From: Benny M. <ben...@gm...> - 2012-09-07 18:10:30
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2012/9/7 John Tea <j2...@ya...> > Benny > > Thank you for your response. > > First an apology - I forgot to state I am using Gramps 3.3.1 (AIO v.2) on > Wndows 7, 32 bit. > > Second, while I can generally use software, I am no techy. I regret I > don't understand the term 'Cairo Toolbox', or where to find it or how to > use it. May I ask you to explain it in simple language for me or point me > to some document where it is already explained. > This cairo toolbox is installed when you install AIO, so you need not worry about it. If you select a graphical report, you see the option dialog with several tab pages. The first tab has the paper options. At the bottom part of this option dialog are the document options. You see Output format. There you have opendocument format (what you can open with e.g. Libreoffice, a free office suite). It does not work very good. Select pdf (to open with adobe reader), svg (to open with inkscape or view in eg firefox), or Print. If you select Print, the print dialog opens, where you can select print preview at the bottom before printing. In the print dialog, the top printer is not a printer but is 'Print to file ...'. If you select that, you can again save the file to pdf or svg, instead of printing it. The svg file you saved can be opened with inkscape and the file menu there has an export option to export to png (a good image format that keeps resolution good) or jpeg, which you probably know. Benny > > Also, where do I find the 'Print to File' option? > > I have downloaded GraphViz and Inkscape separately. Do I need to link > them in some way to Gramps? > > Many thanks and best regards > John > *From:* Benny Malengier <ben...@gm...> > *To:* John Tea <j2...@ya...> > *Cc:* "gra...@li..." < > gra...@li...> > *Sent:* Friday, September 7, 2012 3:41 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Gramps-users] Graphical Reports > > The odf output is not very good for graphical reports. We think about > deprecating it for 4.0, and replacing it with an embedded png/svg in the > future. > The pdf/svg/ps/print output should be good, they are done using the cairo > toolbox. I did some tests not long ago, and those worked nice for me. > However, you might have to change the paper size to the result you are > expecting. Use the print to file, and show preview, to inspect this. The > print preview is really invaluable to obtain the result you want. > For example, if you see an ancestor tree does not fit a page, you can in > the options select to scale to the page, or make the page larger. If you > then save to svg, you can open the svg in inkscape or firefox, and obtain a > high quality png/jpg-image. Inkscape allows editing of an svg, so you can > do changes easily. The save to png is at the moment an extra step, which is > annoying, but not much so. You can automate it also via a terminal: > > inkscape --file=Ancestor\ Tree.svg --export-png=test.png > > in linux to view it immediately: > inkscape --file=Ancestor\ Tree.svg --export-png=test.png && xdg-open > test.png > > About the selection of the person on the output. There normally is a > filter or a center person option, which indicates what will be plotted. > > Benny > > 2012/9/7 John Tea <j2...@ya...> > > I have been building my family tree on Gramps for several months and have > about 2,000 people on it at present. It took a few days to find my way > around the programme, but now I find it a breeze to use. A big thank you to > all who have created this software. > While the text reports are excellent, I find the graphical reports are > another story. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, or I have > something missing, or what is the cause of the problem. On trying to > generate any of the graphical reports I get either: > 1. an error message saying the report does not exist, or > 2. a report on a different person to the one selected, or > 3. a report on the person selected > In each case of a report actually being generated (either 2 or 3 above) > the information is incomplete and the layout is a mess of overlapping boxes. > I will appreciate any help to solve the problem. > Many thanks and best regards > John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > > > > |