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your computer instead of pencils and unmanageable reams of paper.
+
+ What's new since 1.0.X
+ This section lists most notable changes from the previous stable branch of
+ &app;, the 1.0.X.
+
+
+
+ Berkely database backend
+ The default format for &app; is now the BSDDB database. This change
+ allowed us to overcome performance issues and memory requirements of the 1.0.X branch.
+ With the database backend, the database sizes of several hunder thousand people do not
+ present a major obstacle any longer.
+
+
+ The default extension for &app; BSDDB database files is grdb. The new format is open and
+ fully documented in the developer's API reference distributed with the source of &app;.
+
+
+ A consequence of the new database backend is that the changes, once approved
+ by the user, are applied immediately. In short, once you click OK
+ in the Person, Family, Source, Place, Media object, or Event editor, all the changes made to
+ this object are recorded in the database. No saving is necessary (or even possible). The analog
+ of quitting without saving would be abandoning all changes and quitting. Also, it is possible
+ to undo recent actions.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Interface improvements
+
+ There were numerous changes in the interface. Most of them are subtle and incremental
+ improvements, and all of them cannot be listed here. The most noticeable changes are:
+
+ Removal of alphabetical tabs
+ Ability to add/remove/rearrange columns in list views
+ Removal of Save function and addition of Undo
+ Proper window management and removal of most modal windows
+ Support for Tip of the Day
+ Person-dependent context menus (right-click) in Pedigree View
+ listing parents, children, spouses, and siblings
+ Export wizard
+ Built-in Find function in list views
+ Date selector dialog
+ Name editor enhancements: patronymic names and non-default grouping
+ Recent file support (both gramps-specific and gnome-wide)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Other database backends
+
+ Along with the BSDDB backend, the in-memory database handling for &app; XML and
+ GEDCOM formats has been added. Simply put, it is now possible to natively open data
+ in those two formats (although the preferred and default format is grdb) and work with
+ that data, without necessarily setting up an empty database and then importing into it.
+ This approach requires holding all data in memory, so it is only useful for small databases
+ (depending on the available memory size). In such mode, the data is automatically
+ saved upon exit, to mimic the functionality of the real database.
+
+
+
+ Import and Export
+
+ New import and export filters available for the GeneWeb format.
+
+
+
+ Reports
+
+ A new report -- Statistics Chart -- has been added to &app;.
+
+
+ An overall change of the whole report framework has been acomplished.
+ All reports now remember their options. It is possible to generate reports from the command
+ line, without launching the interactive &app; session. The report API is much simpler now,
+ making it easy to write custom report. A single code instance may be used for a standalone
+ report, a book item, and a command-line report.
+
+
+ Command line
+ The new command line functionality includes opening the filename
+ argument given without any flags, as well as new flags and options for report generation.
+ Also, the addition of new formats leads to addition of available format options.
+
+
+
+ Internationalization
+
+ The approach for entering and displaying dates has been completely re-worked. In
+ particular, the new framework allows for a deeper localization of displayed dates than
+ was ever possible using the translatable strings.
+
+ The internationalization of names have also been improved. Names can be
+ grouped under a non-default string. Patronymic names are supported, and it is easy
+ to program new ways on displaying names, as may be required by other cultures
+ and languages.
+
+
+
+ Desktop integration
+ All formats known to &app; are now registered as mime types, each
+ with its icon and &app; as a default handler. Double-clicking on a file with any of these
+ formats will launch &app; and open that file. &app; also added support for the recent
+ documents functinonailty. This is on both for the GNOME-wide level and within the &app;.
+
+ The preferences are now properly store using GConf, with schemas, partitioning
+ of keys into smaller directories, error checking, and notification.
+
+
+
+
+
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