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User Manual for Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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Copyright (C) 2003 Alexander Roitman
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
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License (GFDL), Version 1.1 or any later version published
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by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections,
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no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license is included in the file COPYING-DOCS
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distributed with this manual.
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-->
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<!-- $Id$ -->
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<!-- ================ Customization ================================ -->
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<sect1 id="gramps-prefs">
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<title>Settings</title>
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<para>To configure &app;, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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The <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog contains the following
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categories: </para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><xref linkend="gramps-prefs-usage"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><xref linkend="gramps-prefs-display"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><xref linkend="gramps-prefs-db"/></para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<!-- =============== Customization Subsection ================ -->
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<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-usage">
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<title>Usage</title>
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<para> This category contains preferences relevant to the
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general usage of &app;. It has the following subcategories:</para>
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<sect3 id="prefs-usage-find">
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<title>Find</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Enable autocompletion</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this box is checked, &app; will attempt to complete
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the text as you type it into text entry fields such as family name,
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place of birth, etc. Completion is attempted based on the match
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between the beginning of the text being typed and the corresponding
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data already stored in the database.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-usage-report">
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<title>Report Preferences</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Preferred text format</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the preferred format for text reports
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from the available formats listed in this menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Preferred graphical format</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the preferred format for graphical reports
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from the available formats listed in this menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Preferred paper size</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the preferred paper size used for reports
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from the available sizes listed in this menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default report directory</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Choose the default directory for the reports using the
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<guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button or type it in the text entry
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field. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default web site directory</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Choose the default directory for the web site using the
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<guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button or type it in the text entry
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field. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-usage-res">
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<title>Researcher Information</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Researcher information</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><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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none of your exported GEDCOM files will be valid.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-usage-guess">
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<title>Data Guessing</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Family name guessing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> This option affects the initial family name of a
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child when he/she is added to the database. NOTE: this option only
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affects the initial family name guessed by &app; when the
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<guilabel>Edit Person</guilabel> dialog is launched. You can modify
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that name the way you see fit. Set this option to the value that you
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will most frequently use, as it will save you a lot of typing.</para>
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<para>If <guilabel>None</guilabel> is selected, no guessing will be
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attempted. Selecting <guilabel>Father's surname</guilabel> will use
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the family name of the father. Selecting <guilabel>Combination of
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mother's and father's surname</guilabel> will use the father's name
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followed by the mother's name. Finally, <guilabel>Icelandic
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style</guilabel> will use the father's given name followed by the
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"sson" suffix (e.g. the son of Edwin will be guessed as
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Edwinsson).
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-display">
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<title>Display</title>
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<para> This category contains preferences relevant to
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displaying database records and controls in &app;.
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It has the following subcategories:</para>
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<sect3 id="prefs-display-gen">
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<title>General</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default view</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> This determines which view will appear when you
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start &app;. Choose between Person and Family views.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Family view style</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> This selects between the two available styles of the Family
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view layout. The <guilabel>Left to right</guilabel> style is similar to the
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Family Tree Maker (tm), while the <guilabel>Top to bottom</guilabel> is
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similar to the Reunion.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Always display the LDS ordinance tabs</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to have LDS ordinance tabs displayed.
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If you do not know what LDS is then you probably should not check it.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show index numbers in child list</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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This option is not currently implemented.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-display-date">
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<title>Dates and Calendar</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Display: Date format</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the display format for the dates
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from the available formats listed in this menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Name format</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the display format for the names
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from the available formats listed in this menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Entry: Date format</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the entry format for the dates
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from the available formats listed in this menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show calendar format selection menu</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to enable the calendar format selection
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menu when you are entering dates in the <guilabel>Event
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Editor</guilabel> dialog. This will allow you to select different
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calendars when editing the dates.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-display-bars">
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<title>Toolbar and Statusbar</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the desired appearance of the toolbar icons
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from the menu. Selecting <guilabel>GNOME Settings</guilabel> will use
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the overall settings selected for your GNOME desktop.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Statusbar</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Select the desired contents displayed in the
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statusbar using the radio buttons.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-db">
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<title>Database</title>
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<para> This category contains preferences relevant to the
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database itself. It has the following subcategories: </para>
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<sect3 id="prefs-db-gen">
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<title>General</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Automatically load last database</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to automatically load the last open
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database on startup. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Do not compress XML data file</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to disable compression of the XML
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data file. Compression significantly reduces the file size. While it
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creates an overhead in performance (some processor cycles must be spent
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to decompress the file before use), this overhead is extremely small.
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Now that the compression-related bugs have long been fixed, there is
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virtually no reason to disable data file compression.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Autosave interval</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Set the interval (in minutes) after which &app; will
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automatically save your database. Setting the interval to zero (0)
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disables autosaving. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Default database directory</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Choose the default directory in which &app; starts
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looking when saving the database using the <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton>
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or type its path into the text entry field. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-db-media">
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<title>Media Objects</title>
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<para>Before describing preferences for media objects, let us
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review the background on local and non-local objects. A local object
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is the object whose file is stored inside the same directory in which
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the &app; database file resides. A non-local object is stored
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elsewhere, so that the database has only the reference to the file's
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location and some records of the object's properties. </para>
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<para>You may choose to store your media objects either locally
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or externally. Making your objects local will increase the amount
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of disk space consumed by the &app; database directory. However,
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if the external file is deleted or removed, &app; will still be able
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to use the local copy. In contrast, leaving your objects non-local
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will decrease the disk space requirements. However, losing the
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original file will render your media object unusable.
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</para>
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<para>Note that exporting your database to any format will compile
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all medial objects, no matter whether they are local or not.
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Specifically, export to gramps package will include all the media
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object files in the package and change the references accordingly.
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Export to CD will copy all media object files to the directory under
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the <guilabel>burn:///</guilabel> location in Nautilus and change the
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references accordingly. Finally, export to GEDCOM will place all
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media object files next to the GEDCOM file with the appropriate
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changes in the path names.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Drag and drop from an external
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source</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Choose between a reference and a local copy made when
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the object is dropped into the gallery. The reference saves disk
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space as it does not copy the object. The local copy makes your
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database portable as it does not depend on an external file. Consult
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your needs to make best choice.</para>
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<para>Check the <guilabel>Display global properties editor when
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object is dropped</guilabel> box to invoke the global properties
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editor after you drop an external object into the gallery.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Drag and drop from an internal
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source</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check the <guilabel>Display local properties editor
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when object is dropped</guilabel> box to invoke the local properties
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editor after you drop an internal object into the gallery.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-db-id">
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<title>GRAMPS internal IDs</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel> GRAMPS ID prefixes</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Enter ID prefixes for various kinds of database
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entries into the corresponding text entry fields.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Allow internal GRAMPS ID numbers to be
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edited</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to enable editing of the internal &app;
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ID numbers. Unless you know what you are doing, leave it unchecked.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="prefs-db-rcs">
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<title>Revision Control</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Use revision control</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to enable &app; to use the revision control
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system for your database. If you choose this option, select the
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particular revision control system from the menu.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Prompt for comment on save</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to instruct &app; to prompt you to enter
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the comment when you save the database.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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