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Talk:GEPS 027: Gender as an Entry Field

2012-08-21T21:12:14Z

Diggernet:

*~*~Please use this space to discuss, but I'd appreciate if you thought about how your language may affect others before you post, this stuff is sticky and so personal~*~*

* Looks great! Feel free to put a patch on the Bugtrack ticket. (Easiest way to make a patch: "cd gramps/trunk; svn diff > my-name.patch" and then upload. --[[User:Dsblank|Dsblank]] 15:25, 17 May 2012 (MDT)

* My concern here is that this idea conflates two separate pieces of information: Sex (biological context: XX or XY), and sexual identity (social context: how they view themselves sexually). I have no objection to adding a field for sexual identity (or orientation), which would necessarily be an entry field, but do not agree with having it replace the existing field for biological sex. To do so would leave it impossible to capture both the biological and social aspects of a person, just as it is currently. In short, it would be just as wrong, but in the other direction. :)

Talk:GEPS 013: Gramps Webapp

2009-08-03T00:04:11Z

Diggernet: New page: =Security= Security is a big enough issue for a server that it probably ought to be its own section rather than just a bullet point under "Discussion". Obviously there is a LOT of other w...

=Security=
Security is a big enough issue for a server that it probably ought to be its own section rather than just a bullet point under "Discussion". Obviously there is a LOT of other work to be done still on this great concept. But I wanted to toss out some thoughts on what a GRAMPS Server security model may (or may not) support, since having these ideas in mind might affect other design decisions along the way. It's always good to have security in mind while designing a server. And yes, some of what I describe here are my favorite details of the PhpGedView security model. It is excellent for sharing data with family members, but GRAMPS is far better for maintaining the data. Having a GRAMPS Server someday is a wonderful dream that would end the need to convert my data in order to share it!

* User accounts. A server really must support multiple users with different credentials and access permissions, even if one chooses not to configure it for collaboration (only one user with write permission). This is the primary reason I dropped GeneWeb for PhpGedView some time ago.
* Optional anonymous user. Some databases would be appropriate to drive a fully-public website. Others would not. If enabled, the anonymous user would have the same configurable access permissions as any other user (probably configured very restrictively).
* Ability to attach a given user account to a specific person in the database.
* Ability to choose whether a given user can see info about living people.
* Ability to control how far from their "home" Person a given user can see info about living people.
* Ability to choose whether a given user can edit.
* Ability to control how far from their "home" Person a given user can edit.
* Ability to make a given user an admin, so they can access and edit server settings and user accounts (perhaps separate settings for server and user admin?).
* Revision control. Like this wiki, the ability to retrieve the history of any given database object, and see what changes were made, when, and by whom.

There are surely plenty of other possible capabilities, but these are what come to mind right now as being most important for preserving the privacy and integrity of the data.

2008-03-19T05:10:26Z

Diggernet: /* Run GRAMPS from a portable drive */

=Run GRAMPS from a portable drive=

Some users want to keep their GRAMPS data on a removable drive, either for portability between computers or for security. This describes how to accomplish that, and should work whether using a floppy, a flash drive, or an external hard drive. Unfortunately, there are not any easy instructions for installing GRAMPS and its dependencies on a removable drive, so these instructions assume and require that GRAMPS be installed on any computer to which you connect the drive.

==Jim Sack==
Hmmm, have you tried something like starting gramps with some
environment variable help?

In *nix, it should even work as from the command line:

HOME=/media/usb_volname/GDB gramps

Or on Windows, maybe a .bat file (some guesswork here -- not tested!)

oup=%USERPROFILE%
set USERPROFILE=e:\GDB
gramps
set USERPROFILE=%oup%

This probably needs more help. Maybe pass the drive letter as a parm.

Anyway, the idea is that the database and preferences would both be in
the GDB dir of the removable device.

==Dave Walton==
Why no, as a matter of fact, I had NOT tried something like that. Nor
would I have known which var to mess with. Thanks for the tip!

Using your Windows example as a starting point, I came up with this
batch file, which I call gramps.bat:

<pre>
@echo off

REM Make changes to environment variables local to this block
setlocal

REM Set USERPROFILE to the drive and path of this script
set USERPROFILE=%~dp0

REM Go to this script location for good measure
%~d0
cd "%~p0"

REM I don't know how to locate and start GRAMPS without hardcoding
REM the drive and path for it and Python.
C:\Python25\pythonw.exe "C:\Program Files\gramps\gramps.py"

REM End the local environment block
endlocal
</pre>

When this script is run, it starts gramps with the profile set to the
drive and directory that contains the script. So you attach the drive,
double click the batch file, and gramps starts up, no matter which
letter the drive got. Assuming windows gramps and all its dependencies
are correctly installed on that computer, of course. If I knew how to
set up those on the removable drive, too, it'd be perfect. But this
path stuff was the most critical part of the problem.

Right now I'm stuck on a loaner computer, but when I get a new one set
up I'll be able to do a *nix version, too. They'd also be good content
for a "How do I..." on the wiki.

==Jim Sack==
Yea! That would be great. You might also add an expanded discussion
version (or footnotes) explaining the technical/syntax details.

I await the educational opportunity. :-)

==Jim Sack==
Benny Malengier wrote:

> > How do I run GRAMPS from a stick?

I think Dave will be explaining it in human language, but here it is in
geek:

cp -a ~/.gramps /media/disk/
HOME=/media/disk gramps

when you plug it into someone else's machine, you have to substitute the
appropriate mount point on that host for the HOME value.

To accommodate visiting relatives running Windows, you might do

cp -a ~/.gramps/* /media/disk/gramps
USERPROFILE=/media/disk gramps

Well, sorry, but that doesn't quite work in Linux -- it almost does,
except for a hardcoded
DATABASE_PATH : '~/.gramps/grampsdb'
in Config/_GrampsConfigKeys.py
<maybe that sh/could be fixed?>

You'll probably want to put Dave's batch file to do the trick on the
actual Windows system. a dos shortcut file might actually allow the same
database to work on Win and Linux. Hmmm, how does one make a shortcut
file on (eg) vfat from linux?

[[:Category:How do I...]]

User:Diggernet/Sandbox

2008-03-19T04:55:12Z

Diggernet:

=Run GRAMPS from a portable drive=

==Jim Sack==
Hmmm, have you tried something like starting gramps with some
environment variable help?

In *nix, it should even work as from the command line:

HOME=/media/usb_volname/GDB gramps

Or on Windows, maybe a .bat file (some guesswork here -- not tested!)

oup=%USERPROFILE%
set USERPROFILE=e:\GDB
gramps
set USERPROFILE=%oup%

This probably needs more help. Maybe pass the drive letter as a parm.

Anyway, the idea is that the database and preferences would both be in
the GDB dir of the removable device.

==Dave Walton==
Why no, as a matter of fact, I had NOT tried something like that. Nor
would I have known which var to mess with. Thanks for the tip!

Using your Windows example as a starting point, I came up with this
batch file, which I call gramps.bat:

<pre>
@echo off

REM Make changes to environment variables local to this block
setlocal

REM Set USERPROFILE to the drive and path of this script
set USERPROFILE=%~dp0

REM Go to this script location for good measure
%~d0
cd "%~p0"

REM I don't know how to locate and start GRAMPS without hardcoding
REM the drive and path for it and Python.
C:\Python25\pythonw.exe "C:\Program Files\gramps\gramps.py"

REM End the local environment block
endlocal
</pre>

When this script is run, it starts gramps with the profile set to the
drive and directory that contains the script. So you attach the drive,
double click the batch file, and gramps starts up, no matter which
letter the drive got. Assuming windows gramps and all its dependencies
are correctly installed on that computer, of course. If I knew how to
set up those on the removable drive, too, it'd be perfect. But this
path stuff was the most critical part of the problem.

Right now I'm stuck on a loaner computer, but when I get a new one set
up I'll be able to do a *nix version, too. They'd also be good content
for a "How do I..." on the wiki.

==Jim Sack==
Yea! That would be great. You might also add an expanded discussion
version (or footnotes) explaining the technical/syntax details.

I await the educational opportunity. :-)

==Jim Sack==
Benny Malengier wrote:

> > How do I run GRAMPS from a stick?

I think Dave will be explaining it in human language, but here it is in
geek:

cp -a ~/.gramps /media/disk/
HOME=/media/disk gramps

when you plug it into someone else's machine, you have to substitute the
appropriate mount point on that host for the HOME value.

To accommodate visiting relatives running Windows, you might do

cp -a ~/.gramps/* /media/disk/gramps
USERPROFILE=/media/disk gramps

Well, sorry, but that doesn't quite work in Linux -- it almost does,
except for a hardcoded
DATABASE_PATH : '~/.gramps/grampsdb'
in Config/_GrampsConfigKeys.py
<maybe that sh/could be fixed?>

You'll probably want to put Dave's batch file to do the trick on the
actual Windows system. a dos shortcut file might actually allow the same
database to work on Win and Linux. Hmmm, how does one make a shortcut
file on (eg) vfat from linux?

[[:Category:How do I...]]

User:Diggernet/Sandbox

2008-03-19T04:17:30Z

Diggernet: Gather up old emails for source material

=Run GRAMPS from a portable drive=

<nowiki>
[[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:How do I...]]
</nowiki>

==Jim Sack==
Hmmm, have you tried something like starting gramps with some
environment variable help?

In *nix, it should even work as from the command line:

HOME=/media/usb_volname/GDB gramps

Or on Windows, maybe a .bat file (some guesswork here -- not tested!)

oup=%USERPROFILE%
set USERPROFILE=e:\GDB
gramps
set USERPROFILE=%oup%

This probably needs more help. Maybe pass the drive letter as a parm.

Anyway, the idea is that the database and preferences would both be in
the GDB dir of the removable device.

==Dave Walton==
Why no, as a matter of fact, I had NOT tried something like that. Nor
would I have known which var to mess with. Thanks for the tip!

Using your Windows example as a starting point, I came up with this
batch file, which I call gramps.bat:

<pre>
@echo off

REM Make changes to environment variables local to this block
setlocal

REM Set USERPROFILE to the drive and path of this script
set USERPROFILE=%~dp0

REM Go to this script location for good measure
%~d0
cd "%~p0"

REM I don't know how to locate and start GRAMPS without hardcoding
REM the drive and path for it and Python.
C:\Python25\pythonw.exe "C:\Program Files\gramps\gramps.py"

REM End the local environment block
endlocal
</pre>

When this script is run, it starts gramps with the profile set to the
drive and directory that contains the script. So you attach the drive,
double click the batch file, and gramps starts up, no matter which
letter the drive got. Assuming windows gramps and all its dependencies
are correctly installed on that computer, of course. If I knew how to
set up those on the removable drive, too, it'd be perfect. But this
path stuff was the most critical part of the problem.

Right now I'm stuck on a loaner computer, but when I get a new one set
up I'll be able to do a *nix version, too. They'd also be good content
for a "How do I..." on the wiki.

==Jim Sack==
Yea! That would be great. You might also add an expanded discussion
version (or footnotes) explaining the technical/syntax details.

I await the educational opportunity. :-)

==Jim Sack==
Benny Malengier wrote:

> > How do I run GRAMPS from a stick?

I think Dave will be explaining it in human language, but here it is in
geek:

cp -a ~/.gramps /media/disk/
HOME=/media/disk gramps

when you plug it into someone else's machine, you have to substitute the
appropriate mount point on that host for the HOME value.

To accommodate visiting relatives running Windows, you might do

cp -a ~/.gramps/* /media/disk/gramps
USERPROFILE=/media/disk gramps

Well, sorry, but that doesn't quite work in Linux -- it almost does,
except for a hardcoded
DATABASE_PATH : '~/.gramps/grampsdb'
in Config/_GrampsConfigKeys.py
<maybe that sh/could be fixed?>

You'll probably want to put Dave's batch file to do the trick on the
actual Windows system. a dos shortcut file might actually allow the same
database to work on Win and Linux. Hmmm, how does one make a shortcut
file on (eg) vfat from linux?

<nowiki>

Add a child

2007-12-17T06:41:02Z

Diggernet: /* How do I add twins/triplets/etc? */ Tag labels and buttons

[[Category:How do I...]]

= How do I add a child to a Person or Family? =

Children are not added to a Person. Children are added to a Family. A Child may belong to more than one family.

== Adding a child from the Relationship View ==

A child may be added to a family in several ways, depending on the context.

The Relationship View displays the active person. From this View, you may:

* Add the active person as a child of a family
* Add another person as a child of one of the families in which the active person is a parent

=== Adding the Active Person as a Child in a family ===

You may either add the Active Person as a child of a new family, or as the child of an existing family.

To add the Active Person as a child of a new family, select the {{man button|Add New Parents}} button from the toolbar (in older versions of GRAMPS, this button was simply called ''Add''). This will bring up a new Edit Family form with the Active Person listed as a child. You can then add parents by selecting existing people from the database or by creating new people.

To add the Active Person as a child of an existing family, select the {{man button|Add Existing Parents}} button from the toolbar (in older versions of GRAMPS, this button was simply called ''Share''). This will allow you to select an existing family, and adds the Active Person as a child of that family.

=== Adding a Person as a Child of the Active Person ===

You may add a child to a family in which the Active Person is a parent in one of two ways. If the family already exists, then it will appear in the {{man label|Family}} section of the display. Click on the {{man label|edit}} icon, and the exiting family will be displayed in the Edit Family form.

If the family to which you want to add a child is not displayed, then you should select the {{man button|Add Partner}} button (in older versions of GRAMPS, this button was simply called {{man label|Spouse}}). This will display an Edit Family form in which the Active Person is listed as either the father or the mother. At this point, you may add children and/or a spouse.

== Adding a child from the Family View ==
[[image:edit-rel.png|right|thumb|250px| Family view]]

If you wish to add a child to an existing family from the Family View, find the Family in the displayed list. You may either select the family a click on the {{man button|Edit}} button in the toolbar, or double-click on the family in the list. This will display the Edit Family form for this person. At this point, you may add the child.

If you wish to add a child to a new family (a family that does not yet exist in the database), click on the {{man button|Add}} button on the toolbar. This will bring up an Edit Family form. On this form, you may add parents and children.

= How do I add twins/triplets/etc? =
When you look at the list of children in a family, those with the same birthdate are obviously twins. But if you don't know the birthdate, or only know the year, you need some other way to indicate the relationship. You can do this by having them share a single birth event.

Take for example, the twins Thomas and Peter. When you create the Birth event for Thomas, make the {{man label|Description}} say "Birth of Thomas and Peter". Then add a reference to that same event to Peter's event list, either by drag and drop, or by using the {{man button|Share an existing event}} button. Set the {{man label|Role}} for that event for both people to "Primary".

Now when you view the event list for either Thomas or Peter, you will see the {{man label|Description}} reminding you that they are twins. And as you add details such as birth date to the birth event for either of them, those details will automatically display for the other as well.

= Adding other informations =
== Adding an occupation or other special informations ==
It is sometimes indicated in old documents that the person's activity was brewer, nails maker, woodchoper, ...
Edit the person and select the Attribute Tab. There add a new Attribute to add & select the wished information type you want to add

== Related articles ==
*[[Add a spouse]]
*[[Add a godfather-godmother]]
*[[Add a witness]]

Add a child

2007-12-17T06:12:36Z

Diggernet: Add section describing how to add twins

[[Category:How do I...]]

= How do I add a child to a Person or Family? =

Children are not added to a Person. Children are added to a Family. A Child may belong to more than one family.

== Adding a child from the Relationship View ==

A child may be added to a family in several ways, depending on the context.

The Relationship View displays the active person. From this View, you may:

* Add the active person as a child of a family
* Add another person as a child of one of the families in which the active person is a parent

=== Adding the Active Person as a Child in a family ===

You may either add the Active Person as a child of a new family, or as the child of an existing family.

To add the Active Person as a child of a new family, select the {{man button|Add New Parents}} button from the toolbar (in older versions of GRAMPS, this button was simply called ''Add''). This will bring up a new Edit Family form with the Active Person listed as a child. You can then add parents by selecting existing people from the database or by creating new people.

To add the Active Person as a child of an existing family, select the {{man button|Add Existing Parents}} button from the toolbar (in older versions of GRAMPS, this button was simply called ''Share''). This will allow you to select an existing family, and adds the Active Person as a child of that family.

=== Adding a Person as a Child of the Active Person ===

You may add a child to a family in which the Active Person is a parent in one of two ways. If the family already exists, then it will appear in the {{man label|Family}} section of the display. Click on the {{man label|edit}} icon, and the exiting family will be displayed in the Edit Family form.

If the family to which you want to add a child is not displayed, then you should select the {{man button|Add Partner}} button (in older versions of GRAMPS, this button was simply called {{man label|Spouse}}). This will display an Edit Family form in which the Active Person is listed as either the father or the mother. At this point, you may add children and/or a spouse.

== Adding a child from the Family View ==
[[image:edit-rel.png|right|thumb|250px| Family view]]

If you wish to add a child to an existing family from the Family View, find the Family in the displayed list. You may either select the family a click on the {{man button|Edit}} button in the toolbar, or double-click on the family in the list. This will display the Edit Family form for this person. At this point, you may add the child.

If you wish to add a child to a new family (a family that does not yet exist in the database), click on the {{man button|Add}} button on the toolbar. This will bring up an Edit Family form. On this form, you may add parents and children.

= How do I add twins/triplets/etc? =
When you look at the list of children in a family, those with the same birthdate are obviously twins. But if you don't know the birthdate, or only know the year, you need some other way to indicate the relationship. You can do this by having them share a single birth event.

Take for example, the twins Thomas and Peter. When you create the Birth event for Thomas, make the Description say "Birth of Thomas and Peter". Then add a reference to that same event to Peter's event list, either by drag and drop, or by using the "Share an existing event" button. Set the Role for that event for both people to "Primary".

Now when you view the event list for either Thomas or Peter, you will see the Description reminding you that they are twins. And as you add details such as birth date to the birth event for either of them, those details will automatically display for the other as well.

= Adding other informations =
== Adding an occupation or other special informations ==
It is sometimes indicated in old documents that the person's activity was brewer, nails maker, woodchoper, ...
Edit the person and select the Attribute Tab. There add a new Attribute to add & select the wished information type you want to add

== Related articles ==
*[[Add a spouse]]
*[[Add a godfather-godmother]]
*[[Add a witness]]