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− | I'm a retired marine scientist with a lot of lines of code under my belt. The pandemic has given me the excuse to play with more code and perhaps make another open source contribution. I can be contacted via gmail or | + | I'm a retired marine scientist with a lot of lines of code under my belt. The pandemic has given me the excuse to play with more code and perhaps make another open source contribution. I can be contacted via gmail or [https://github.com/johnrsibert/Grampsish my github branch]. |
+ | [[customize reports with XML tool|customize reports with XML tool]] | ||
− | == customize reports with | + | == customize reports with XML tool == |
− | Families often have complicated structure, especially for Twenty-first century blended families. | + | Families often have complicated structure, especially for Twenty-first century blended families. Creating a [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_5#Family_Lines_Graph|Family Lines Graph]] for such families often involves carefully selecting multiple people to include. |
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+ | Gramps stores these selections in a file named <code>report_options.xml</code> in the <code>~/.gramps</code> [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_User_Directory|User directory]]. The report options are '''overwritten''' every time a graphical report is created. | ||
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+ | It is possible to edit this file manually with a text editor, but that is a tedious and error-prone procedure. The following [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell) bash] script will take care of the process for you backing up the current file and saving the list of person IDs in a file that can be reused. | ||
#!/bin/bash | #!/bin/bash | ||
if [ $# -lt 1 ];then | if [ $# -lt 1 ];then | ||
− | echo "Utility to replace list of People of | + | echo "Utility to replace list of People of Interest in Gramps Family Lines Graph." |
echo "The file 'report_options.xml' is overwritten after making a backup." | echo "The file 'report_options.xml' is overwritten after making a backup." | ||
− | echo "The current list of People of | + | echo "The current list of People of Interest is saved for possible reuse" |
echo "Usage: "$0" current_pid [new_pid]" | echo "Usage: "$0" current_pid [new_pid]" | ||
echo " current_pid is the file name in which to save current pid list" | echo " current_pid is the file name in which to save current pid list" | ||
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cp -fv /tmp/temp.xml $opts 2>>/dev/null | cp -fv /tmp/temp.xml $opts 2>>/dev/null | ||
echo "Updated "$opts | echo "Updated "$opts | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 26 March 2021
I'm a retired marine scientist with a lot of lines of code under my belt. The pandemic has given me the excuse to play with more code and perhaps make another open source contribution. I can be contacted via gmail or my github branch.
customize reports with XML tool
customize reports with XML tool
Families often have complicated structure, especially for Twenty-first century blended families. Creating a Family Lines Graph for such families often involves carefully selecting multiple people to include.
Gramps stores these selections in a file named report_options.xml
in the ~/.gramps
User directory. The report options are overwritten every time a graphical report is created.
It is possible to edit this file manually with a text editor, but that is a tedious and error-prone procedure. The following bash script will take care of the process for you backing up the current file and saving the list of person IDs in a file that can be reused.
#!/bin/bash if [ $# -lt 1 ];then echo "Utility to replace list of People of Interest in Gramps Family Lines Graph." echo "The file 'report_options.xml' is overwritten after making a backup." echo "The current list of People of Interest is saved for possible reuse" echo "Usage: "$0" current_pid [new_pid]" echo " current_pid is the file name in which to save current pid list" echo " Optional. If present, new_pid is the name of the file containing" echo " the new pid list" echo " eg " $0" bigfamily.pid three_gen.pid" exit 1 fi gramps_home=~/.gramps/ #echo "gramps_home = "$gramps_home opts=$gramps_home"report_options.xml" #echo "opts = "$opts bak=$opts".bak" #echo "bak = "$bak echo "Backing up "$opts " to " $bak cp -irp $opts $bak echo "Saving current pid list to "$gramps_home$1 lxprintf -e 'module[@name="familylines_graph"]/option[@name="gidlist"]'\ "%s\n" @value $opts > $gramps_home$1 echo "Replacing pids in "$opts echo " with the contents of "$gramps_home$2 # replacing the xml in situ does not seem to work correctly # instead send it to a temporary file and copy lxreplace -q \ 'module[@name="familylines_graph"]/option[@name="gidlist"]' \ -@ '"value"' "'`cat $gramps_home$2`'" \ ~/.gramps/report_options.xml > /tmp/temp.xml cp -fv /tmp/temp.xml $opts 2>>/dev/null echo "Updated "$opts