Re: [Gramps-users] Changing reference individual

[Alex R. <sh...@al...>]

Doug,

On 09/27/2004 06:56:09 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> My Gramps database is a main limb of my family tree cut from my overall t=
ree=20
> with myself as Individual No. 1.  For my purposes, I would like to make t=
he=20
> first person on this limb to arrive in Australia (He isn't the first=20
> generation in that line) to become No. 1.  Does Gramps have a convenient =
way=20
> of effecting this?  I realize that it isn't just a matter of exchanging h=
is=20
> ID and mine.

When you say "No. 1", what exactly do you mean?

I can see two possible answers, and answering your question depends
on which one is it:

1. "No 1" is the Home person -- a person who is selected when the
   database is opened, and who is selected when the Home button
   is pressed on the toolbar or when Home is selected from the context
   menu anywhere.

   A Home person can be set from Edit->Set Home person, no matter
   what the ID is.

2. "No 1" is th one with the smallest ID or with the ID "P01" or "P0001".
   Changing IDs is tricky, because all the references are done through
   the IDs. If you just swap his and yours IDs by hand, you will see that y=
our
   spouse is shown as his, as well as the children, and a lot of other thin=
gs.

   If you are swapping IDs by hand (e.g. "P1" and "P2"), then you need
   to carefully switch all other occurrences of P1 to P2 and vice versa
   in the XML file. YOU NEED TO DO THAT in the XML file by hand,
   as there's no way to do it using GUI from GRAMPS.

   If you want to do that, you may need to uncompress your data first
   if it is compressed ($ gunzip -c data.gramps > data.xml) and edit
   the xml file, and then compress it ($ gzip -c data.xml > data.gramps).

Hope this helps,
Alex

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