Re: [Gramps-users] First contributed Gramplet: What Next Gramplet

[Douglas S. B. <db...@cs...>]

> Dear friends of GRAMPS,
>
> I've just added the first Gramplet to the "Third-Party Plugins" wiki
> page.
>
> The What Next Gramplet displays a list of the "most urgent" information
> gaps in your family tree. It is based on the following assumptions:
>
>       * You want to know first and last name, birth date and place, and
>         death date and place of each person
>       * You want to know father, mother, marriage date and place, and -
>         if divorced - divorce date and place of each family with married
>         parents
>       * You want to know at least the mother of each family with
>         unmarried parents
>       * The closer the relationship to the main person, the more
>         "urgent" the information gap is.
>       * The closer the common ancestor is from the main person, the more
>         "urgent" the information is (e.g. nephews are considered more
>         "urgent" than uncles, even though both have a distance of 3,
>         because for nephews the common ancestor is father/mother, while
>         for uncles, the common ancestor is grandfather/grandmother)
>       * Marriage data and personal data of the spouse is slightly less
>         "urgent" than personal data of the directly related person
>       * Half brothers are less "urgent" than brothers
>
> Get it here:
> http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Third-party_Plugins#What_Next_Gramplet
>
> As usual, any kind of feedback is appreciated.
>
> Get it while it's cool!
>
> Reinhard

Very nice! This is a very useful utility. I've already been able to work
my way down the list, fixing things that I know. I hope that a version of
this will be in the next release, GRAMPS 3.1. Combined with the new Data
Entry gramplet for 3.1, one can fix these errors very quickly.

Some comments:

* You assume that the "Home" (default) person has been set, but that won't
always be the case.

* I think it would help me if they were numbered, perhaps 1.1, 1.2 ...in
top group, 2.1, 2.2... in next, etc.

* I see now why you would like the Family link... I'll see if I can add
that for 3.1. Also, you'll want the new gui option editor for 3.1.

* Perhaps a persistent list for things I know I'd like to ignore.

Thanks!

-Doug