[Gramps-announce] gramps 0.4.0 released

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

gramps 0.4.0 has been released, and can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps

This version has some significant changes in it. The list below outlines
of the major changes. There have been quite a few contributors to this
release. Laurent Protois has contributed a French translation, to go
along with the Swedish (from Bo Rosen) and German (from Bernd Schandl).
Graham Williams has contributed a XML DTD (document definition) for the
gramps file format. Jesper Zedlitz has contributed two plugins - an
ancestor counting tool, and a preliminary graphical representation.
Several others are working on new reports and plugins which have not be
included yet. Special notice goes to Bob Bartlett for helping to stomp
out a lot of bugs.  And thanks to all of those on the gramps-devel
mailing list who helped with ideas and with the testing of the release.
I'm sure I'm forgetting to thank someone, and I apologize for that.


Version 0.4.0
* Redesigned Family page. More complex family relationships can be
  handled.
* ISO date format supported
* Places are stored in a pulldown menu
* gramps ID can be displayed in many lists
* Multiple selection in Add Children box
* Internal gramps ID now a string instead of an integer
* Double clicking on a name in the Pedegree view brings up the edit
  box for that person
* Support for same sex parent families has been added
* Complete rework of Edit Person dialog
* Added privacy flag and confidence level to events, attributes, etc.
* Automatically detect gzip'ed XML vs. XML
* Added option to write either gzip'ed XML or straight XML
* Warn on closing the edit person and marriage/relationshp window 
  when modifications have been made.
* French translation
* New plugin from Jesper Zedlitz that implements a graphical   
  representation of the people in the database, allowing you to
  reposition people according to your own desires.
* XML is indented properly
* XML DTD available

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