Hi everybody,
I am totally new to Gramps and I am trying to figure a way to customize some fields in the detailed descendant report since my tree is quite large and I want to make the final report as short and comprehensive as possible. For example, I would like to change fields such as the word “born” into “*”, or another example, when showing a spouse, to show his/her name, parents name and dates (just data, not full sentences). Is there any file I can edit for such type of tweaking?
P.S. I just have a very basic knowledge of programming or editing Gramps.
Thanks!
(V.5.2.4 - Windows 11)
There’s a wiki page about how to “Adapt a built-in Report”. This is a starting point for what you want to do.
The article really needs a lot of improvement to be useful for a basic user wanting to begin tweaking a Report.
You can at least get that far by de-selecting the “Use complete sentences” option in the Content tab of the Detailed Descendant Report.
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Welcome!
The Detailed Descendant Report is built into the Gramps core code. It can be found here.
gramps\plugins\textreport\detdescendantreport.py
If you know a little about coding, you can make your modifications to code into a stand alone addon report. You would need to rename it and its class and then create the .gpr.py file to load it. If your modifications work and feel other users may like its results, you can then submit it as a addon for others to download and install.
Good luck.
PS: To find where others reports and tools are located and the names of their files, use the Plugin Manager or the enchased Plugin Manager addon if you installed it. Its Info section will tell you the details.
Thanks for your suggestions everyone! Most helpful!