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Re: [Gramps-users] How to get rid of spurious characters?
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From: jerome <rom...@ya...> - 2013-02-27 15:24:21
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Did you extract the content of the archive (.gz) or you are looking at .gramps into your archive manager? --- En date de : Mer 27.2.13, doug <do...@o2...> a écrit : > De: doug <do...@o2...> > Objet: Re: [Gramps-users] How to get rid of spurious characters? > À: "Benny Malengier" <ben...@gm...>, "Gramps-Users" <gra...@li...> > Date: Mercredi 27 février 2013, 15h20 > That had occurred to me, but I've > encountered problems with > gramps XML. > > After renaming the .gramps extension to .gz (and unzipping) > > or to .xml I can open the file in kate and use > search. > But the file acts as read-only - I can't edit it although > according to its properties it belongs to me and I have > write privileges. (Giving write privileges to all doesn't > alter this). > > Doug > > On 26/02/13 13:49, Benny Malengier wrote: > > export to .gramps xml. > > Unzip the .gramps file, and open in ascii text editor > > (wordpad, gedit, kate, ...) > > > > > > Search for the + character, and how it typically > occurs. > > Probably here it will be > > +"</description> > > > > as it is at the end of an event description. > > So search on that string, and replace with the same > string > > without the + > > Save, import in a new empty family tree. > > > > Benny > > > > > > 2013/2/26 doug <do...@o2... > <mailto:do...@o2...>> > > > > My database has a sizable tree > contributed by a relative in > > which all the individuals are > marked with a cross, e.g. > > "Burnett, Jane +" for some > reason. I want to tidy up the > > database and get rid of these > crosses. > > I've removed them from Persons > by exporting the data as CSV, > > editing and re-importing. > > However, all the Event > Descriptions still have the crosses, > > e.g. "Birth of Burnett, Jane +" > because the events were not > > exported to csv. > > What I'd like to do is delete > all these Event Descriptions > > and allow the Extract Event > Description tool to re-form > > them. Is there any way of doing > this or another way of > > achieving the same result? > Deleting them individually would > > be a mammoth task. > > > > Doug > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Everyone hates slow websites. > So do we. > > Make your web apps faster with > AppDynamics > > Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gramps-users mailing list > > Gra...@li... > > <mailto:Gra...@li...> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > |