fix bugs on manual: #809 #810 #932 #539

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the person's name is a symbol indicating gender, and an Edit
button. Clicking the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button will
allow you to edit all of the person's individual information in
an Edit Person dialog.</para>
an <guilabel>Edit Person</guilabel> dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Similar to the Parents section is the Family section,
which displays families where the Active Person is a parent. Because it
is possible to have multiple familes, it is possible to have
is possible to have multiple families, it is possible to have
multiple Family sections. Each family section displays the
spouse and any children.</para>
@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
<para>If a place has been highlighted, you may select the
<guibutton>Google Maps</guibutton> button to attempt to display the
place in a web browser. Your default web browser should open,
attempting to use either the longitude and lattitude coordinates or
attempting to use either the longitude and latitude coordinates or
the place name to display the location using the Google Maps web site.
This feature is limited, and may not always produce the results you
desire.</para>
@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@
<guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>. If you select this command repeatedly, your most recent
changes will be undone one at a time. To roll back multple commands at a
changes will be undone one at a time. To roll back multiple commands at a
time, you can using the <guilabel>Undo History</guilabel> dialog
available from the <guilabel>Edit</guilabel> menu.</para>
@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@
Berkeley database (BSDDB) with a special structure of data tables.
This format is binary and architecture-dependent. It is very quick
and efficient, but not generally portable across computers with
different binary architecture (e.g. i386 vs alpha).</para>
different binary architecture (e.g. i386 vs. alpha).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@
your images when writing image references in GEDCOM.</para>
<para>This option allows specify where your image files are
located. This is useful when you are transfering your GEDCOM
located. This is useful when you are transferring your GEDCOM
file from one computer to another. It tells the program that is
importing the data where your images are.</para>
</listitem>
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</note>
<para>People can also be added to the database in the Relationships
View, Edit Family dialog, and other places where it makes
View, <guilabel>Edit Family</guilabel> dialog, and other places where it makes
sense.</para>
</sect2>
@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@
<title>To Specify a Relationship</title>
<para>There are two primary ways to specify relationships between
people - using the Relationships View and using the Edit Family dialog
people - using the Relationships View and using the <guilabel>Edit Family</guilabel> dialog
from the Family List View. The Family List is usually used to build
all the relationships within a single family at a time. The
Relationships View is usually used to build multiple relationships to
@ -1911,8 +1911,8 @@
this individual indicated as the "Active Person". Next to the
<guilabel>Family</guilabel> label is a <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
button (typically represented by a <guibutton>+</guibutton> sign).
Clicking the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button will display the Edit
Family dialog with the Active Person set as either the father or the
Clicking the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button will display the <guilabel>Edit
Family</guilabel> dialog with the Active Person set as either the father or the
mother.</para>
<figure id="edit-family">
@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@
<para>To specify a new relationship in the Family List View, click on
the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button on the toolbar, and an empty
Edit Family dialog will open. At this point, you can add people to the
<guilabel>Edit Family</guilabel> dialog will open. At this point, you can add people to the
family.</para>
</sect2>
@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@
<guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.</para>
<para>If you click on the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button, you
are presented with the Select Family dialog. This will allow you to
are presented with the <guilabel>Select Family</guilabel> dialog. This will allow you to
select the existing family, and then the Active Person will be added
as a child to the family.</para>
@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@
</figure>
<para>If you click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button, a new
Edit Family dialog is presented with the Active Person listed a child
<guilabel>Edit Family</guilabel> dialog is presented with the Active Person listed a child
of the new family. You can add the parents to the family by either
adding new people as the parents or selecting existing people as the
parents.</para>
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<warning>
<para>If you create a new family and select parents that are already
in an existing family, GRAMPS will issue a warning message. If you
proceed by saving the new famiy, you will have a duplicate
proceed by saving the new family, you will have a duplicate
family.</para>
<figure id="family-warn">
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<para>You can also specify the parents of a person in the Family List
View. If the family already exists, click on the
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button on the tool bar and add the person
as a child when the Edit Family dialog is displayed. If the family
as a child when the <guilabel>Edit Family</guilabel> dialog is displayed. If the family
does not already exist, click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button to
create a new family, and add the appropriate parents and
children.</para>
@ -2051,20 +2051,20 @@
<title>To Specify Children</title>
<para>Adding children to a relationship is done through a similar
proceedure. From the Relationships View or the Family List View,
procedure. From the Relationships View or the Family List View,
select the existing family or create a new family. Children can be
added by selecting the Add button or Select button to the right of the
child list.</para>
<para>Clicking the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button will display the
Edit Person dialog, allowing you to enter a new person. Clicking on
<guilabel>Edit Person</guilabel> dialog, allowing you to enter a new person. Clicking on
the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button, will allow you to select an
existing person from a list. By default, the child is added with a the
relationship type of birth to both parents.</para>
<para>If you wish to change the parent/child relationship from the
default setting of birth, select the child and click on the Edit
button. This will display the Edit Child Reference dialog.</para>
button. This will display the <guilabel>Edit Child Reference</guilabel> dialog.</para>
<figure id="child-ref">
<title>Child Reference Editor</title>
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<para>The field <guilabel>ID</guilabel> displays the GRAMPS ID
number which identifies the user in the database. This value
helps you distiguish between people who have the same name. You
helps you distinguish between people who have the same name. You
may enter any unique value you want. If you do not provide a
value, GRAMPS will automatically select a value for you.</para>
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ignored.</para>
<para>If you select the Preformatted option, the text in reports
and web pages will appear exactly as you enter it in the Notes
and web pages will appear exactly as you enter it in the <guilabel>Notes</guilabel>
dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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as sources of the event (under the <guilabel>Events</guilabel>
tab) instead of as a source of the person. The person's
<guilabel>Sources</guilabel> tab is best used for any sources
not specificly connected to any other data.</para>
not specifically connected to any other data.</para>
</tip>
<para>The central part displays the list of all source
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care to preserve and use any date information available.</para>
<para>Information can be entered into a date field by directly typing
it or by invoking the Date selection dialog. Both methods will be
it or by invoking the <guilabel>Date selection</guilabel> dialog. Both methods will be
discussed below, but first, we will cover some important features of
dates as they are used in GRAMPS.</para>
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<note>
<title>Date parsing rules</title>
<para>The list only applys to the English version of GRAMPS. If
<para>The list only applies to the English version of GRAMPS. If
you are using localized version of GRAMPS, your version may or may
not provide a localized date parser. At the time of this writing,
localized parsers exist for French, German, Russian, Finnish,
@ -3013,10 +3013,10 @@
<note>
<para>If you have an important comment to make about a date, you
are better off doing so in a Note that corresponds to the event
than in the Text comment field of the Date selection dialog. We
than in the Text comment field of the <guilabel>Date selection</guilabel> dialog. We
recommend this for the following reason: If you enter a date by
typing it directly into the date field (that is, not via the Date
selector dialog), your entry will be copied and stored as the text
typing it directly into the date field (that is, not via the <guilabel>Date
selector</guilabel> dialog), your entry will be copied and stored as the text
comment string when GRAMPS parses the entered text. Thus, any
comment that may have been there prior to the parsing will be
overwritten.</para>
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</tip>
<para>The <guilabel>Relationship Information</guilabel>
section fields have the basic desciption of the
section fields have the basic description of the
relationship. The <guilabel>GRAMPS ID</guilabel> field
displays the ID number which labels this relationship in the
database. The available types (such as Married, Unmarried,
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new paragraph; additional inserted lines will be ignored.</para>
<para>If you select the Preformatted option, the text in reports
and web pages will appear exactly as you enter it in the Notes
and web pages will appear exactly as you enter it in the <guilabel>Notes</guilabel>
dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<listitem>
<para>The <guilabel>References</guilabel> tab indicates any
database records (events or LDS ordinances) that refer to a
place. This information cannot be modified from the Place Editor
place. This information cannot be modified from the <guilabel>Place Editor</guilabel>
dialog. Instead, the corresponding database record (e.g., a
birth event) has to be brought up and its place reference
edited.</para>
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variables. The difference between the two styles is how empty data is
handled.</para>
<para>The first style of variables are preceeded by a '$'. If the
<para>The first style of variables are preceded by a '$'. If the
variable evaluates to an empty string, the variable is replaced with
the empty string. The second style of variables are preceeded by a
the empty string. The second style of variables are preceded by a
'%'. If the variable evaluates to an empty string, the line that
contains the variable is removed from the output.</para>
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<term>$M/%M</term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays the place assocated with the marriage of the
<para>Displays the place associated with the marriage of the
person and the preferred spouse.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<listitem>
<para>This report produces a chart resembling a fan, with Active
person in the center, parents the the semicircle next to it,
person in the center, parents the semicircle next to it,
grandparents in the next semicircle, and so on, for a total of
five generations.</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>This report creates a complex relationship graph in
GraphViz format and then converts into graphical output running
it through the the GraphViz <command>dot</command> tool behind
it through the GraphViz <command>dot</command> tool behind
the scene. Specific options for this report include filter,
options for dates and places for the events, and whether to
include URLs and IDs for individuals and families. There are
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<para>Genealogy records can generate a lot of files. Many web
servers have a difficult time with many files in a single
directory. The Narrative Web Generator strives to keep the
number of files per directory to a managable level. To do
this, a hierarchy of directores is created. The generated
number of files per directory to a manageable level. To do
this, a hierarchy of directories is created. The generated
files names are not intuitive, but are unique per person.
Subsequent runs will geneate identical file names, making it
Subsequent runs will generate identical file names, making it
easy to replace files.</para>
<para>By default, the output files are written to the
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GRAMPS, distorting characters on the screen.</para>
<para>If your web server is misconfigured and you do not have
priveledge to fix the configururation, you may solve this
privilege to fix the configuration, you may solve this
problem by overriding the default character set to match what
your web server may be expecting.</para>
</listitem>
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indicate that a certain number of years must pass after
someone's death before information can be published. The
<guilabel>Years to restrict from person's death</guilabel>
option allows you to specifiy how many years a person must be
option allows you to specify how many years a person must be
deceased before the information is included.</para>
<para>Please note that it is your responsibility to double
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<listitem>
<para>This option controls the enabling and disabling of
the Tip of the Day dialog at startup.</para>
the <guilabel>Tip of the Day</guilabel> dialog at startup.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<para>
The actual format is defined here using special formatting
characters. Before and after these special characters any
other character or string is allowed. For exmple: <userinput>
other character or string is allowed. For example: <userinput>
"(%t) %L, %f"</userinput> will give <replaceable>"(Dr.) SMITH,
Edwin"</replaceable>. The formatting characters are:
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>The columns of the list views may be added, removed, or
reordered in a <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>, see
reordered in a <guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> dialog, see
<xref linkend="column-editor-fig" />. Only checked columns will be
shown in the view. To change their order, drag any column to its
desired place inside the editor. Clicking
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> will reflect the changes in the
appropriate view. To invoke <guilabel>Column Editor
Dialog</guilabel>, choose <menuchoice>
</guilabel> dialog, choose <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Column Editor...</guimenuitem>
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Why are non-latin characters displayed as garbage in PDF/PS
<term>Why are non-Latin characters displayed as garbage in PDF/PS
reports?</term>
<listitem>
<para>This is a limitation of the builtin fonts of PS and PDF
formats. To print non-latin text, use the Print... in the format
<para>This is a limitation of the built-in fonts of PS and PDF
formats. To print non-Latin text, use the Print... in the format
selection menu of the report dialog. This will use the gnome-print
backend, which supports PS and PDF creation, as well as direct
printing.</para>
<para>If you only have latin text, the PDF option will produce a
smalled PDF compared to that created by gnome-print, simply because
<para>If you only have Latin text, the PDF option will produce a
smaller PDF compared to that created by gnome-print, simply because
no font information will be embedded.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<para>Most problems can be fixed quickly provided there is enough
information. To ensure this, please follow up on your bug reports.
In particular, if you file a bug report with sf.net bug tracker,
PLEASE log in to sf.net before filing (register your free account if
you don't have one). Then we will have a way of contacting you
should we need more information. If you choose to file your report
anonymously, at least check every so often whether your report page
has something new posted, as it probably would.</para>
In particular, if you file a bug report with the gramps bug tracker,
PLEASE log in to bugs.gramps-project.org before filing (register
your free account if you don't have one). Then we will have a way
of contacting you should we need more information.</para>
<para>If the above explanations seem vague, please follow <ulink
type="http"
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<listitem>
<para>Any errors encountered during import, export, or action, will
be either dumped to stdout (if these are exceptions handled by
GRAMPS) or or to stderr (if these are not handled). Use usual shell
GRAMPS) or to stderr (if these are not handled). Use usual shell
redirections of stdout and stderr to save messages and errors in
files.</para>
</listitem>