Re: GEDCOM by hand

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
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>