Thanks, Ron. My curiosity about dot was piqued again recently when a
friend released https://github.com/larsks/dot-iptables
But back to editing GEDCOM files. LifeLines (the executable is called
llines) from http://lifelines.sourceforge.net seems to be a decent
console option. I was able to import my GEDCOM file with a couple
tweaks. It opens up your $EDITOR with a section of GEDCOM but at least
it helps you navigate around. Like GRAMPS, its source of truth is its
own database, but it exports to GEDCOM, of course. It's growing on me. :)
Phil
On 01/12/2013 04:28 PM, Ron Savage wrote:
Hi
If you don't follow the Graphviz mailing list you might have missed my
post about a Perl module I wrote, GraphViz2::Marpa, which parses
Graphviz DOT files.
There are a few on-line tools for editing DOT files, and my code could
perhaps be used to write such an on-line editor. The existing editors I
gather (not having used them) are awkward to use (as per my other post).
A good editor would allow effortless joining of 2 people (nodes in DOT)
and could then ask the user about the type on connexion desired.
Patches welcome :-)).
On 13/01/13 04:05, Philip Durbin wrote:
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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