Re: GEDCOM by hand

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
>
> Sent from an Internet phone
>
> On 12/01/2013, at 02.15, Philip Durbin <[email protected]> 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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