Thanks for the sanity check, Mikkel. I won't bother trying to write
GEDCOM by hand. I must be remembering wrong about previous posts to this
list.
I guess this is on my mind because I recently decided to start keeping a
list of kids and their parents in YAML so I can more easily organize
playdates based on how my kids know their friends and what activities
they enjoy: https://github.com/pdurbin/scripts/blob/master/playdates .
It's sort of a personal, offline version of
https://twitter.com/lastminuteplans
Anyway, somehow I think I'd have trouble keeping track of marriages and
children in YAML. And I doubt something like GraphML is much fun to edit
by hand.
Maybe what I need is a console tool for GEDCOM to do easy edits and
browsing. I'm pretty command line oriented. I kind of like the idea of
my GEDCOM file being my source of truth, not something I export from GRAMPS.
Phil
On 01/12/2013 12:00 AM, Mikkel Eide Eriksen wrote:
I occasionally drop down and edit raw gedcom. Usually if I need to add the same
census info to several individuals or some other repetitive task where the UI
of the app isn't ideal.
Not the entire time though. That seems a nightmare.
Mikkel
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On 12/01/2013, at 02.15, Philip Durbin <philipdur...@gmail.com> wrote:
Do I remember correctly that someone on this list mentioned once that they
maintain their GEDCOM file by hand?
Is that crazy talk? Is it hard? Is it possible? Any tips?
In this age of blogging like a hacker* I kind of like doing stuff by hand if
it's reasonable.
Otherwise, I guess I need to fire up GRAMPS again because my cousins keep
getting married and having babies.
Phil
* http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/11/17/blogging-like-a-hacker.html
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