diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog index 578915e93..12f1f7290 100644 --- a/gramps2/ChangeLog +++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-05-06 Larry Allingham + * doc/gramps-manual/C/authors.xml, doc/gramps-manual/C/faq.xml, + doc/gramps-manual/C/mainwin.xml, doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml: + Typos and corrections. + 2005-05-06 Don Allingham * src/ReadGedcomp.py: Handle inline sources better in GEDCOM files * src/ReportUtils.py: check for spouse existance before creating a diff --git a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/authors.xml b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/authors.xml index 61359dbc1..abc39b910 100644 --- a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/authors.xml +++ b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/authors.xml @@ -29,53 +29,55 @@ The somewhat incomplete list of contributors includes (in alphabetical order): -Alexandre Duret-Lutz -Alexander Bogdashevsky -Alexander Roitman -Arkadiusz Lipiec -Bernd Felsche -David R. Hampton -Bernd Schandl -Billy C. Earney -Bruce J. DeGrasse -Donald A. Peterson -Douglas S. Blank -Eero Tamminen -Egyeki Gergely -Frederick Noronha -Frode Jemtland -Gary Shao -Greg Kuperberg -Guillaume Pratte -James Treacy -Jason Salaz -Jeffrey C. Ollie + +Larry Allingham Jens Arvidsson -Jesper Zedlitz -Jim Smart -Julio Sanchez -Lars Kr. Lundin -Laurent Protois -Leonid Mamtchenkov -Lorenzo Cappelletti Marcos Bedinelli -Martin Hawlisch -Martin Senftleben -Matthieu Pupat -Michel Guitel -Nathan Bullock -Pier Luigi Cinquantini -Radek Malcic +Douglas S. Blank Radu Bogdan Mare +Alexander Bogdashevsky Richard Bos -Richard Taylor -Samuel Tardieu -Sebastian Voecking +Nathan Bullock +Lorenzo Cappelletti +Pier Luigi Cinquantini +Bruce J. DeGrasse +Alexandre Duret-Lutz +Billy C. Earney +Bernd Felsche +Egyeki Gergely +Michel Guitel Steve Hall -Steve Swales -Tim Waugh +David R. Hampton +Martin Hawlisch +Frode Jemtland +Greg Kuperberg +Arkadiusz Lipiec +Lars Kr. Lundin +Radek Malcic +Leonid Mamtchenkov Tino Meinen +Frederick Noronha +Jeffrey C. Ollie +Donald A. Peterson +Guillaume Pratte +Laurent Protois +Matthieu Pupat +Alexander Roitman +Jason Salaz +Julio Sanchez +Bernd Schandl +Martin Senftleben +Gary Shao +Jim Smart +Steve Swales +Eero Tamminen +Samuel Tardieu +Richard Taylor +James Treacy +Sebastian Voecking Xing Wang +Tim Waugh +Jesper Zedlitz If you know of somebody else who should be listed here, please let us know. diff --git a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/faq.xml b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/faq.xml index b1b99995f..9b6c8f367 100644 --- a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/faq.xml +++ b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/faq.xml @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ This, however, may change in the future. type="http">The Fink project has ported some older versions of -&app; to OSX. The Mac OSX port is not directly supported by +&app; to OSX (tm). The Mac OSX port is not directly supported by the &app; project, primarily because none of the &app; developers have access to Mac OSX and because OSX is not Free Software. @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ data that you download from the Internet. It can export data that you could send over the Internet. &app; is familiar with the standard file formats widely used on the Internet (e.g. JPEG, PNG, and GIF images, MP3, OGG, and WAV sound files, QuickTime, MPEG, and AVI movie files, etc). Other than that, -there is little that a genealogical program can do with the Internet :-) +there is little that a genealogical program can do with the Internet. @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ knowledge of programming in Python. What standards does &app; support? The nice thing about the standards is that there never is a shortage of -them :-). &app; is tested to support the following flavors of GEDCOM: +them. &app; is tested to support the following flavors of GEDCOM: GEDCOM5.5, Brother's Keeper, Family Origins, Familty Tree Maker, Ftree, GeneWeb, Legacy, Personal Ancestral File, Pro-Gen, Reunion, and Visual Genealogie. @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ no problem using databases with tens of thousands of people. How many people can &app; database handle? We have found that on a typical system, &app; tends to bog down after the -database has around 150,000 people. Again, this is dependant on how much +database has around 150,000 people. Again, this is dependent on how much memory you have. diff --git a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/mainwin.xml b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/mainwin.xml index 82811a4b7..5ccf6045d 100644 --- a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/mainwin.xml +++ b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/mainwin.xml @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The individuals are arranged in a tree-like structure, according to their family names. Every family name is a node of the tree. Clicking the arrow on the left of the node will toggle its - expansion state. When expanded, the node's contents is listed in the + expansion state. When expanded, the node's content is listed in the window. When collapsed, the contents is rolled up and not visible. However, all the data is still intact, it is just not being displayed. @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ see . Only checked columns will be shown in the view. To change their order, drag any column to its desired place inside the editor. Clicking OK will reflect the changes - in the People View. To incoke Column Editor Dialog, + in the People View. To invoke Column Editor Dialog, choose EditColumn Editor. @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ allows you to edit their relationship information. Shift-clicking on the Current spouse allows the editing of the Current spouse's data. - To add a new relationship use one of the two upper buttons to the + To add a new relationship, use one of the two upper buttons to the right of the spouse box. Click the top one to add a new person to a database and to the new relationship. Click the middle one to add a person already existing in the database to the new relationship. @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ right of the spouse box. Note that removing a spouse from the relationship does not remove the person from the database. Most of these functions are also available by right-clicking into the spouse box and - selecting an appropriate items from the context menu. + selecting an appropriate item from the context menu. The parents of both the Active person and the Current spouse are listed in the corresponding list boxes in the right-hand part of @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ That is, it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the selected Mother the Current spouse. Most of these functions are also available by right-clicking into the parent box and - selecting an appropriate items from the context menu. + selecting an appropriate item from the context menu. The bottom list box displays children of the Active person and the Current Spouse. The Children's list can be ordered by the Birth date @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ button removes the selected child from the family. Note that removing a child from the family does not remove the person from the database. Most of these functions are also available by right-clicking - into the children box and selecting an appropriate items from the + into the children box and selecting an appropriate item from the context menu. The layout of the Family View can be switched from the @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ relations (such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.). When the mouse moves over the white box, it expands to display the corresponding person's dates of birth and death. When the mouse is - placed over the family line, the line become highlighted to indicate + placed over the family line, the line becomes highlighted to indicate an active link: double-clicking on the line makes the corresponding ancestor the Active person. The display in that case is re-adjusted to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ context menu. Among other useful items, the context menu has submenus listing Spouses, Siblings, Children, and Parents - of that person. Insensitive (greyed out) submenus indicate the absense + of that person. Insensitive (greyed out) submenus indicate the absence of the data in the appropriate category. Similarly to the children menu above, children's and parents' menus distinguish continuing lines from dead ends. @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ of the display area. The set anchor person will stay in effect until either the anchor is removed (by selecting the Remove anchor item from the - context menu) or until the active person chosen is unrelated to the anchor + context menu), or until the active person chosen is unrelated to the anchor person. The latter move can be made using extensive navigation tools available in &app;, see for the detailed reference. diff --git a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml index 5ea01c113..b59ec8bb0 100644 --- a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml +++ b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The filetype filter in the Open database dialog allows you to display files of a certain type. If the All files filter is selected (the default), all the files will be shown. The type will - be deteremined by the extension of the selected filename. + be determined by the extension of the selected filename. Selecting file @@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ &app; package The package is a compressed archive containing the &app; XML - file and all media objects (images, sound files, etc.) that the - database refers to. The &app; package is created by exporting + file and all media objects (images, sound files, etc.) to which the + database refers. The &app; package is created by exporting ( File Export...) data in that format. @@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ all changes are immediate. If the person's data are stored in a database, check Person is in the database box. Then click the - Select button to evoke Select + Select button to invoke Select Person dialog. Choose the person from that dialog and click the OK button. The Person text field will display the name of the person you selected. @@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ all changes are immediate. When exactly two people are selected, choose EditCompare and - Merge... to evoke Compare + Merge... to invoke Compare People dialog. @@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ all changes are immediate. When exactly two people are selected, choose EditFast - Merge to evoke Merge + Merge to invoke Merge People dialog. @@ -2542,7 +2542,7 @@ all changes are immediate. Merge Sources When exactly two sources are selected, choose EditCompare and - Merge... to evoke Merge + Merge... to invoke Merge Sources dialog. @@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ all changes are immediate. When exactly two places are selected, choose EditCompare and - Merge... to evoke Select + Merge... to invoke Select title dialog. @@ -2842,14 +2842,14 @@ all changes are immediate. Generating Reports Reports are the most common form of the output produced by genealogical research. The majority of genealogical software puts a lot - of emphasis on developing nicely looking reports. &app; is no - exception in this regard: it offers a choice of a variety of reports. + of emphasis on developing nice looking reports. &app; is no + exception in this regard, offering a choice of a variety of reports. &app; can generate reports in a multitude of open formats, both text based and graphical. &app; can also produce screen based reports that are convenient for viewing a summary of your database. Finally, &app; can generate a web site suitable for immediate - posting on the Internet. All these are almost infinitely flexible: - if you wish to modify or extend the default format of &app; report + posting on the Internet. All of these are almost infinitely flexible. + If you wish to modify or extend the default format of &app; report, you can design and choose the style for each of your reports. All reports can be accessed through the menu by choosing @@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ all changes are immediate. Report. Alternatively, you can browse the complete selection of available reports along with their brief descriptions in a Report - Selection dialog evoked by clicking the + Selection dialog invoked by clicking the Reports icon on the toolbar. @@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ all changes are immediate. Click the Open button to load the book from the list of previously saved books. Finally, click the - Edit books button to evoke the editable list of + Edit books button to invoke the editable list of available books. The vertical set of buttons to the right of the bottom pane @@ -2923,7 +2923,7 @@ all changes are immediate. options of the selected item of the current book. - The configuration dialogs evoked by Setup + The configuration dialogs invoked by Setup are item-specific. If you choose not to configure the item, sane defaults will be used for all needed options. The common option for almost all book items is the center person: the person on whom the @@ -3193,7 +3193,7 @@ all changes are immediate. View Reports - View reports represent overall summaries of the database + View reports are representing overall summaries of the database information available immediately for on-screen viewing. The following view reports are currently available in &app;: @@ -3271,7 +3271,7 @@ all changes are immediate. Tool. Alternatively, you can browse the complete selection of available tools along with their brief descriptions in a Tool - Selection dialog evoked by clicking the + Selection dialog invoked by clicking the Tools icon on the toolbar. @@ -3287,7 +3287,7 @@ all changes are immediate. This tool compares events across the selected group of people. The people for this comparison are chosen with the use of custom filters. The custom filters can be created in the Custom Filter - Editor (see ) that can be evoked by clicking + Editor (see ) that can be invoked by clicking the Custom Filter Editor button. The resulting table produced by this tool can be saved as a spreadsheet. @@ -3610,7 +3610,7 @@ all changes are immediate. For example, you may want to make sure that nobody in your database had children at the age of 98. Based on common sense, such a record would indicate an error. However, it is not a consistency - error in the database. Besides, someone might have a child at the of + error in the database. Besides, someone might have a child at the age of 98 (although this rarely happens). The Verify tool will display everything that violates your criteria so that you can check whether the record is erroneous or not. The ultimate decision is yours.