual V1.0</revnumber>
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<date>2001</date>
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<para role="author">Donald N. Allingham
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<email>dallingham@users.sourceforge.net</email>
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<para role="publisher">GRAMPS Project</para>
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<releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appversion; of GRAMPS.
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<title>Feedback</title>
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<para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or
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type="help">GNOME Feedback Page</ulink>.
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<indexterm zone="index"> <primary>GRAMPS</primary> </indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="index"> <primary>gramps</primary> </indexterm>
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<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
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<sect1 id="gramps-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para> &app; is a genealogical
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application. &app; is an acronym for the
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Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. To put
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it shortly, it allows you to store, edit, and research genealogical data
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using your computer. Its functionality is somewhat common to other
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genealogical programs. However, &app; offers some unique features. </para>
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<sect2 id="why-gramps">
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<title>Why &app;?</title>
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<para> &app; was conceived under the concept
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that most genealogy programs were designed to provide the researcher the
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capability to input information related to a particular family tree.
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Most of these programs have allowed for the arranging and storing of
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information consistent with the GEDCOM standards. They usually provide
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means for displaying descendant or ancestral relationships by means of
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graphical displays, charts, or reports. These may be augmented with
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pictures or other media to enhance the data. Most provide for inputting
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data on unconnected individuals/families that may or may not have a
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relationship to the primary surname being researched. Various other
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enhancements may also be provided in the genealogical program that
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allows for different degrees of importing and exporting data from other
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programs and printing the data contained in the various reports. </para>
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<para> &app;, on the other hand, attempts to
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provide all of the common capabilities of these programs, but, more
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importantly, to provide an additional capability of integration not common
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to these programs. This is the ability to input any bits and pieces of
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information directly into &app; and
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rearrange/manipulate any/all data events in the entire data base (in any
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order or sequence) to assist the user in doing research, analysis and
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correlation with the potential of filling relationship gaps. In short, it
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is a tool that provides a way to input all your research into one place and
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do your analysis and correlation using the speed, power, and accuracy of
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your computer instead of pencils and unmanageable reams of paper. </para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1> <!-- ================ End Intro ================================ -->
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<sect1 id="gramps-getting-started">
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<title>Getting Started</title>
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<sect2 id="gramps-start">
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<title>To Start &app;</title>
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<para>You can start &app; in the
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following ways:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
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<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Other</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Gramps</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Command line</term>
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<listitem><para>To start &app;
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from a command line, type <command>gramps</command>, then
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press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para>
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<para>If you would like &app; to open
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a specific database or to import a specific file on startup, you can
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supply the filename as a command line argument:</para>
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<para>
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<command>gramps -i</command> <replaceable>filename.ged</replaceable>
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</para>
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<para>where <replaceable>filename.ged</replaceable> is the name
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of the file you want to open/import. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="run-1st-time">
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<title>Running &app; for the first time</title>
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<para>
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The first time you run the program, GRAMPS will display its
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Getting Started dialogs. Follow the directions guiding you through
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<guilabel>Researcher information</guilabel>, <guilabel>Numerical date
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formats</guilabel>, <guilabel>Alternate calendar support</guilabel>,
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and <guilabel>LDS extensions</guilabel> sections. Most of the dialogs
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are self-explanatory and will not be covered here.
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</para>
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<figure id="druid-fig">
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<title>&app; Getting Started Window: Researcher Information</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/researcher.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Researcher Information Window. </phrase>
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<para>Enter your personal information in the corresponding
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text entry fields. Although &app; requests information about you,
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this information is used only so that &app; can create valid GEDCOM
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output files. A valid GEDCOM file requires information about the file's
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creator. If you choose, you may leave the information empty, however
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all the GEDCOM files you export will not be valid.
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</para>
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<para>This information can be entered at any time in the
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<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, under the
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<guilabel>Usage</guilabel> category.
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</para>
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<sect3 id="choose-db-start">
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<title>Choosing a database on startup</title>
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<para>If &app; is started without any
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database to open, the following window will appear prompting you to
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choose what database to open. </para>
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<figure id="first-open">
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<title>Open Database Window</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/first-open.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Open Database Window. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<para>If you would like to open an existing database, check the top radio
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button and click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. You will then be asked to
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specify the name of your existing database. If you would like to start
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creating your brand new database from scratch right away, choose new XML
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database. </para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="zodb-support">
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<title>Optional ZODB support</title>
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<para>If either StandaloneZODB or Zope is installed on your system,
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&app; will give you the third option of
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creating a new ZODB database. You can choose to start your new database
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in either XML or ZODB format. Both formats have their strong and weak
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points.</para>
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<para>XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language, and is a human readable
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structured description of data. It could be easily parsed by other
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programs should the need occur. It stores only the data itself. Its weak
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point is the relatively low speed of processing large data files. </para>
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<para>ZODB stands for Zope Object Database and provides the full-fledged
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database support. ZODB files are not human readable. They contain a
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certain overhead to assist working with large data structures. However,
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ZODB provides a significant speed-up when the database size is large (over
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a few thousand people). </para>
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<para>Its is hard to tell which format is better, since this is a typical
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trade-off situation. If you are starting your research then you are likely
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to be fine with the regular XML database. If you have tons of data to
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import describing thousands upon thousands of people, then you are
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probably better off with ZODB. </para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="get-help">
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<title>Obtaining Help</title>
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<para> At any time, the following items are available for immediate aid
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from the <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu></menuchoice> menu: </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>User manual</term>
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<listitem><para> Choose this item to read the text of this manual
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in the help browser. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>GRAMPS home page</term>
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<listitem><para> Select this item to open home page of &app; in your
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default web browser. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>GRAMPS mailing lists</term>
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<listitem><para> Choose this item to direct your web browser
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to the &app; mailing list archives. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Report a bug</term>
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<listitem><para> Use this item to file a bug report against &app;
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with the bug tracking system. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Show plugin status</term>
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<listitem><para> Use this item to display the status of loaded
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plugins. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Open example database</term>
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<listitem><para> Select this item to load the example database shipped
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with &app;. This database is composed of fictitious people and serves as
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a useful example for learning how to work with &app;. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<sect1 id="gramps-mainwin">
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<title>Main Window</title>
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<para>When you open a database (either existing or brand new),
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the following window is displayed.</para>
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<figure id="mainwin-fig">
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<title>&app; Main Window</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows &app; main window. Contains titlebar, menubar,
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toolbar, sidebar, display area, statusbar, progressbar, and
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scrollbars. Menubar contains File, Edit, View, Bookmarks,
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Reports, Tools, Settings, and Help menus. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<para>The &app; window contains the following elements: </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Menubar</term>
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<listitem><para>The menubar is located at the very top of the window
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(right below the window title) and provides access to all features of
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&app; through its menus.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Toolbar</term>
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<listitem><para> The toolbar is located immediately below the menubar.
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The toolbar provides access to the most frequently used functions
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of &app;. The appearance of the toolbar
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can be adjusted in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>
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dialog. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Progressbar</term>
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<listitem><para>The progressbar is located in the lower left corner
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of the &app; window. It displays the
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progress of time consuming operations, such as opening and saving
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large data bases, importing and exporting to other formats, generating
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web sites, etc. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Statusbar</term>
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<listitem><para>The statusbar is located to the right of the
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progressbar, on the very bottom of the &app; window.
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It displays information about current &app;
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activity and contextual information about the menu items.
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The behavior of the statusbar can be adjusted in
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<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Display area</term>
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<listitem><para>The largest area in the center of the
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&app; window is the display area.
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It shows certain aspects of genealogical information, depending on the
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currently selected View. The following six Views are available
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in &app;:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>People View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Family View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Pedigree View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Sources View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Places View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Media View</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<sect2 id="gramps-views">
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<title>Views</title>
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<para>Views are the various ways to display different aspects of
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genealogical information, as described below. Since the relevant
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information is very broad and non-uniform in both context and modality,
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it is best to split its display into smaller categories, uniform in
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context and modality. Each View represents such a split and displays a
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certain portion of overall available information. Before the detailed
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description of available Views, let us guide you through the ways of
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switching between the Views.</para>
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<sect3 id="view-modes">
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<title>Switching Views and Viewing Modes</title>
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<para>Depending on the state of the <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> menu item, the View could be switched either in the
|
|
sidebar or in the notebook tabs in the top part of the window.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term>To switch the View while in a Sidebar mode,
|
|
click on the desired sidebar icon.</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Sidebar Mode ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="side-nofilt-fig">
|
|
<title>Sidebar Viewing Mode</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows sidebar viewing mode. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>To switch the View while in a Notebook mode,
|
|
click on the desired notebook tab.</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Tabbed Notebook Mode ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="noside-nofilt-fig">
|
|
<title>Tabbed Viewing Mode</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/noside-nofilt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows tabbed viewing mode. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>To switch between sidebar and notebook viewing modes,
|
|
choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice> from the &app; menu.</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect3 id="people-view">
|
|
<title>People View</title>
|
|
<para>When &app; opens a database,
|
|
the View is set to the People View (<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/>
|
|
and <xref linkend="noside-nofilt-fig"/>). The People View lists
|
|
individuals whose data is stored in the database. The People View
|
|
displays people's <guilabel>Names</guilabel>,
|
|
&app; <guilabel>ID</guilabel> numbers,
|
|
<guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
|
|
their <guilabel>Birth</guilabel> and <guilabel>Death dates</guilabel>.
|
|
The list can be ordered by any field.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Example: to order list by the Birth date, click on the
|
|
<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column heading. To order list in
|
|
reverse (descending) order, click one more time on the desired column
|
|
heading. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect4 id="filters">
|
|
<title>Filters</title>
|
|
<para>Genealogical databases may contain huge numbers of people.
|
|
Since the long lists are hard for humans to handle,
|
|
&app; provides a convenient way to limit
|
|
the scope of browsing by using the filter. To save screen space,
|
|
filter controls may be hidden, depending on the state of
|
|
<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item.</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Enabled Filter ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="side-filt-fig">
|
|
<title>Filter Controls Displayed</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/side-filt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows filter controls. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>When &app; opens a database, the
|
|
filter is set to the trivial filter called <guilabel>All
|
|
people</guilabel>, i.e. no filtering is in effect. To choose a
|
|
filter, use the pop-up <guilabel>Filter</guilabel> menu above the
|
|
people's list. Once the filter is chosen, click the
|
|
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button in the upper right corner of the
|
|
window. The filtering will take effect upon clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. To invert the filtering rule,
|
|
check the <guilabel>Invert</guilabel> box on the left
|
|
of <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Example: To show people without children, choose
|
|
<guilabel>People with children</guilabel> filter, then check
|
|
<guilabel>Invert</guilabel> box, and then click the
|
|
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. To cancel any filtering, set
|
|
the filter to <guilabel>All people</guilabel>
|
|
and then click the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Note: even if the filter controls are not displayed
|
|
(<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item is
|
|
unchecked), the filtering might still be in place. In other words,
|
|
the visibility of the filter controls is not related to the actual
|
|
filtering imposed on the list. This may be a cause of confusion, when
|
|
you enable the filtering and then remove the controls from the
|
|
display. If in doubt, enable the display of filter controls by
|
|
checking <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item and check
|
|
what kind of filtering is currently set.</para>
|
|
</sect4>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect4 id="alpha-tabs">
|
|
<title>Alphabetical Tabs</title>
|
|
<para>&app; offers another way of
|
|
managing long lists of people -- alphabetical tabs. Upon loading a
|
|
database, &app; checks for the stored
|
|
family names and breaks the people list into sublists based on the
|
|
first letter of their name. The alphabetical tabs are displayed in
|
|
the bottom part of the &app; window.
|
|
The last tab, <guilabel>Other</guilabel>, stands for unidentified
|
|
characters -- all the entries not assigned to any other tab end up
|
|
in <guilabel>Other</guilabel>. In particular, people with no family
|
|
name will appear under this category.</para>
|
|
</sect4>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect3 id="family-view">
|
|
<title>Family View</title>
|
|
<para>Family View displays the family information of a currently
|
|
selected (or Active) person. Specifically, this view shows the
|
|
relationships (e.g marriages, partnerships, etc.) of the active
|
|
person, his/her parents (or step parents, or guardians, etc), and
|
|
his/her children (could be step children, adopted children, etc.).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Family View ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="family-fig">
|
|
<title>Family View</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/family.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Family View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The Active person's data is in the list box in the upper left
|
|
corner of the window. Directly below it, another box lists the Spouse's
|
|
data, for each relationship of Active person (can be more than one).
|
|
The double-arrow button to the right of the Active person list box
|
|
allows you to exchange the currently selected spouse (Current spouse)
|
|
with the Active person. Double-clicking on the Active person allows the
|
|
editing of Active person's data. Double-clicking on the Current spouse
|
|
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
|
|
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.
|
|
To remove Current spouse, click the lowest button
|
|
(<guibutton>-</guibutton>) to the
|
|
right of the spouse box. Note that removing a spouse from the
|
|
relationship does not remove the person from the database. </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
|
|
the window (Active person's parents on top, Current spouse parents
|
|
on the bottom). Both list boxes have a set of three buttons on their
|
|
right side. The <guibutton>+</guibutton> and <guibutton>-</guibutton>
|
|
buttons allow you to add and remove parents of the Active person and the
|
|
Current spouse, respectively. Clicking the right arrow button
|
|
makes the family in the corresponding list box an active family.
|
|
That is, it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the
|
|
selected Mother the Current spouse. </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
|
|
in the usual way of clicking on the <guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column
|
|
header. In addition to the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
|
|
<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> columns, the list includes a
|
|
<guilabel>Status</guilabel> column. The pair of status words reflect the
|
|
relationship between the child and his Father/Mother (such as Birth, Adoption,
|
|
etc.) Four buttons are available on the right side of the
|
|
children list box. The top (left arrow) button makes
|
|
the selected child the Active person. The next two buttons add a new
|
|
child to the family: the upper one adds a new person to the database
|
|
and to the family, the lower one just adds a person existing in the
|
|
database to the family. Finally, the lowest <guibutton>-</guibutton>
|
|
button removes the selected child from the family. Note that removing
|
|
a child from the family does not remove the person from the database.</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect3 id="pedigree-view">
|
|
<title>Pedigree View</title>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="pedigree-fig">
|
|
<title>Pedigree View</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/pedigree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Pedigree View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The Pedigree View helps to visualize the place of the Active
|
|
person in the tree of his/her ancestors. The Pedigree View shows four
|
|
generations, going back in time from the Active person
|
|
<guilabel>1</guilabel> to his/her parents <guilabel>2</guilabel>,
|
|
to grandparents <guilabel>3</guilabel>, to great-grandparents
|
|
<guilabel>4</guilabel>.
|
|
Each person is denoted by a white box bearing the person's name.
|
|
The two lines that converge on the box represent ties with the
|
|
person's Father (top line) and mother (bottom line). Solid lines
|
|
represent birth relations, while dashed lines represent non-birth
|
|
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 changes color 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
|
|
person. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The left-hand side of the window shows the left arrow button.
|
|
Upon clicking, the button expands to the menu listing the children
|
|
of the Active person. Selecting the menu item makes the corresponding
|
|
child the Active person. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The right-hand side of the window shows two right arrow buttons.
|
|
When the top button is clicked, the Father of the Active person
|
|
becomes the Active person. Clicking the bottom button makes the Mother of
|
|
the Active person the Active person. Again, the display is re-adjusted
|
|
to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
|
|
person.</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect3 id="sources-view">
|
|
<title>Sources View</title>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Sources View ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="sources-fig">
|
|
<title>Sources View</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/sources.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Sources View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The Sources View lists the sources of information stored in the
|
|
database. This can include various documents (birth, death, and
|
|
marriage certificates, etc.), books, films, journals, private diaries,
|
|
i.e. virtually anything that can be classified as a source of
|
|
information. The sources can be used as a reference for any event
|
|
stored in the database. The Source View lists the
|
|
<guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>ID</guilabel>, and the
|
|
<guilabel>Author</guilabel> of the source. Any column can be
|
|
used for sorting the list. The usual rules apply: one click for
|
|
ascending order, another click for descending order.</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect3 id="places-view">
|
|
<title>Places View</title>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Places View ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="places-fig">
|
|
<title>Places View</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/places.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Places View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The Places View lists the geographical places in which the events
|
|
of the database took place. These could be places of birth, death,
|
|
and marriages of people, as well as their home, employment, education
|
|
addresses, or any other conceivable reference to the geographical
|
|
location. The Places View lists the places' <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Church Parish</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>City</guilabel>, <guilabel>County</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>State</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Country</guilabel>. All of
|
|
these columns can be used for sorting by the usual sorting rules. </para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
<sect3 id="media-view">
|
|
<title>Media View</title>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Media View ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="media-fig">
|
|
<title>Media View</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/media.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Media View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The Media View is a list of Media Objects used in the database.
|
|
Media Objects are any files that relate somehow to the stored
|
|
genealogical data. Technically, any file can be stored as a Media
|
|
Object. Most frequently, these are images, audio files, animation
|
|
files, etc. The list box on the bottom lists the Name, ID, Type, and
|
|
Path to the Media Object. The top part of the GRAMPS window shows
|
|
a preview (if available) and information about the Media
|
|
Object. </para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1> <!-- ================ End Main Window ===================== -->
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->
|
|
<sect1 id="gramps-usage">
|
|
<title>Usage</title>
|
|
<para>As commonly encountered in everyday life, in
|
|
&app; there is usually more than one way to
|
|
accomplish something. The alternatives to some actions will therefore
|
|
be listed as appropriate.</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="new-db">
|
|
<title>Starting a New Database</title>
|
|
<para>To start a new database, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You will then be
|
|
prompted with the <guilabel>Save Database</guilabel> dialog asking
|
|
to specify the name under which the new database will be stored.
|
|
Choose an <replaceable>empty directory</replaceable> for your new
|
|
database (create one if necessary). </para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="open-db">
|
|
<title>Opening a Database</title>
|
|
<para>To open a database, either choose <menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
|
|
or click the <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button on the Toolbar.
|
|
The <guilabel>Open Database</guilabel> dialog will appear.
|
|
Either type the full path into the <guilabel>Database</guilabel> text
|
|
entry field, or click the <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button to get
|
|
the <guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog in which you can select the
|
|
database that you want to open. After you have selected the database,
|
|
click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to open it. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If you have previously opened databases with &app; you can
|
|
retrieve your past selections from the drop-down menu by clicking the
|
|
down arrow button. Finally, if the Revision Control System (RCS) is
|
|
enabled in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, the check box
|
|
<guilabel>Revert to an older version from RCS</guilabel> will be
|
|
available. Check it to revert your database to an older RCS
|
|
version. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>NOTE: you should open a <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable> and
|
|
<replaceable>NOT a FILE</replaceable> when opening
|
|
&app; database. The directory you need to open should contain the
|
|
database file (data.gramps or data.zodb) as well as any possible copies
|
|
of media objects. Such a directory is created by &app; when you start
|
|
a new database and is updated each time the database is saved. </para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="save-db">
|
|
<title>Saving a Database</title>
|
|
<para>To save changes made to your database, choose <menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or click the
|
|
<guibutton>Save</guibutton> button on the Toolbar. The statusbar will then
|
|
display the <guilabel>Saving <replaceable>databasename</replaceable>...</guilabel>
|
|
message, and the progressbar will advance as the saving progresses.</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="import-data">
|
|
<title>Importing Data</title>
|
|
<para>Importing allows you to incorporate the data from other
|
|
databases into your currently open &app; database. Currently,
|
|
&app; can import data from three different
|
|
formats: GEDCOM, &app; database, and &app; package. All of these are
|
|
available as items of <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Both &app; database, and &app; package are native &app;
|
|
formats. The package is a compressed archive containing the database
|
|
file and all media objects (images, sound files, etc.) that the
|
|
database refers to. The package is created by exporting data to
|
|
the &app; package, see <xref linkend="export-data"/>.
|
|
The &app; database is a directory containing the database file and
|
|
the local media objects. The database may also have references
|
|
to non-local (external) media objects, therefore it is not guaranteed
|
|
to be completely portable. The &app; database is created by saving
|
|
the data in a usual way, see <xref linkend="save-db"/>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Note that the difference between opening &app; database and
|
|
importing from &app; database is that importing incorporates all the
|
|
data into your currently open database, if any. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>After choosing an import format, you will be prompted with the
|
|
<guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog asking you to specify the
|
|
file name from which to import. For GEDCOM and
|
|
&app; package, select an appropriate file.
|
|
For &app; database, select a directory which stores
|
|
the database and all media files (if any).</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Upon starting the GEDCOM import, &app;
|
|
will display the following GEDCOM import dialog with the summary of the
|
|
information about the data. The information is updated as the import
|
|
progresses. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: GEDCOM Import ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="gedcom-import-fig">
|
|
<title>GEDCOM Import</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/gedcom-import.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows GEDCOM Import Window. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>Upon starting the &app; database or &app; package import,
|
|
&app; will display the progress in the
|
|
progressbar of its main window.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If a media file is not found during import, the following dialog
|
|
will prompt you for the possible actions:</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Missing media window ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="missing-media-im">
|
|
<title>Missing Media dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/missing-media.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Missing Media dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To remove the object corresponding to the missing file as well as
|
|
all the references to that object from various database records, click the
|
|
<guibutton>Remove Object</guibutton> button. This will alter your
|
|
database so that it will be in a consistent state, but all the
|
|
references to the missing file will be gone. Use this option if the
|
|
file is irrevocably lost and there is no possibility of ever replacing
|
|
it. </para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To keep the reference to the object corresponding to the missing
|
|
file, click the <guibutton>Keep Reference</guibutton> button.
|
|
This will leave things as is, i.e. in an inconsistent state.
|
|
You could supply the missing file later, in which case you will have
|
|
to copy it into your database directory. Choose this option if the
|
|
replacement is possible, but not available right now. </para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To supply the missing file during import, click the
|
|
<guibutton>Select File</guibutton> button. This will copy the file you
|
|
select in place of the missing file. No references will be altered
|
|
in the database, and it will be in the consistent state. Use this option
|
|
if the replacement is readily available.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="export-data">
|
|
<title>Exporting Data</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>Exporting allows you to share any portion of your &app; database
|
|
with other researchers as well as to make your database completely
|
|
portable to another computer. Currently, &app;
|
|
can export data to three different formats: GEDCOM, &app; package,
|
|
and CD. All of these are available as items of
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Exporting to GEDCOM will create a GEDCOM file, according to the
|
|
settings set in the following dialog:</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: GEDCOM Export ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="gedcom-export-fig">
|
|
<title>Export GEDCOM File dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/gedcom-export.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Export GEDCOM File dialog</phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Export ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>Type the desired GEDCOM filename into the text entry box or
|
|
click the <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button to evoke the
|
|
<guilabel>Save File</guilabel> dialog. Use the <guilabel>Filter</guilabel>
|
|
pop-up menu to limit the scope of the export according to the stated rule.
|
|
Choose the desired <guilabel>Encoding</guilabel> of the exported file.
|
|
Use the <guilabel>Target</guilabel> to select the desired GEDCOM
|
|
dialect. Select your copyright statement from the
|
|
<guilabel>Copyright</guilabel> menu. Check <guilabel>Do not include
|
|
records marked private</guilabel> to disable the output of private
|
|
records. Check <guilabel>Restrict data on living people</guilabel>
|
|
to limit living people's data to family ties. With this option,
|
|
information concerning birth, death, addresses, various events,
|
|
etc. will be omitted in the exported GEDCOM file.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Upon starting the export, &app; will
|
|
display the following GEDCOM export progress window with the
|
|
progressbars reflecting the current state of exporting. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: GEDCOM Export ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="gedcom-export-progress-fig">
|
|
<title>Export GEDCOM progress dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/gedcom-export-progress.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Export GEDCOM progress dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Export ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>Exporting to &app; package will create a gzip-compressed tar
|
|
archive (also known as tarball) which contains gramps database, all
|
|
local media objects, and copies of all external media objects. This is a
|
|
useful format for moving your database to another machine or for sharing
|
|
it with somebody, while retaining all the features provided
|
|
by &app;.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Exporting to CD will prepare you database directory with all its
|
|
contents to be recorded to the CD. This is done through the
|
|
<guilabel>burn:///</guilabel> location in Nautilus. After exporting to
|
|
CD, go to the <guilabel>burn:///</guilabel> location by
|
|
selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>CD Creator</guisubmenu></menuchoice> in Nautilus menu. Your
|
|
database directory will show up. To record it onto the CD, click the CD
|
|
icon on the Nautilus toolbar, or select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Write to CD</guisubmenu></menuchoice> in Nautilus menu.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If a media file is not found during export, the following dialog
|
|
will prompt you for the possible actions:</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Missing media window ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="missing-media-ex">
|
|
<title>Missing Media dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/missing-media.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Missing Media dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To remove the object corresponding to the missing file as well as
|
|
all the references to that object from various database records, click
|
|
the <guibutton>Remove Object</guibutton> button. This will alter your
|
|
database so that it will be in the consistent state, but all the
|
|
references to the missing file will be gone. Use this option if the
|
|
file is irrevocably lost and there is no possibility of ever replacing
|
|
it. </para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To keep the reference to the object corresponding to the missing
|
|
file, click the <guibutton>Keep Reference</guibutton> button.
|
|
This will leave things as is, i.e. in the inconsistent state.
|
|
You could supply the missing file later, in which case you will have
|
|
to copy it into your database directory. Choose this option if the
|
|
replacement is possible, but not available right now. </para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To supply the missing file during export, click the
|
|
<guibutton>Select File</guibutton> button. This will copy the file you
|
|
select in place of the missing file. No references will be altered
|
|
in the database, and it will be in the consistent state. Use this option
|
|
if the replacement is readily available.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-edit-quick">
|
|
<title>Editing Data: Quick Start</title>
|
|
<para> Editing any portion of data allows you to amend and/or
|
|
modify information stored in the database. The available editing
|
|
options include editing personal data, relationship data, data about
|
|
children and parents, and information about sources, places, and media
|
|
objects used in the database. In short, any data stored in the
|
|
database can be edited! Adding a new piece of information is in fact
|
|
creating an appropriate empty data structure and subsequent
|
|
editing of that empty structure. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-add-pers">
|
|
<title>To Add a Person</title>
|
|
<para> To add a person to the database, switch to the People View
|
|
(<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/>) and then click the
|
|
<guibutton>Add</guibutton> on the toolbar.
|
|
Enter any data you know about this person into the <guilabel>Edit
|
|
Person</guilabel> Dialog (see <xref linkend="edit-pers-fig"/>
|
|
for details). To edit information about a person already present
|
|
in the database, select an entry you would like to view/modify,
|
|
and then click the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar. </para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-spec-rel">
|
|
<title>To Specify a Relationship</title>
|
|
<para>To specify a relationship, first switch to the Family View
|
|
(<xref linkend="family-fig"/>). Then click the <guibutton>+</guibutton>
|
|
button on the right of the spouse box. Select a spouse/partner from the
|
|
list and specify their relationship using the menu at the bottom. If
|
|
necessary, you can add a person to the list by clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button. To edit information about a
|
|
relationship already present in the database, move the mouse over the
|
|
<guilabel>Spouse</guilabel> box and double-click.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-spec-par">
|
|
<title>To Specify Parents</title>
|
|
<para>To specify parents of an active person, first switch to the
|
|
Family View (<xref linkend="family-fig"/>). Then click the
|
|
<guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the right of the active person's
|
|
parents list box. Select the parents from two lists and specify the
|
|
parents' relationships to the active person using menus at the bottom.
|
|
You can also specify parents' relationship to each other.
|
|
If necessary, you can add a person to the list by clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> The top and bottom lists contain males and females,
|
|
respectively. By default, &app; will
|
|
limit both lists to people who could possibly be the parents (judged
|
|
by the date of birth) of the active person. To override this, check
|
|
the <guilabel>Show all</guilabel> box for each list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To specify parents of the active person's spouse, switch to the
|
|
Family View and then click the <guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the
|
|
right of the spouse's parents list box. To edit information about
|
|
parents already present in the database, move the mouse over
|
|
the corresponding parents' box and double-click.</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-spec-ch">
|
|
<title>To Specify Children</title>
|
|
<para>To specify children of an active person, switch to the
|
|
Family View (<xref linkend="family-fig"/>) and then
|
|
click the <guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the
|
|
right of the children list box. Select a child from the list and
|
|
specify the child's relationship with father and mother using menus
|
|
at the bottom. If necessary, you can add a person to the list by
|
|
clicking the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> By default, &app; will
|
|
limit the lists to people who could possibly be the child (judged
|
|
by the date of birth) of the active person. To override this, check
|
|
the <guilabel>Show all</guilabel> box.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-add-img">
|
|
<title>To Add Images</title>
|
|
<para>You can add images (as well as other media objects) to
|
|
individual people, events, sources, places, as well as images
|
|
generally related to the database (e.g. group family photos). </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> To add images related to a single person, switch to the
|
|
People View (<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/>), select a person, and
|
|
then click the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar to
|
|
invoke the <guilabel>Edit Person</guilabel> Dialog
|
|
(<xref linkend="edit-pers-fig"/>). Then, select the
|
|
<guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> tab, and click the
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button to invoke the <guilabel>Select a media
|
|
object</guilabel> dialog. Type the filename or select a file with the
|
|
image, then provide a title for that image. To prevent the file from
|
|
being copied into your database directory, check the <guilabel>Do not
|
|
make a local copy</guilabel> box. Keep adding images until you are
|
|
done. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> To add images related to a relationship (e.g. marriage),
|
|
switch to the Family View (<xref linkend="family-fig"/>) and then
|
|
double-click on the Spouse box invoke the <guilabel>Marriage/Relationship
|
|
editor</guilabel> dialog. Select the <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel>
|
|
tab and click the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button to add
|
|
an image. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> To add images related to a source or a place, first switch to
|
|
the Sources View (<xref linkend="sources-fig"/>) or Places
|
|
View (<xref linkend="places-fig"/>), respectively. Then select the
|
|
appropriate source or place and then either double-click on it
|
|
or click the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar to invoke the
|
|
<guilabel>Source Editor</guilabel> (or <guilabel>Place
|
|
Editor</guilabel>) dialog. Select the <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel>
|
|
tab and click the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button to add
|
|
an image. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> Finally, to add images that are generally related to the
|
|
database but not limited to any person, relationship, source, or place
|
|
in particular, switch to the Media View (<xref linkend="media-fig"/>).
|
|
Then click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> icon on the toolbar to
|
|
add an image.
|
|
If you have already added any images to any individual galleries,
|
|
you will also find them listed in the Media View. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> In any gallery, you can also use the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>
|
|
and <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons to edit image information
|
|
and to remove the image reference from that gallery. Note that in all
|
|
galleries removing the reference to the image does not remove the image
|
|
from the database. To completely remove the image from the database,
|
|
delete it from Media View by first selecting it and then
|
|
clicking the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> icon on the toolbar. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-src-plc">
|
|
<title>To Edit Sources and Places</title>
|
|
|
|
<para> To add a source or a place to the database, switch to
|
|
the appropriate Sources View (<xref linkend="sources-fig"/>) or
|
|
Places View (<xref linkend="places-fig"/>).
|
|
Then click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> icon on the toolbar to add a
|
|
source/place. Enter the information into the <guilabel>Source
|
|
Editor</guilabel> (or <guilabel>Place Editor</guilabel>) dialog.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> To edit information about sources and places already present
|
|
in the database, switch to the appropriate view, select an entry
|
|
you would like to view/modify, and then click the
|
|
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar. Alternatively, you
|
|
may double-click on the entry to edit it.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-edit-complete">
|
|
<title>Editing Data: Complete Description</title>
|
|
<para> This section provides a complete description of all editing
|
|
options for all pieces of data in the &app; database. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-pers">
|
|
<title>Edit Personal Information</title>
|
|
<para> Editing of personal data can be performed in the
|
|
following ways: </para>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term>From the People View:</term><listitem><para>
|
|
Double-click the name of the person whose data you would like
|
|
to edit, or select the name by single click and then click the
|
|
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar.
|
|
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry><term>From the Family View:</term><listitem><para>
|
|
Move the mouse into the <guilabel>Active person</guilabel> box,
|
|
then double-click.
|
|
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para> With either method, the following <guilabel>Edit
|
|
Person</guilabel> dialog will appear: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the name of the person whose
|
|
data is being edited. The main part of the window displays nine
|
|
notebook tabs containing different categories of available
|
|
information. You can bring any tab to the top for viewing
|
|
or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading.
|
|
The bottom part has <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button
|
|
at any time will apply all the changes made in all tabs and close the
|
|
dialog window. Clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will
|
|
close the window without applying any changes. If any of the data
|
|
in any tab were modified, the alert window will appear with the
|
|
choices of closing the dialog without saving changes, canceling the
|
|
initial cancel request, or saving the changes.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
personal data:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of
|
|
general information about the person. This includes the text
|
|
entry fields of <guilabel>Given name</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Family name</guilabel>, <guilabel>Family prefix</guilabel>
|
|
(such as de or van), <guilabel>Suffix</guilabel> (e.g. Jr. or III),
|
|
<guilabel>Title</guilabel> (e.g. Dr. or Rev.),
|
|
<guilabel>Nickname</guilabel> (Bob for Robert),
|
|
<guilabel>Type</guilabel> of the name (birth name, married name, etc.)
|
|
and <guilabel>Date</guilabel> and <guilabel>Place</guilabel> of birth
|
|
and death. Some of these (<guilabel>Family name</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Type</guilabel>, and both <guilabel>Place</guilabel> fields),
|
|
also allow you to choose the corresponding
|
|
contents from the drop-down menus by clicking on the down arrow button
|
|
located immediately to the right of the text entry field. The
|
|
available menu choices are formed from the information already stored
|
|
in the database. Also, when you start to type within these fields,
|
|
&app; will try to guess the remainder of
|
|
the text by using the same choices that are available from the
|
|
corresponding menu. To accept the highlighted guess and move to
|
|
the next field, press the <keycap>Tab</keycap>. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Gender</guilabel> radio buttons offer
|
|
the choice of person's gender between <guilabel>male</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>female</guilabel>, and <guilabel>unknown</guilabel>.
|
|
The buttons <guibutton>Source...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Note...</guibutton> allow adding or modifying the data about
|
|
the sources of the name information and any relevant notes.
|
|
Clicking either <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> button located next to
|
|
the birth and death Date fields will bring up a dialog allowing you to
|
|
edit the corresponding event (birth or death) details.
|
|
The field <guilabel>ID</guilabel> displays an internal
|
|
&app; ID number which identifies the user in the
|
|
database. Finally, the <guilabel>Image</guilabel> area shows the first
|
|
image available in the <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> of this
|
|
person (if any exist).
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|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Names</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Names ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-names-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Names</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-names.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Names Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The <guilabel>Names</guilabel> tab displays information concerning
|
|
alternate names of the person and the controls allowing their
|
|
modification. The bottom part displays the list of all alternate names
|
|
of the person stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected name in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow the addition,
|
|
modification, and removal of an alternate name record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an alternate name is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Events</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Events ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-events-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Events</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-events.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Events Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Events</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the events relevant to the person and controls allowing its
|
|
modification. The bottom part displays the list of all such events
|
|
stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected event in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add,
|
|
modify, and remove an event record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an event is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Attributes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Attributes ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-attributes-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Attributes</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-attributes.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Attributes Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Attributes</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the attributes of the person and controls allowing their
|
|
modification. These could be any personal attributes of a person whose
|
|
description naturally fits into Parameter-Value pairs (e.g. enormous
|
|
generosity can be stored as the parameter "Generosity" with the
|
|
value "Enormous", etc.). The bottom part displays the list of all
|
|
attributes stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected attribute in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add,
|
|
modify, and remove an attribute record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an attribute is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Addresses</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Addresses ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-addresses-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Addresses</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-addresses.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Addresses Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Addresses</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the addresses of the person and the controls allowing their
|
|
modification. The bottom part displays the list of all
|
|
addresses stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected address in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add,
|
|
modify, and remove an address record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an address is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Some reports allow you to restrict data on living people.
|
|
In particular, that option will omit the addresses of people who
|
|
are currently alive.</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Notes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Notes ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-notes-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Notes</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-notes.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Notes Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the notes concerning the person. These could be any notes which do not
|
|
naturally fit into the Parameter-Value pairs available to Attributes.
|
|
To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the text in the
|
|
text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Gallery</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Gallery ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-gallery-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Gallery</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-gallery.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Gallery Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
media objects associated with the person and controls allowing subsequent
|
|
modification. The central part shows the list of all such media objects.
|
|
For media object which are valid image files, previews of images are
|
|
displayed. For other objects such as audio files, movie files, etc., a
|
|
generic &app; icon is displayed instead. Note that the first available
|
|
image in the gallery will be also displayed in the
|
|
<guilabel>Image</guilabel> area in the <guilabel>General</guilabel>
|
|
tab. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> allow
|
|
you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a media object reference
|
|
to this person. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a media object is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Note: removing a media object from a person's gallery does not
|
|
remove it from the database. It only removes the reference to that
|
|
object from this person's record.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Internet</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - Internet ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-internet-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - Internet</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-internet.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Internet Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Internet</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
Internet addresses relevant to the person and the controls
|
|
allowing data modification. The bottom part displays the list of all
|
|
such Internet addresses stored in the database. The top part shows the
|
|
details of the currently selected addresses in the list (if any).
|
|
The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove an Internet address
|
|
record from the database. The button <guibutton>Go</guibutton> allows
|
|
opening a web-page with the corresponding address with your default
|
|
browser. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Go</guibutton> buttons
|
|
become available only when an address is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>LDS</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Person dialog - LDS ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-pers-lds-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Person dialog - LDS</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-person-lds.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows LDS Tab of Edit Person dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>LDS</guilabel> tab displays information
|
|
about LDS ordinances of the person and controls allowing
|
|
modification. These are <guilabel>LDS baptism</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Endowment</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Sealed to
|
|
parents</guilabel> ordinances, as labeled inside the tab.
|
|
Each ordinance is described by its date, LDS temple, and Place where
|
|
it happened. An additional pop-up menu <guilabel>Parents</guilabel> is
|
|
available for the <guilabel>Sealed to parents</guilabel> ordinance.
|
|
Each ordinance can further be described by its status through the
|
|
selections available in the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> pop-up
|
|
menu and can also be referenced by sources and notes via corresponding
|
|
<guibutton>Sources...</guibutton> and <guibutton>Note</guibutton>
|
|
buttons.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-dates">
|
|
<title>Edit Dates</title>
|
|
<para> Anywhere in &app; where the date
|
|
is entered or edited, the following rules apply:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Date validity indicators</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>&app; 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>&app; 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, &app;
|
|
recognizes and supports partial dates, date ranges, and alternate
|
|
calendars. </para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para> Partial 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, &app; 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>
|
|
<para> Editing of relationship data is performed in the following
|
|
<guilabel>Marriage/Relationship Editor</guilabel> dialog which appears
|
|
after double-clicking on the spouse box in the Family View.</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Relationship dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-rel-fig">
|
|
<title>Marriage/Relationship Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-rel.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Marriage/Relationship Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the names of the people whose
|
|
relationship is being edited. The main part of the window displays
|
|
six notebook tabs containing different categories of available
|
|
information. You can bring any tab to the top for viewing
|
|
or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading.
|
|
The bottom part has <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button
|
|
at any time will apply all the changes made in all tabs and close the
|
|
dialog window. Clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will
|
|
close the window without applying any changes. If any of the data
|
|
in any tab were modified, the alert window will appear with the
|
|
choices of closing the dialog without saving changes, canceling the
|
|
initial cancel request, or saving the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
relationship data:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of the most general
|
|
information about the relationship: the relationship type.
|
|
The available types (such as married, partners, etc.) can be chosen
|
|
from the drop-down <guilabel>Relationship type</guilabel> menu.
|
|
The non-editable field <guilabel>ID</guilabel> displays an internal &app;
|
|
ID number which identifies this relationship in the database.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Events</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Events</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the events relevant to the relationship and the controls allowing
|
|
modification. The bottom part displays the list of all such events
|
|
stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected event in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add,
|
|
modify, and remove an event record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an event is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Attributes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Attributes</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the attributes of the relationship and the controls allowing
|
|
modification. The bottom part displays the list of all such
|
|
attributes stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected attribute in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add,
|
|
modify, and remove an attribute record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an attribute is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Notes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> tab displays information about the
|
|
notes concerning the relationship. These could be any notes which do
|
|
not naturally fit into the Parameter-Value pairs available to
|
|
Attributes. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Gallery</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
media objects associated with the person and the controls allowing
|
|
modification of such. The central part shows the list of all such media objects.
|
|
For media object which are valid image files previews of images are
|
|
displayed. For other objects such as audio files, movie files, etc., a
|
|
generic &app; icon is displayed instead. The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add, modify,
|
|
and remove a media object reference to this relationship.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a media object is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>LDS</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>LDS</guilabel> tab displays information
|
|
about the LDS <guilabel>Sealed to spouse</guilabel> ordinance
|
|
of the person and the controls allowing
|
|
modification. The data can include date, LDS temple, and Place where
|
|
it happened. The ordinance can further be described by its status
|
|
through the selections available in the <guilabel>Status</guilabel>
|
|
pop-up menu and can also be referenced by sources and notes via
|
|
corresponding <guibutton>Sources...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Note</guibutton> buttons. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
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|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-src">
|
|
<title>Edit Source Data</title>
|
|
<para> To edit source data, switch to the Sources View and select the
|
|
desired entry in the list of sources. Double-click on that entry or
|
|
click the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar to invoke the
|
|
following <guilabel>Source Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Source Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-src-fig">
|
|
<title>Source Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-src.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Source Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the <guilabel>Source
|
|
Editor</guilabel>
|
|
title of the dialog. The main part of the window displays four notebook
|
|
tabs containing different categories of available information. You can
|
|
bring any tab to the top for viewing or editing by clicking on the
|
|
appropriate tab heading. The bottom part has <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
|
|
and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the changes made
|
|
in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
source data:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of the most general
|
|
information about the source: its title, author, and publication
|
|
information. This information can be typed in the appropriate
|
|
text entry fields.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Note</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Note</guilabel> tab displays any notes concerning
|
|
the source. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Gallery</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
media objects associated with the given source and controls
|
|
allowing its modification. The central part shows the list of all
|
|
such media objects. For media object which are valid image files
|
|
previews of images are displayed. For other objects such as audio
|
|
files, movie files, etc., a generic &app; icon is displayed instead.
|
|
The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> allow
|
|
you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a media object reference
|
|
to this source. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a media object is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>References</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>References</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
database records that refer to this source. If the source is not
|
|
referenced from any database record, the tab shows an empty list.
|
|
If the source is referenced from many records, the tab will list
|
|
all of them. The list can be ordered by any of its column headers:
|
|
<guilabel>Source type</guilabel>, <guilabel>Object</guilabel>, or
|
|
<guilabel>Value</guilabel>. This information cannot be modified from
|
|
the <guilabel>Source Editor</guilabel> dialog. Instead, the
|
|
corresponding database record (e.g. birth event) has to be brought
|
|
up and its source reference edited. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-plc">
|
|
<title>Edit Place Data</title>
|
|
<para> To edit place data, switch to the Places View and select the
|
|
desired entry in the list of places. Double-click on that entry or
|
|
click the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> icon on the toolbar to invoke the
|
|
following <guilabel>Place Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Place Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-plc-fig">
|
|
<title>Place Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-plc.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Place Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the <guilabel>Place Editor</guilabel>
|
|
title of the dialog. The main part of the window displays seven
|
|
notebook tabs containing different categories of available information.
|
|
You can bring any tab to the top for viewing or editing by clicking on
|
|
the appropriate tab heading. The bottom part has
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons.
|
|
Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
place data:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of the most general
|
|
information about the place: the title which labels it in the database,
|
|
city, church parish, county, state, country, longitude, and latitude.
|
|
This information can be typed in the appropriate text entry fields.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Other names</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Other names</guilabel> tab displays information concerning
|
|
other names by which the place might be known and the controls
|
|
allowing their modification. The bottom part displays the list of all
|
|
other names of the place stored in the database. The top part shows
|
|
the details of the currently selected name in the list (if any).
|
|
The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow
|
|
you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a name record
|
|
from the database. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a name is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Note</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Note</guilabel> tab displays any notes concerning
|
|
the place. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Sources</guilabel> tab displays information about sources
|
|
relevant to this place and controls allowing its modification.
|
|
The central part displays the list of all such source references
|
|
stored in the database. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow
|
|
you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a source reference
|
|
to this place. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a source reference is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Gallery</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
media objects associated with the given place and the controls
|
|
allowing its modification. The central part shows the list of all
|
|
such media objects. For media objects which are valid image files
|
|
previews of images are displayed. For other objects such as audio
|
|
files, movie files, etc., a generic &app; icon is displayed instead.
|
|
The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> allow
|
|
you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a media object reference
|
|
to this source. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a media object is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Internet</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Internet</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
Internet addresses relevant to the place and controls
|
|
allowing its modification. The bottom part displays the list of all
|
|
such Internet addresses stored in the database. The top part shows the
|
|
details of the currently selected addresses in the list (if any).
|
|
The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove an Internet address
|
|
record from the database. The button <guibutton>Go</guibutton> allows
|
|
you to open a web-page with the corresponding address with your default
|
|
browser. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Go</guibutton> buttons
|
|
become available only when an address is selected from the list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>References</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>References</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
database records that refer to this place. If the place is not
|
|
referenced from any database record, the tab shows an empty list.
|
|
If the place is referenced from many records, the tab will list
|
|
all of them. This information cannot be modified from
|
|
the <guilabel>Place Editor</guilabel> dialog. Instead, the
|
|
corresponding database record (e.g. birth event) has to be brought
|
|
up and its place reference edited. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-media">
|
|
<title>Edit Media Data</title>
|
|
<para> To edit media data, switch to the Media View and select the
|
|
desired entry in the list of sources. Double-click on that entry or
|
|
click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> on the toolbar to invoke the
|
|
following <guilabel>Edit Media Properties</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Media Properties dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-media-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Media Properties dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-media.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Edit Media Properties dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title. Below the title
|
|
is the preview of an object and the summary of its properties (ID,
|
|
path, and object type). The central part of the window displays four
|
|
notebook tabs containing different categories of available information.
|
|
You can bring any tab to the top for viewing or editing by clicking on
|
|
the appropriate tab heading. The bottom part has
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons.
|
|
Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
media object data:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing the title which labels
|
|
this object in the database. The title can be typed in the appropriate
|
|
text entry field. If the object is not local (i.e. the corresponding
|
|
file does not reside under &app; database directory), the
|
|
<guibutton>Make a local copy</guibutton> button is available.
|
|
Click it to copy the media into the &app; database directory. This will
|
|
increase the amount of disk space consumed by the &app; database. However,
|
|
if the external file is deleted or removed, &app; will still be able
|
|
to use the local copy. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Attributes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Attributes</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
the attributes of the media object and controls allowing its
|
|
modification. The bottom part displays the list of all such
|
|
attributes stored in the database. The top part shows the details
|
|
of the currently selected attribute in the list (if any). The buttons
|
|
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> allow you to correspondingly add,
|
|
modify, and remove an attribute record from the database.
|
|
Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
an attribute is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Notes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> tab displays information about the
|
|
notes concerning the media object. These could be any notes which do
|
|
not naturally fit into the Parameter-Value pairs available to
|
|
Attributes. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>References</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>References</guilabel> tab displays information about
|
|
database records that refer to this media object. If the object is not
|
|
referenced from any database record, the tab shows an empty list.
|
|
If the object is referenced from many records, the tab will list
|
|
all of them. The list can be ordered by any of its column headers:
|
|
<guilabel>Type</guilabel>, <guilabel>Object</guilabel>, or
|
|
<guilabel>Value</guilabel>. This information cannot be modified from
|
|
the <guilabel>Media Object Properties Editor</guilabel> dialog.
|
|
Instead, the corresponding database record (e.g. birth event) has to
|
|
be brought up and its media object reference edited in the gallery
|
|
tab. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-ev">
|
|
<title>Edit Events</title>
|
|
<para> Events are edited through the following <guilabel>Event
|
|
Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Event Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-ev-fig">
|
|
<title>Event Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-ev.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Event Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title including the name
|
|
of the person whose event is being edited. The central part of the
|
|
window displays four notebook tabs containing different categories of
|
|
available information. You can bring any tab to the top for viewing or
|
|
editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading. The bottom part has
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons.
|
|
Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
the event data: </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of the most general
|
|
information about the event: its type, date, place, cause, and
|
|
description. The type can be selected from available types listed
|
|
in the <guilabel>Event type </guilabel> drop-down menu. The rest
|
|
of the information can be typed in the appropriate text entry fields.
|
|
Check the <guilabel>Private record</guilabel> box to mark this event
|
|
record as private. This will give you a chance to omit this event from
|
|
being included in reports, if you choose so among the report
|
|
generation options. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>Sources</guilabel> tab displays information about sources
|
|
relevant to this event and controls allowing its modification.
|
|
The central part displays the list of all such sources references
|
|
stored in the database. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a source reference
|
|
to this event. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a source reference is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Note</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Note</guilabel> tab displays any notes concerning
|
|
the event. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Witnesses</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>Witnesses</guilabel> tab displays information about witnesses
|
|
relevant to this event and controls allowing its modification.
|
|
The central part displays the list of all such witnesses
|
|
stored in the database. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a witness reference
|
|
to this event. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a witness reference is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
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|
<sect3 id="adv-si">
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|
<title>Edit Source Information</title>
|
|
<para> When adding source references to events, places, etc.,
|
|
the following dialog appears: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Source Information dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-si-fig">
|
|
<title>Source Information dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-si.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Source Information dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title. The central part
|
|
displays the source information. The bottom part has
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons.
|
|
Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> The source can be selected from available sources listed in the
|
|
<guilabel>Title</guilabel> drop-down menu. If the source you are
|
|
referencing is not present in the database yet, you can enter it into
|
|
the database. To do this, click the <guibutton>New...</guibutton> button
|
|
and enter source information into the invoked <guilabel>Source
|
|
Editor</guilabel> dialog. You can also set the details specific for
|
|
this particular reference: confidence, volume/file/page. date, text,
|
|
and comments. Choose the confidence
|
|
level from the <guilabel>Confidence</guilabel> drop-down menu.
|
|
The rest of the details can be typed in the appropriate text entry
|
|
fields. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-an">
|
|
<title>Edit Alternate Names</title>
|
|
<para> Alternate names are edited through the following
|
|
<guilabel>Alternate Names Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Alternate Names Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-an-fig">
|
|
<title>Alternate Names Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-an.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Alternate Names Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title including the name
|
|
of the person whose alternate name is being edited. The central part
|
|
of the window displays three notebook tabs containing different
|
|
categories of available information. You can bring any tab to the
|
|
top for viewing or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading.
|
|
The bottom part has <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
the alternate name data: </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of general
|
|
information about the alternate name: given name, family name, family
|
|
prefix, suffix, title, and type of the name. The information can be
|
|
typed in the appropriate text entry fields. The family name and the
|
|
type can be also selected from available choices listed in the
|
|
appropriate drop-down menus.
|
|
Check the <guilabel>Private record</guilabel> box to mark this name
|
|
record as private. This will give you a chance to omit this name from
|
|
being included in reports, if you choose so among the report
|
|
generation options. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>Sources</guilabel> tab displays information about sources
|
|
relevant to this name and controls allowing its modification.
|
|
The central part displays the list of all such sources' references
|
|
stored in the database. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a source reference
|
|
to this name. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a source reference is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Note</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Note</guilabel> tab displays any notes concerning
|
|
the name. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-at">
|
|
<title>Edit Attributes</title>
|
|
<para> Attributes are edited through the following
|
|
<guilabel>Attribute Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Attribute Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-at-fig">
|
|
<title>Attribute Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-at.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Attribute Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title including the name
|
|
of the person whose attribute is being edited. The central part
|
|
of the window displays three notebook tabs containing different
|
|
categories of available information. You can bring any tab to the
|
|
top for viewing or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading.
|
|
The bottom part has <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
the attribute data: </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of the most general
|
|
information about the attribute: name of the attribute and its value.
|
|
The information can be typed in the appropriate text entry fields.
|
|
The attribute name can also be selected from available choices (if any)
|
|
listed in the <guilabel>Attribute </guilabel> drop-down menu.
|
|
Check the <guilabel>Private record</guilabel> box to mark this
|
|
attribute record as private. This will give you a chance to omit
|
|
this attribute from being included in the reports, if you choose
|
|
so among the report generation options. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>Sources</guilabel> tab displays information about sources
|
|
relevant to this attribute and controls allowing its modification.
|
|
The central part displays the list of all such sources references
|
|
stored in the database. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a source reference
|
|
to this attribute . Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a source reference is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Note</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Note</guilabel> tab displays any notes concerning
|
|
the attribute . To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-ad">
|
|
<title>Edit Addresses</title>
|
|
<para> Addresses are edited through the following
|
|
<guilabel>Address Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Address Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-ad-fig">
|
|
<title>Address Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-ad.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Address Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title including the name
|
|
of the person whose address is being edited. The central part
|
|
of the window displays three notebook tabs containing different
|
|
categories of available information. You can bring any tab to the
|
|
top for viewing or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading.
|
|
The bottom part has <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window without
|
|
applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified,
|
|
the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog
|
|
without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving
|
|
the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The tabs provide the following information categories of
|
|
the address data: </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows editing of the most general
|
|
information about the address: date, street address, city or county,
|
|
state or province, country, and the postal code. The information can
|
|
be typed in the appropriate text entry fields.
|
|
Check the <guilabel>Private record</guilabel> box to mark this address
|
|
record as private. This will give you a chance to omit this address
|
|
from being included in reports, if you choose so among the report
|
|
generation options. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The
|
|
<guilabel>Sources</guilabel> tab displays information about sources
|
|
relevant to this address and controls allowing its modification.
|
|
The central part displays the list of all such sources references
|
|
stored in the database. The buttons <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
|
|
allow you to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a source reference
|
|
to this address. Note that the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> buttons become available only when
|
|
a source reference is selected from the list. </para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Note</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Note</guilabel> tab displays any notes concerning
|
|
the address. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the
|
|
text in the text entry field.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="adv-wit">
|
|
<title>Edit Witnesses</title>
|
|
<para> Witnesses are edited through the following
|
|
<guilabel>Witness Editor</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Witness Editor dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-wi-fig">
|
|
<title>Witness Editor dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-wi.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Witness Editor dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The top of the window shows the dialog title. The central part
|
|
of the window displays information about the witness. The bottom part
|
|
has <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons.
|
|
Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button at any time will apply all the
|
|
changes made and close the dialog window. Clicking the
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button at any time will close the window
|
|
without applying any changes. If any of the data were
|
|
modified, the alert window will appear with the choices of closing
|
|
the dialog without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel
|
|
request, or saving the changes. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The witness name can be entered in two ways, depending upon
|
|
whether the witness is a person already stored in the database or
|
|
not (unrelated person). </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Person from the database</term>
|
|
<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
|
|
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.
|
|
Note: even though the person's name is displayed in the
|
|
<guilabel>Person</guilabel> field, it is not available for direct
|
|
editing.
|
|
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Unrelated person</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
If the person is not in the database, make sure that
|
|
<guilabel>Person is in the database</guilabel> box is unchecked.
|
|
Then enter the name or any description of a person into the
|
|
<guilabel>Person</guilabel> text entry field. This information
|
|
is stored as entered, and this is the only place it is stored.
|
|
In other words, there is no reference to that person in the entire
|
|
database except for this witness reference. If the person is in fact
|
|
a member of the database, it is advised to use the former method.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para> The <guilabel>Comment</guilabel> text area allows you to enter
|
|
any comments concerning the witness. To add a comment or to modify
|
|
existing comments simply edit the text in the text area.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ 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 the <guibutton>Merge and edit</guibutton>
|
|
button. </para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-nav">
|
|
<title>Navigation</title>
|
|
<para> As long as any database is open,
|
|
&app; is focused on a
|
|
single person usually referred to as an Active person. This
|
|
allows you to view or modify the data concerning this person,
|
|
his or her immediate family, etc. Navigating in the database (i.e.
|
|
moving from person to person) is in fact nothing else but changing
|
|
the Active person. This section describes many alternative ways
|
|
to navigate through the database using both the complex and the convenient
|
|
interfaces &app; provides. All these ways
|
|
eventually accomplish the same thing, but some are more convenient
|
|
than others, depending what you are doing in
|
|
&app; at the moment. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-people">
|
|
<title>Using the People View</title>
|
|
<para> The most intuitive way to select an active person is
|
|
to use the People View. When in the People View, just select the
|
|
name of the desired person from the list by clicking that list
|
|
entry. The person you have selected becomes active. The statusbar
|
|
updates to reflect the change of the active person. </para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-family">
|
|
<title>Using the Family View</title>
|
|
<para> When in the Family View, you can easily navigate between the
|
|
members of the displayed family as follows: </para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para>To make the currently selected spouse the active person,
|
|
click the double-arrow button to the right of the active person box.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>To make the currently selected parents the active family
|
|
(thereby making father the active person and mother the selected
|
|
spouse), click the right-arrow button to the right of the active person's
|
|
parents box. </para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>To make the currently selected spouse's parents
|
|
the active family (thereby making father the active person and mother
|
|
the selected spouse), click the right-arrow button to the right of the
|
|
spouse's parents box.</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>To make the currently selected child the active person,
|
|
click the left-arrow button to the right of the children box.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-pedigree">
|
|
<title>Using the Pedigree View</title>
|
|
<para> The Pedigree View also allows you to move along the family tree.
|
|
The benefit of this method is that you can see more than one
|
|
generation of the family tree. Also, you can jump directly from a
|
|
great-grandson to a great-grandfather without going through the
|
|
intermediate generations. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> Note that after changing the active person in the Pedigree
|
|
View, the display is re-adjusted to show four generations, starting
|
|
from the newly selected Active person. When in the Pedigree View, you
|
|
can easily navigate between the members of the displayed family tree
|
|
as follows: </para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para>To make any displayed person the active person,
|
|
double-click the line that connects to the left side of the
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|
corresponding box. </para></listitem>
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|
|
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<listitem><para>To make a child of currently active person (if any)
|
|
the active person, click the left arrow button to the left of the
|
|
corresponding box. If there is more than one child, the button expands
|
|
to the menu listing the children to choose from. </para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>To move the whole family tree one generation back,
|
|
click on the corresponding right arrow button on the right-hand side
|
|
of the display area. Clicking the upper button will move the tree
|
|
along the paternal line. Clicking the lower button will move the
|
|
tree along the maternal line. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> Clicking either of these buttons is completely equivalent to
|
|
double-clicking the lines connecting to the left of the corresponding
|
|
boxes for father and mother. </para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
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</sect3>
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|
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|
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|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-default">
|
|
<title>Setting the Default Person</title>
|
|
<para> One and only one person in the database can be selected as the
|
|
default person. Once the default person is selected, moving to that
|
|
person becomes a matter of a single click, regardless of which view
|
|
you are using at the moment. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> To set the default person, first navigate to that person using
|
|
any method you like. Then choose
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Default Person</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Once this is
|
|
done, you can move to the default person from anywhere in the
|
|
database by simply clicking the <guibutton>Home</guibutton> icon
|
|
on the toolbar. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-bookmk">
|
|
<title>Bookmarking People</title>
|
|
<para> Similarly to setting the default person, you can bookmark other people
|
|
from the database to simplify further navigation. To bookmark a person,
|
|
first navigate to that person, then choose
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Add bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To move to that
|
|
person from anywhere in the database, choose
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Go to bookmark</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem><replaceable>Person's name</replaceable></guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> You can manage your bookmarks by choosing
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Edit bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This opens
|
|
the following <guilabel>Edit Bookmarks</guilabel> dialog with the
|
|
list of bookmarks and the controls to modify this list. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Bookmarks dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="edit-bm-fig">
|
|
<title>Edit Bookmarks dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/edit-bm.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Edit Bookmarks dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
</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 ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gen-reports">
|
|
<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.
|
|
&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:
|
|
you get to design and choose the style for your reports. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> All reports can be accessed through the menu by choosing
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu><replaceable>Report Type</replaceable></guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem><replaceable>Particular
|
|
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
|
|
<guibutton>Reports</guibutton> icon on the toolbar.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="rep-books">
|
|
<title>Books</title>
|
|
<para> Currently, the only available report under this category
|
|
is the Book Report. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> The Book Report creates a single document (i.e. a Book)
|
|
containing several separate reports. The plan is to enable all existing
|
|
reports to be available book items. However, as of version &appversion;,
|
|
only text reports are available for inclusion in books. Nevertheless,
|
|
this allows for a very reach set of documents that &app; can produce.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> When Book Report is selected, the following book configuration
|
|
dialog appears: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Book Report dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="rep-book-fig">
|
|
<title>Book Report dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/bookreport.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Book Report dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para> The <guilabel>Book name</guilabel> text entry field is used to
|
|
save the book (a set of configured selections) for future use.
|
|
The pane on the left side lists the items available for inclusion in the
|
|
book. The pane on the right side lists the currently selected items in
|
|
the order they will appear in the book. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> The top set of buttons between the panes operates on the
|
|
selected book item. Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button to add selected
|
|
item from the available list to the current book. Click the
|
|
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button to remove an item from the current book.
|
|
Use <guibutton>Up</guibutton> and <guibutton>Down</guibutton> to change
|
|
the items order in the current book. Click the <guibutton>Setup</guibutton>
|
|
button to configure the options of the selected item of the current book.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> The bottom set of buttons between the panes operates on the
|
|
whole book. Click the <guibutton>Clear</guibutton> button to clear all items from
|
|
the current book. Click the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> button to save the current
|
|
book (under the name typed in the <guilabel>Book name</guilabel> text
|
|
entry field) for future use. Note that saving the book also saves the
|
|
configuration for each item. 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
|
|
available books.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> The configuration dialogs evoked 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
|
|
item is centered. Thanks to this option, you can create a book with
|
|
items centered on different people (e.g. your mom's and dad's
|
|
ancestors as separate chapters). By default, the center person is set to
|
|
the active person. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="rep-graph">
|
|
<title>Graphical Reports</title>
|
|
<para> Graphical reports represent information in forms of charts
|
|
and graphs. Most of the options are common among graphical reports,
|
|
therefore they will be described only once, at the end of this
|
|
section. The few options specific to a given report will be
|
|
described directly in that report's entry.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The following graphical reports are currently
|
|
available in &app;: </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Timeline Graph</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report outputs the list of people with their
|
|
lifetimes represented by intervals on a common chronological scale.
|
|
Specific options include filter, sorting method, and the title of
|
|
the report. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Relationship Graph</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report creates a complex relationship graph in
|
|
GraphViz format. The GraphViz <command>dot</command> tool can
|
|
transform the graph into postscript, jpeg, png, vrml, svg, and many
|
|
other formats. GraphViz tools are freely available from
|
|
<ulink url="http://www.graphviz.org" type="http">GraphViz
|
|
site</ulink>. Specific options for this report
|
|
include filter and number of generations considered, as well as
|
|
several GraphViz specific options related to pagination, color,
|
|
and details of the graph. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Descendant Graph</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report generates the graph of people who are
|
|
descendants of a currently active person. Specific options include
|
|
the format of the displayed entries. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Ancestor Chart</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report generates the chart of people who are
|
|
ancestors of a currently active person. Specific options include
|
|
the number of generations considered and the format of the displayed
|
|
entries. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Common options for graphical reports are the filename of the
|
|
output, the format of the output, selected style, and page size and
|
|
orientation. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="rep-text">
|
|
<title>Text Reports</title>
|
|
<para> Text reports represent the desired information as formatted
|
|
text. Most of the options are common among text reports,
|
|
therefore they will be described only once, at the end of this
|
|
section. The options specific to a given report will be
|
|
described directly in that report's entry.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The following text reports are currently
|
|
available in &app;:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Individual Summary</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report produces a detailed summary on the
|
|
active person. The report includes all the facts known to the
|
|
database about that person. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Family Group Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This creates a family group report, showing
|
|
information on a set of parents and their children. Specific
|
|
options: the spouse (available only if the active person has more
|
|
than one spouse). </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Detailed Descendant Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report covers in detail the descendants of the
|
|
active person. It includes vital (birth and death) information as well as
|
|
marriages. Specific options: number of forward generations
|
|
to consider. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Detailed Ancestral Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report covers in detail the ancestors of the
|
|
active person. It includes vital data (birth and death) as well as
|
|
marriages. Specific options: number of backward generations
|
|
to consider, as well as a variety of options on what exact
|
|
contents to include. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>FTM Style Descendant Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report creates a descendant report similar to
|
|
that produced by the Family Tree Maker (tm). It covers in detail the
|
|
active person and his/her descendants. It includes vital information
|
|
as well as marriages, children, and notes. Specific options:
|
|
number of forward generations to consider. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>FTM Style Ancestral Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report creates an ancestral report similar to
|
|
that produced by the Family Tree Maker (tm).It covers in detail the
|
|
active person and his/her ancestors It includes vital information
|
|
as well as marriages, children, and notes. Specific options: number
|
|
of backward generations to consider, as well as a variety of options
|
|
on what exact contents to include. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Descendant Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report produces a brief description
|
|
of descendants of the active person. Specific options: number
|
|
of forward generations to consider. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Complete Individual Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report provides individual summaries similar to
|
|
that of the Individual Summary report. The advantage of this report
|
|
is the specific filter option. Depending on the filter choice (active
|
|
person only, his or her descendants, his or her ancestors, or entire
|
|
database), the report may contain from one to many individual
|
|
summaries. Another option for this report is the inclusion of
|
|
source information when listing events. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Ahnentafel Report</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report lists the active person and his or her
|
|
ancestors along with their vital data. The people are numbered in a
|
|
special way which is an established standard called Ahnentafel.
|
|
The active person is given number 1. His or her father and mother
|
|
have numbers 2 and 3, respectively. This rule holds for every person
|
|
while going back in generations: father's parents are numbered 4 and 5,
|
|
and mother's parents are numbered 6 and 7, fathers always numbered
|
|
with even and mothers with odd numbers. Therefore, for any person
|
|
having number N in this tree, the numbers of father and mother
|
|
are 2N and 2N+1, respectively.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Common options for text reports are the filename of the
|
|
output, the format of the output, selected style, and page size and
|
|
orientation. For HTML reports, there is no page information.
|
|
Instead, HTML options include the choice of the HTML template,
|
|
either available in &app; or a custom template defined by you. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="rep-view">
|
|
<title>View</title>
|
|
<para> View reports represent overall summaries of the database
|
|
information available immediately for on-screen viewing.
|
|
The following view reports are currently available in &app;:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Number of ancestors</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report displays the number of ancestors of the
|
|
active person. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Summary of the database</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This report displays the overall statistics concerning
|
|
number of individuals of each gender, various incomplete entries
|
|
statistics, as well as family and media statistics. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="rep-web">
|
|
<title>Web Page</title>
|
|
|
|
<para> This report generates web pages, either for a selected
|
|
individual (active person) or a set of individuals. The options
|
|
for this report are broken down into contents, privacy, and advanced
|
|
options. The contents options include the filter (determine the
|
|
scope of the database to consider), number of generations to consider,
|
|
destination directory for the images, and a link to the index page.
|
|
Privacy options allow you to omit private records, restrict
|
|
information on living people, to skip images (either all or those of
|
|
living people), and to omit comments and text in source information.
|
|
Finally, the advanced options allow you to include the optional &app; ID,
|
|
create a GENDEX index, and specify the extension of the resulting
|
|
files. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-tools">
|
|
<title>Running Tools</title>
|
|
<para> &app; tools allow you to perform various types of analyses
|
|
of your genealogical data. Typically, the tools do not produce
|
|
output in form of printouts or files. Instead, they produce screen
|
|
output immediately available for the researcher. However, when
|
|
appropriate, you can save the results of running a tool into a file.
|
|
Tools present one of the major strengths of &app; compared to the most
|
|
genealogical software. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The tools can be accessed through the menu by choosing
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu><replaceable>Tool Section</replaceable></guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem><replaceable>Particular
|
|
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
|
|
<guibutton>Tools</guibutton> icon on the toolbar. </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="tools-ae">
|
|
<title>Analysis and Exploration</title>
|
|
<para> This section contains tools which analyze and explore the
|
|
database, but do not alter it. The following analysis and exploration
|
|
tools are currently available in &app;: </para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Compare individual events</term>
|
|
<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"/>). The resulting table produced
|
|
by this tool can be saved as a spreadsheet. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Interactive descendant browser</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This tool builds a tree with the active person being
|
|
the root. Children branch from their parents in a usual manner.
|
|
Use this tool for a quick glance on a person's descendants.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="tools-db">
|
|
<title>Database Processing</title>
|
|
<para> This section contains tools which may modify your database.
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The modifications will only be performed upon your explicit consent.
|
|
The tools from this section are used mostly for finding and correcting
|
|
errors in the data. The following database processing tools are
|
|
currently available in &app;:</para>
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|
|
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<variablelist>
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|
|
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<varlistentry><term>Check and repair database</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This tool checks the database for integrity problems,
|
|
fixing the problems it can.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Extract information from names</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This tool searches the entire database and attempts
|
|
to extract titles and nicknames that may be embedded in a person's
|
|
given name field.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Find possible duplicate people</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This tool searches the entire database, looking
|
|
for the entries that may represent the same person.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Rename personal event types</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This tool allows all the events of a certain name
|
|
to be renamed to a new name.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Reorder &app; IDs</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This tool reorders the &app; IDs according to the
|
|
defaults of &app;.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
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|
|
|
<!-- =============== Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
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<sect3 id="tools-util">
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|
<title>Utilities</title>
|
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<para> </para>
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|
|
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<para> This section contains tools allowing you to perform a simple
|
|
operation on a portion of data. The results can be saved in your
|
|
database, but they will not modify your existing data.
|
|
The following utilities are currently available in &app;:</para>
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|
|
|
<variablelist>
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|
|
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<varlistentry><term>Custom Filter Editor</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>The Custom Filter Editor builds custom filters
|
|
that can be used to select people included in reports, exports,
|
|
and other tools and utilities. This is in fact a very powerful tool
|
|
in genealogical analysis.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>When you launch it, the <guilabel>User defined filters</guilabel>
|
|
dialog appears that lists all the filters (if any) previously defined
|
|
by you. Click the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button to define a new filter.
|
|
Once you have designed your filters, you can edit, test, and delete
|
|
selected filters using the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Test...</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete...</guibutton>
|
|
buttons, respectively. All the filters displayed in the list will be
|
|
automatically saved along with your database and will be available
|
|
with subsequent sessions of &app;. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Clicking the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button invokes the
|
|
following <guilabel>Define filter</guilabel> dialog: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Define filter dialog ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="cfe-df-fig">
|
|
<title>Define filter dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/cfe-df.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Define filter dialog. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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|
|
|
<para> Type the name for your new filter into the
|
|
<guilabel>Name</guilabel> field. Enter any comment that would help you
|
|
identify this filter in the future into the <guilabel>Comment</guilabel>
|
|
field. Add as many rules to the <guilabel>Rule list</guilabel> as you
|
|
would like to your filter using <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button.
|
|
Check <guilabel>Return values that do not match the filter rules
|
|
(invert)</guilabel> to negate the filter rule (e.g. inverting "has a
|
|
common ancestor with I1" rule will match everyone who does not have a
|
|
common ancestor with that person). If the filter has more than one rule,
|
|
select one of the <guilabel>Rule operations</guilabel>. This allows you
|
|
to choose whether all rules must apply, only one (either) rule must
|
|
apply, or exactly one (either) rule must apply, in order for the filter
|
|
to generate a match. If your filter has only one rule, this selection
|
|
has no effect. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para> Note that a filter you've already designed may be used as a rule
|
|
for another filter. This gives you nearly infinite flexibility in
|
|
custom-tailoring your selection criteria that can be later used in
|
|
most of the exports, reports and some of the tools (such as comparing
|
|
individual events). </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Generate SoundEx codes</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This utility generates SoundEx codes for the names of
|
|
people in the database.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Relationship calculator</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This utility calculates the relationship between
|
|
two people from the database.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term>Verify the database</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This utility allows you to verify the database based
|
|
on the set of criteria specified by you.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1> <!-- ================ End Usage ============== -->
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Customization ================================ -->
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="gramps-prefs">
|
|
<title>Settings</title>
|
|
<para>To configure &app;, choose
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
|
|
The <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog contains the following
|
|
categories: </para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><xref linkend="gramps-prefs-usage"/></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><xref linkend="gramps-prefs-display"/></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><xref linkend="gramps-prefs-db"/></para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-usage">
|
|
<title>Usage</title>
|
|
<para> This category contains preferences relevant to the
|
|
general usage of &app;. It has the following subcategories:</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-usage-find">
|
|
<title>Find</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Enable autocompletion</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>If this box is checked, &app; will attempt to complete
|
|
the text as you type it into text entry fields such as family name,
|
|
place of birth, etc. Completion is attempted based on the match
|
|
between the beginning of the text being typed and the corresponding
|
|
data already stored in the database.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-usage-report">
|
|
<title>Report Preferences</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Preferred text format</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the preferred format for text reports
|
|
from the available formats listed in this menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Preferred graphical format</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the preferred format for graphical reports
|
|
from the available formats listed in this menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Preferred paper size</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the preferred paper size used for reports
|
|
from the available sizes listed in this menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default report directory</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Choose the default directory for the reports using the
|
|
<guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button or type it in the text entry
|
|
field. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default web site directory</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Choose the default directory for the web site using the
|
|
<guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button or type it in the text entry
|
|
field. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-usage-res">
|
|
<title>Researcher Information</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Researcher information</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Enter your personal information in the corresponding
|
|
text entry fields. Although &app; requests information about you,
|
|
this information is used only so that &app; can create valid GEDCOM
|
|
output files. A valid GEDCOM file requires information about the file's
|
|
creator. If you choose, you may leave the information empty, however
|
|
all the GEDCOM files you export will not be valid.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-usage-guess">
|
|
<title>Data Guessing</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Surname guessing</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> This option is not currently implemented.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-display">
|
|
<title>Display</title>
|
|
<para> This category contains preferences relevant to
|
|
displaying database records and controls in &app;.
|
|
It has the following subcategories:</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-display-gen">
|
|
<title>General</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Always display the LDS ordinance tabs</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to have LDS ordinance tabs displayed.
|
|
If you do not know what LDS is then you probably should not check it.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show index numbers in child list</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
This option is not currently implemented.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-display-date">
|
|
<title>Dates and Calendar</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Display: Date format</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the display format for the dates
|
|
from the available formats listed in this menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Name format</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the display format for the names
|
|
from the available formats listed in this menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Entry: Date format</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the entry format for the dates
|
|
from the available formats listed in this menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show calendar format selection menu</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to enable the calendar format selection
|
|
menu when you are entering dates in the <guilabel>Event
|
|
Editor</guilabel> dialog.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-display-bars">
|
|
<title>Toolbar and Statusbar</title>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the desired appearance of the toolbar icons
|
|
using the radio buttons.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Statusbar</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Select the desired contents displayed in the
|
|
statusbar using the radio buttons.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-db">
|
|
<title>Database</title>
|
|
<para> This category contains preferences relevant to the
|
|
database itself. It has the following subcategories: </para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-db-gen">
|
|
<title>General</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Automatically load last database</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to automatically load the last open
|
|
database on startup. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Do not compress XML data file</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to disable compression of the XML
|
|
data file. Compression significantly reduces the file size.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Capitalize surnames</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to capitalize surnames entered into the
|
|
database. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Autosave interval</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Set the interval (in minutes) after which &app; will
|
|
automatically save your database. Zero interval completely disables
|
|
autosave. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default database directory</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Choose the default directory in which &app; starts
|
|
looking when saving the database using the <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton>
|
|
or type its path into the text entry field. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-db-media">
|
|
<title>Media Objects</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Drag and drop from an external source</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Choose between a reference and a local copy made when
|
|
the object is dropped into the gallery. The reference saves disk
|
|
space as it does not copy the object. The local copy makes your
|
|
database portable as it does not depend on an external file. Consult
|
|
your needs to make best choice.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Check the <guilabel>Display global properties editor when object is
|
|
dropped</guilabel> box to invoke the global properties editor after you
|
|
drop an external object into the gallery.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Drag and drop from an internal source</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check the <guilabel>Display local properties editor when
|
|
object is dropped</guilabel> box to invoke the local properties editor
|
|
after you drop an internal object into the gallery.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-db-id">
|
|
<title>&app; internal IDs</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel> GRAMPS ID prefixes</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Enter ID prefixes for various kinds of database
|
|
entries into the corresponding text entry fields.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Allow internal GRAMPS ID numbers to be
|
|
edited</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to enable editing of the internal &app;
|
|
ID numbers. Unless you know what you are doing, leave it unchecked.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
|
|
<sect3 id="prefs-db-rcs">
|
|
<title>Revision Control</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Use revision control</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to enable &app; to use the revision control
|
|
system for your database. If you choose this option, select the
|
|
particular revision control system from the menu.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Prompt for comment on save</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para> Check this box to instruct &app; to prompt you to enter
|
|
the comment when you save the database.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1> <!-- ================ End Customization ================== -->
|
|
|
|
<!-- ============= Bugs ================================== -->
|
|
<!-- This section is optional and is commented out by default.
|
|
You can use it to describe known bugs and limitations of the
|
|
program if there are any - please be frank and list all
|
|
problems you know of.
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="mayapp-bugs">
|
|
<title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
|
|
<para> </para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
-->
|
|
<!-- ============= About ================================== -->
|
|
<!-- This section contains info about the program (not docs), such as
|
|
author's name(s), web page, license, feedback address. This
|
|
section is optional: primary place for this info is "About.." box of
|
|
the program. However, if you do wish to include this info in the
|
|
manual, this is the place to put it.
|
|
Alternatively, you can put this information in the title page.-->
|
|
<sect1 id="gramps-about">
|
|
<title>About &app;</title>
|
|
<para> &app; was written by Donald N. Allingham
|
|
(<email>dallingham@users.sourceforge.net</email>).
|
|
To find more information about &app;, please visit the
|
|
<ulink url="http://gramps.sourceforge.net" type="http">GRAMPS Project
|
|
Web page</ulink>. </para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
|
|
this manual, follow the directions in this
|
|
<ulink url="ghelp:gnome-feedback" type="help">document</ulink>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU
|
|
General Public license as published by the Free Software
|
|
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
|
|
any later version. A copy of this license can be found at this
|
|
<ulink url="ghelp:gpl" type="help">link</ulink>, or in the file
|
|
COPYING included with the source code of this program. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</article>
|