From: Gerald B. <ger...@gm...> - 2011-06-13 18:43:51
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Mike White <txt...@gm...> wrote: > On 06/13/2011 12:08 PM, Gerald Britton wrote: >> >> GRAMPSHOME >> >> >> http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Run_GRAMPS_from_a_portable_drive >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Mike White<txt...@gm...> wrote: >>> >>> I'm sorry for this. I've looked at the e-mail archives, and I'm damned >>> if I can figure out how to search through them. So, I've got to ask this >>> question without searching. I copied my .gramps folder to my Dropbox >>> folder. How do I use my Gramps database from Dropbox? I want to be able >>> to use the data on different computers. When I open the family tree >>> manager I don't see anyway to open the database I hear you. This is probably a good feature request! . >>> >>> -- >>> Mike White >>> Lorena, Texas >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >>> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >>> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gramps-users mailing list >>> Gra...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >>> >> >> > I guess I'll try this, but I don't understand why we can't choose what > database we want to run right from the file menu of Gramps. Many other > programs allow that even if the data resides on another drive, or another > folder. If I created a link in my home partition to point to my Dropbox, > could I run grams without starting Gramps from a script? This just seems > like a very convoluted way to operate. > > -- > Mike White > Lorena, Texas > > > -- Gerald Britton |