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<preface id="gramps-preface">
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User Manual for Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Alexander Roitman
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<!-- $Id$ -->
<title>Preface</title>
<para> &app; is a genealogical
application. &app; is an acronym for the
Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. To put
it shortly, it allows you to store, edit, and research genealogical data
using your computer. Its functionality is somewhat common to other
genealogical programs. However, &app; offers some unique features. </para>
<sect1 id="why-gramps">
<title>Why GRAMPS?</title>
<para> &app; was conceived under the concept
that most genealogy programs were designed to provide the researcher the
capability to input information related to a particular family tree.
Most of these programs have allowed for the arranging and storing of
information consistent with the GEDCOM standards. They usually provide
means for displaying descendant or ancestral relationships by means of
graphical displays, charts, or reports. These may be augmented with
pictures or other media to enhance the data. Most provide for inputting
data on unconnected individuals/families that may or may not have a
relationship to the primary surname being researched. Various other
enhancements may also be provided in the genealogical program that
allows for different degrees of importing and exporting data from other
programs and printing the data contained in the various reports. </para>
<para> &app;, on the other hand, attempts to
provide all of the common capabilities of these programs, but, more
importantly, to provide an additional capability of integration not common
to these programs. This is the ability to input any bits and pieces of
information directly into &app; and
rearrange/manipulate any/all data events in the entire data base (in any
order or sequence) to assist the user in doing research, analysis and
correlation with the potential of filling relationship gaps. In short, it
is a tool that provides a way to input all your research into one place and
do your analysis and correlation using the speed, power, and accuracy of
your computer instead of pencils and unmanageable reams of paper. </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="whats-new">
</sect1>
<sect1 id="typography">
<title>Typographical conventions</title>
<para>
In this book, we some words are marked with special typography:
<simplelist>
<member><application>Applications</application></member>
<member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command
line</member>
<member><filename>Filenames</filename></member>
<member><replaceable>Replaceable text</replaceable></member>
<member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other
portions of the graphical interface</member>
<member> Menu selections look like this:
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</member>
<member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
click</member>
<member><userinput>Anything you type
in</userinput></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<para>
We also provide assorted bits of additional information in tips
and notes, as follows.
<tip id="example-tip">
<title>Tip</title>
<para>
Tips and bits of extra information will look like
this.
</para>
</tip>
<note id="example-note">
<title>Note</title>
<para>
Notes will look like this.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
Finally, we have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
<warning id="example-warning">
<title>Example Warning</title>
<para>
This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
</para>
</warning>
</para>
</sect1>
</preface>