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FAQ
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FAQ
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10. Can GRAMPS write files readable by GenApp X?
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11. Can GRAMPS print Genealogical tree for my family?
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11. Can GRAMPS print a genealogical tree for my family?
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12. In what formats can GRAMPS output its reports?
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See above.
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11. Can GRAMPS print Genealogical tree for my family?
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11. Can GRAMPS print a genealogical tree for my family?
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Yes. Different people have different ideas of what Genealogical tree is.
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Yes. Different people have different ideas of what a genealogical tree is.
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Some think of it as a chart going from the distant ancestor and listing
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all his/her descendants and their families. Others think it should be a
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chart going from the person back in time, listing the ancestors and their
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@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ data that you download from the Internet. It can export data that you could
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send over the Internet. GRAMPS is familiar with the standard file formats
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widely used on the Internet (e.g. JPEG and GIF images, MP3, OGG, and WAV sound
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files, QuickTime, MPEG, and AVI movie files, etc). Other than that, there is
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little that genealogical program can do with the Internet :-)
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little that a genealogical program can do with the Internet :-)
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14. What standards does GRAMPS support?
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The nice thing about the standards is that there never is a shortage of
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them :-). GRAMPS is tested to support the following flavors of GEDCOM:
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GEDCOM5.5, Borther's Keeper, Family Origins, Familty Tree Maker, Ftree,
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GEDCOM5.5, Brother's Keeper, Family Origins, Familty Tree Maker, Ftree,
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GeneWeb, Legacy, Personal Ancestral File, Pro-Gen, Reunion, and
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Visual Genealogie.
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@ -185,15 +185,16 @@ on the system.
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16. How many people can GRAMPS database handle?
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We have found that on a typical system, GRAMPS tends to bog down after around
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15,000 users. Again, this is dependant on how much memory you have.
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We have found that on a typical system, GRAMPS tends to bog down after the
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database has around 15,000 people. Again, this is dependant on how much
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memory you have.
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17. My database is really big.
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Is there a way around loading all the data into memory?
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Currently, there is no way around it. However, this is our biggest priority
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after releasing 1.0 version. The real database backend will be incorporated
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after releasing version 1.0. The real database backend will be incorporated
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in the next stable release (1.2) which will dramatically improve performance
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in both speed and memory usage.
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@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ database. Currently, GRAMPS loads all the database into memory, therefore
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large databases tend to be less than responsive. Specifically, the system
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can be virtually brought to its knees if swapping is needed for GRAMPS' data.
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This will be addressed in the next stable release following 1.0 version.
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This will be addressed in the next stable release following version 1.0.
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Temporarily, adding more memory could make a huge difference, but we realize
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that this is a poor way of treating the problem. If you would like to help
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with the implementation of the real database backend, please don't hesitate
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