Re: [Gramps-users] Tree structure problem

[NdK <ndk...@gm...>]

Il 11/01/2017 13:31, Martnal ha scritto:

> I want to maintain the chronological order of the four siblings, but also
> want it to be clear that Matthew was married to both Jane and Elizabeth, and
> in that order.
IIUC what you want, it's not possible: graph layout depends on dot, an
external program that tries to optimize the graphs by minimizing edges
length and crossings. To do that, it reorders the nodes, only keeping
the "ranks" (levels... IOW all the children of a couple will be on the
same line). Too bad dot doesn't have a "genealogical mode"...

Remember that what could be appealing for a simple graph could make a
complex one (many thousands nodes) unreadable.
But some things can be tweaked manually, if you just generate the dot
file: it's just text with a simple format, you can modify it manually
and run dot to "compile" it to pdf.

BYtE,
 Diego