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.TH gramps 1 "@VERSION@" "man page by Brandon L. Griffith" "" .TH gramps 1 "@VERSION@" "May 2003" "@VERSION@"
.SH "NAME" .SH NAME
.LP gramps \- Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
gramps \- Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System
.SH "SYNTAX" .SH SYNOPSIS
.LP .B gramps
gramps [\fIDatabase\fP] .RB [ \-\^\-help ]
.RB [ \-\^\-version ]
.RB [ \-i
.IR FILENAME
.RB [ \-f
.IR FORMAT ]]
.RB [ \-i
.IR ... ]
.RB [ \-o
.IR FILENAME
.RB [ \-f
.IR FORMAT ]]
.RB [ \-a
.IR ACTION ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fIGramps\fP is an open source genealogy program. It is written in Python,
using the GTK/GNOME interface.
.br .br
Currently \fBgramps\fR does not require any command line arguments. Gramps should seem familiar to anyone who has used other geneology programs
However, if provided, it is the path to either a gramps database or a GEDCOM before such as \fIFamily Tree Maker for Windows(TM)\fR or the GNU Geneweb.
file to be imported. .br
.SH "DESCRIPTION" It supports importing of the ever popular GEDCOM format which is used world
wide by almost all other geneology software.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-f " FORMAT"
Explicitly specify format of the filename. If this option is not given, the
format of each file is guessed according to its extension. Formats available
for import are \fBgramps\fR, \fBgedcom\fR, and \fBgramps\-pkg\fR. Formats
available for export are \fBgramps\fR, \fBgedcom\fR, \fBgramps\-pkg\fR,
and \fBiso\fR.
.TP
.BI \-i " FILENAME"
Import data from \fIFILENAME\fR. For \fBgramps\fR format, the \fIFILENAME\fR
is actually the name of directory under which the gramps database resides.
For \fBgedcom\fR and \fBgramps\-pkg\fR, the \fIFILENAME\fR is the name of
the corresponding file.
.br
When more than one file is given, each has to be preceded by \fB\-i\fR flag.
The files are imported in the specified order,
i.e. \fB\-i\fR \fIFILE1\fR \fB\-i\fR \fIFILE2\fR
and \fB\-i\fR \fIFILE2\fR \fB\-i\fR \fIFILE1\fR might produce different
gramps IDs in the resulting database.
.TP
.BI \-o " FILENAME"
Export data into \fIFILENAME\fR. For \fBgramps\fR and \fBiso\fR formats, the
\fIFILENAME\fR is actually the name of directory the gramps database will be
written into. For \fBgedcom\fR and \fBgramps\-pkg\fR, the \fIFILENAME\fR
is the name of the resulting file.
.TP
.BI \-a " ACTION"
Perform \fIACTION\fR on the imported data. This is done after all imports
are succesfully completed. Available actions are \fBsummary\fR (same as
Reports->View->Summary menu item) and \fBcheck\fR (same
as Tools->Database Processing->Check and repair).
.LP .LP
Gramps is an open source genealogy program. It is written in Python, using the GTK/GNOME interface. If no \fB\-o\fR or \fB\-a\fR options are given, gramps will launch its main
.br window and start the usual interactive session with the database resulted
Gramps should seem familiar to anyone who has used other geneology programs before such as \fIFamily Tree Maker for Windows(TM)\fR or the GNU Geneweb. from all imports. This database resides under \fB~/.gramps/import\fR directory.
.br
It supports importing of the ever popular GEDCOM format which is used world wide by almost all other geneology software. .LP
.SH "Concepts" The error encountered during import, export, or action, will be either
Supports a python\-based plugin system, allowing import and export writers, report generators, tools, and display filters to be added without modification of the main program. dumped to \fIstdout\fR (if these are exceptions handled by gramps) or or
to \fIstderr\fR (if these are not handled). Use usual shell redirections
of \fIstdout\fR and \fIstderr\fR to save messages and errors in files.
.SH CONCEPTS
Supports a python\-based plugin system, allowing import and export writers,
report generators, tools, and display filters to be added without modification
of the main program.
.LP .LP
Data is stored in an gzip'ed XML format Data is stored in an gzip'ed XML format
.LP .LP
Instead of generating direct printer output, report generators target other systems, such as \fIOpen Office\fR, \fIAbiWord\fR, HTML or LaTeX to allow the user to modify the format to suit his or her needs. Instead of generating direct printer output, report generators target other
.SH "FILES" systems, such as \fIOpen Office\fR, \fIAbiWord\fR, HTML or LaTeX to allow the
user to modify the format to suit his or her needs.
.SH FILES
.LP .LP
\fI${PREFIX}/bin/gramps\fP \fI${PREFIX}/bin/gramps\fP
.br .br
\fI${PREFIX}/share/gramps\fP \fI${PREFIX}/share/gramps\fP
.br .br
\fI${HOME}/.gramps\fP \fI${HOME}/.gramps\fP
.SH "Authors"
Donald Allingham \fI<donaldallingham@home.com>\fR .SH AUTHORS
Donald Allingham \fI<dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>\fR
.br .br
\fIhttp://gramps.sourceforge.net\fR \fIhttp://gramps.sourceforge.net\fR
.LP .LP
This manpage was written by: This manpage was originally written by:
.br .br
Brandon L. Griffith \fI<brandon@debian.org>\fR Brandon L. Griffith \fI<brandon@debian.org>\fR
.br .br
Any ammendants or errors should be reported to him. for inclusion in the Debian GNU/Linux system.
.LP
This manpage is currently maintained by:
.br .br
It was originally written for inclusion in the Debian GNU/Linux system. Alex Roitman \fI<shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>\fR
.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
See also the file \fBgramps.sgml\fR
.br .br
On a Debian system this can be found in \fI/usr/doc/gramps\fR
.br .SH DOCUMENTATION
Or in the doc directory of the official source distribution. The user documentation is available through standard GNOME Help browser
in the form of Gramps Manual. This manual is also available in XML format
as \fBgramps-manual.xml\fR under \fIdoc/gramps-manual/$LANG\fR in the official
source distribution.
.LP
The developer documentation can be found in the \fBDocs\fR section
of \fIhttp://sourceforge.net/project/gramps\fR site.