[Gramps-users] Upcoming 0.6.0 release

[Don A. <dal...@us...>]

It's been a while since I've posted anything here, so I thought I would
give everyone a heads up on what is coming in the 0.6.0 release. I hope
to have this release out around November 9.

If you would like to try this version out early, go to the gramps web
page and follow the instructions on how to extract a copy from CVS.

Improvements and features include:

* Support for multiple sources per item.
* Support for revision control. RCS based revision control is 
  available. If revision control is enabled, you can "roll back" to
  any previously saved database.
* Significantly faster and more complete GEDCOM import.
* Support for unknown gender.
* "Images" have been replaced with "Media Objects". What this really 
  means is that gramps is no longer limited to photos. It should 
  be able to handle most MIME types.
* A new "Media View" is availabe, which shows all media objects in
  the database. Different galleries can share the same media object.
* Drag and drop images from one gallery to another, from a file
  manager to a gallery, and from a web browser to a gallery. You can
  now visit a web site, grab an image off the page, and drag it to
  a gallery.
* Drag and drop reordering of children in children lists, and of 
  media objects in galleries.
* Autocompletion support on most entry boxes with drop down menus.
* Merging has been improved, allowing you to directly merge two
  people, or two places directy from the main interface.
* The old merge utility, which would search for potential duplicates
  is still in place, and enhanced. It is much easier to navigate 
  through the potential merges, and duplicates are eliminated.
* Web page generation is significantly faster, and supports the
  generation of a "gallery". Images in a person's gallery that are
  not marked as "private" are included in the web page generation.
* The user now has significantly more control over the format of 
  the internal GRAMPS' ids. You can now set a prefix for each type 
  (such as "I-" for individuals) or specify more powerful formatting
  using C-like format statements (such as "I-%04d"). Reordering 
  GRAMPS' ids attempts to preserve the integer originally assigned
  to the object.
* Adoption relationships are visible on the pedigree view (seen as
  a dotted line).
* KWord format generated is now compatible with KWord 1.1. Images may
  now be included in KWord documents (requires Python Imaging Library).
  Tables are not working yet. I can't figure out how to format a KWord
  table.

-- 
Don Allingham
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