Re: GEDCOM by hand

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
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://greptilian.com
>

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