From: Algis K. <aka...@pc...> - 2008-12-28 09:24:18
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Doug, On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:05:57 Douglas S. Blank wrote: > Developers, > > Exactly one year ago today, I committed the first version of "My Gramps" > view, with little "Gadgets". The idea and code has evolved much over the > last year to be the Gramplet view, with contributions and ideas from many. > > Back then, I suggested the possibility of simplified data entry gramplets, > perhaps some that allow quick entry from Port of Entry records. Today, > I've completed a simplified gramplet for entering related (and unrelated) > people. This breaks some GRAMPS traditions, namely having a separate box > for each data part, and also makes some assumptions based on common and > simplified uses. > > Below is the working description from the wiki. This gramplet is > experimental and not really well tested yet. Feedback appreciated! > > -Doug To me this gramplet sounds like the very thing that I want! Actually, I was toying with the idea of entering the data in a spread sheet and exporting/importing to gramps in csv format. Did not do any of it, and now there is no need to reinvent the wheel! I have to confess that I am totally confused, though. Where in the wiki is this gramplet described? -- URL please. What is the name of the .py file and is it in the plugins directory or what? Plugins, quick reports, gramplets - I am confused - they sound like different forms of plugins - are they. To make real use of any of them, I would want to look at the code, too. Your "single window input", unusual for gramps but usual for most other programs, sounds like a glade GUI program. Is it? And if it is, what is the name and location of the file, please. I have just installed in one of my older PC's with openSUSE10.3 an rpm package from RBOS. To use your gramplet, is it necessary to install from source? I need a facility of the kind you describe, but where is it? Is it in the trunk or is it in gramps30 branch? Thanks for your patience, OldAl. > > The Data Entry gramplet allows an easy method of editing previously added > people, and adding new and related people in your family tree. > > The "Surname, Given" entry is a combined entry for just the surname and > given names, separated by a comma. If you need more fine grained editing > on the name, you can use the Edit icon once a person has been selected as > the active person. > > The "Death" and "Birth" lines for both the Active person and New person > are also a combined entry, allowing you to enter a date and place. The > date (if one) is entered first in any format available to your GRAMPS > installation, followed by the word "in" (in your language) and the > location (if one). For example, the following are all valid entries for > the birth or death entries: > > Jan 1, 1867 in Kingsport, TN > about 1822 in Sweden > in London, England, UK > 1756/12/31 > > If a location has been previously used, then it will share that location > with the others. If it is new, it will be created. > > A new person can be automatically added as a relation to the active > person. You can add the new person as a parent, spouse, sibling, or > spouse. The gramplet will guess at the best place to add the person. For > example, it will add the new person to the first family available. The > gramplet will also try to discern gender where needed, guessing that the > "father" spouse of a family is male, and the "mother" spouse is female. If > these guesses are incorrect, you should add your new person via the normal > GRAMPS data entry method. > > If you begin an edit of the active person, then the active person data > won't change until you either Save or Abandon your changes. > > The "Copy Active Data" will copy the entries of the active person to the > entries for the new person. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- _______________________________________________ > Gramps-devel mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-devel -- Dr Algis Kabaila http://akabaila.pcug.org.au/StructuralAnalysis/ |