Display formatting

Many of the graphical reports allow you to customize the information on the display. Variable substitutions are used to substitute personal or marriage information for a particular symbol.

$n	Displays the person's name in the form of FirstName LastName
$N	Displays the person's name in the form of LastName, FirstName
$i	Displays the GRAMPS ID associated with the person.
$b	Displays the person's date of birth
$B	Displays the person's place of birth
$d	Displays the person's date of death
$D	Displays the person's place of death
$s	Displays the name of the person's spouse in the form of FirstName LastName
$S	Displays the name of the person's spouse in the form of LastName, FirstName.
$m	Displays the marriage date of the person and the spouse.
$M	Displays the place associated with the marriage of the person and the spouse.
$v	Displays the marriage divorce date of the person and the spouse.
$V	Displays the place associated with the divorce of the person and the spouse.
\$	$
\}	}
\{	{
\\	\
{	Starts a conditional printing section.
}	Ends a conditional printing section.
{	(only at the start of a line) This is a line that is NOT to print if all variables are unknown

Conditional printing

'{' and '}' have been added to help define what prints on a line and '{' at the start of a line defines if the line prints at all. These two are based on these rules:

no variables within closing	prints everything.
variables inside and none have information in the database. ie. '{d. $d $D}' when the person is alive	prints Nothing
variables inside and at least one has information in the database. ie. '{b. $b $B}' and the date is known	prints everything

Other Notes:

1. The end of a line is the same as a closing '}'
   1. 'd. $d{ $D} is the same as 'd. $d{ $D'
2. Brackets are read from left to right

Examples

$i $n
Born on $b{ at $B}
{d. $d $D {($v)

• The first and second lines always prints.
• The second line always prints 'Born on '
• The second line may or may not print ' at ' and the place depending on whether the place is known.
• The third line will not be displayed if the person is alive or if BOTH the date and place of death is not known.

{Born{ on $b}{ at $B

If either the date or place (or both) of birth is known 'Born ' will print with what information is known. If neither is known a blank line will print. You can replace the first '{' with a '-' to remove the line all together from what displays (for this person)

Replace missing places/dates with:

All reports come with this option to either:

1. print nothing at all. ie
2. print '_____' (A space to fill in information)

when a place or a date is not known.

ie. The first example may display 'Born on _____' if both the date and place are unknown.