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<chapter id="gramps-settings">
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User Manual for Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Alexander Roitman
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This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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<title>Settings</title>
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<sect1 id="gramps-prefs">
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<title>Preferences</title>
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<para>Most of the settings in &app;, are configured in the
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<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. To invoke it, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Type-ahead find ==== -->
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<figure id="prefs-fig">
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<title>Preferences dialog</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/prefs.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Preferences dialog. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>The pane on the left displays the tree of available option
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categories. Selecting a tree node will display the corresponding
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options in the right side of the dialog. </para>
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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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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Automatically
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load last database</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to automatically load the
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last open database on startup. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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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. </para>
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<tip><para>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
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typing.</para></tip>
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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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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>GRAMPS IDs</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>
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<tip><para>The ID prefixes use formatting conventions common for
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C, Python, and other programming languages. For example, the %04d
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expands to an integer, prepended with zeros to have the total
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width of founr digits. If you would like IDs to be 1, 2, 3, etc,
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simply set the formatting parameter to %d.
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</para></tip>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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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>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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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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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>General</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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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
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you 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
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of the Family view layout. The <guilabel>Left to right</guilabel>
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style is similar to the Family Tree Maker (tm), while the
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<guilabel>Top to bottom</guilabel> is 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
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tabs</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to have LDS ordinance tabs
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displayed. If you do not know what LDS is then you probably
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should not check it. </para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Display Tip of the
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Day</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Check this box to have the <guilabel>Tip
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of the Day</guilabel> dialog appear on every startup.
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The tips are displayed randomly from the large collection
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of information bits on &app;.
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</para>
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<tip><para>The <guilabel>Tip of the Day</guilabel> is likely
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to be useful for new user of &app;.
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</para></tip>
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</listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Dates</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<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>
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<tip><para>Available date display formats are language-specific.
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Depending on whether or not there is a &app; date displayer
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available for your language, you may or may not have a lot of
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choices.
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</para></tip>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Toolbar and Statusbar</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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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
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icons from the menu. Selecting <guilabel>GNOME
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Settings</guilabel> will use the overall settings selected
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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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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="gramps-prefs-other">
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<title>Other settings</title>
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<para>Besides <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, there are
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other settings available in &app;. For various reasons they have been
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made more readily accessible, as listed below.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Column Editor</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The columns of the list views may be added, removed, or reordered
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in a <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>,
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see <xref linkend="column-editor-fig"/>. Only checked columns will
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be shown in the view. To change their order, drag any column to its desired place inside
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the editor. Clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will reflect the changes
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in the appropriate view. To invoke <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>,
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choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Column
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Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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</para>
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<tip>
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<para>The <guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> is available
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and works in the same way for all list views.
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Specifically, it is available for People View, Family View (children list).
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Sources View, Places View, and Media View.</para> </tip>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Setting Home person</term>
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<listitem><para>The Home person is the person who becomes active
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when database opened, when <guibutton>Home</guibutton> button is clicked
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or the <guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem> menu item is selected from
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either <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu or the right-click context menu
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anywhere.</para>
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<para>To set Home person, make the desired person active and
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then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Set Home
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person...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Adjusting viewing controls</term>
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<listitem>Whether the toolbar, the sidebar, or the filter (People View
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only) are displayed in the main window is adjusted through
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the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="gramps-prefs-adv">
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<title>Advanced manipulation of settings</title>
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<warning><para>The contents of this section is outside the scope
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of interest of a general user of &app;. If you proceed with tweaking
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the options on the low level you may damage your &app; installation.
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Be careful. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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</para></warning>
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<para>By default, &app; stores its settings using gconf2 system.
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All the settings used in this version of &app; are stored in
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subdirectories under <filename>/apps/gramps/</filename> in the
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gconf2 namespace. Accessing the keys can be done either using
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<command>gconftool-2</command> command line tool, or the
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<command>gconf-editor</command> GUI tool.
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</para>
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<para>All keys are documented, and the notification mechanisms
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are used as appropriate. Therefore, updating keys from outside
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of &app; should lead to updating &app; in real time, without
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necessarily restarting it.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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