Re: [Gramps-devel] the Descend] Graphical report Design question

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

2009/1/7 Craig J. Anderson <and...@ho...>

>
> The other two options are not needed as the 'Level of Spouses' defines
> this.
>
> > I assume you show on selection of only a person all descendants in all
> families, so what you do now if no family is set is more general than
> showing only the descendants of the Father in this family.
> > The logic is difficult, and you do several different things. I would go
> for what is most understandable on first looking at the report options over
> the one that is from a point of view more correct.
> > The logic of selecting a report for a family and then allow some more
> refinement on that with well written radiobuttons is easy to explain and
> understand on looking at the options
>
> I have to differ.  This is a descendant report.  And it can be run on any
> person (even unmarried, no children).  All of the reports allow you to do
> this.  Selecting off of a family first is harder to understand because you
> need to now select a family where before you had to select a person AND if
> you want to only select a person.
>

In normal language yes, but in GEDCOM language you cannot have children if
you don't have a family :-)
So yes, I believe it is more logical once you are in the mindset of how
GRAMPS (and GEDCOM) works.

The family option is new, some reports that can benefit from it have not
been changed. As brian said, the familysheet report was the one for which it
was first developed.

Benny