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Add new sub-section on the Geves (abandonware) software
* Maybe use the code from [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/arch-wiki-docs/ arch-wiki-docs] that allow you to use pages from Arch [Media]Wiki optimized for offline browsing] and embed a Gramplet/widget that can render html?
== Geves ==
The best addition to Gramps (as opposed to improvements to what is already there) would be to (re-)implement what Geves (which seems to be abandonware) did.
The Geves website is archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141218123904/http://gevesoft.co.uk/ Geves - The Genealogy Software]
The most relevant point is at step 3 of the Quick Tour, where it explains that after using the build-in web browser, when a suitable source is found, “it can be downloaded with a single button click, and all Source Document boxes will be filled in automatically and any original images downloaded.”.
This is similar to the current [https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Forms_Gramplet Forms addon], but completely different. With the Forms addon, you manually read the form and type in all the fields. With the Geves approach, the fields are automatically scraped and filled in by the application.
Similarly, with the suggested [https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/discussions/2285 PDF fillable forms], you fill in the form and then Gramps scrapes the data. With the Geves approach, it automatically scrapes the data from the source webpage.
= Minor changes that are NOT the subject of this GEPS =
