New gedcom dialect mapping feature

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I have an idea for a new gedcom import module.
I have been working with the GedTool program for years. It allows you to enter data in an Excel table and use a mapping file (Excel table) to control the conversion to a gedcom format (5.5.1 and 7.0).
Perhaps it would be possible to implement something like this in Gramps, using an Excel table to tell the Gramps import module how to handle the individual entries in the gedcom file.
You could modify it so that importing gedcom files from different programs works without problems.
You could control the export in exactly the same way.
In Gramps, all you would need to have is the basic module that controls the import and export with the Excel table.

Feature Request number 0013648
https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13648

Just a thought of mine…

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Note that the GEDCOM5 Importer module already has 1 dialect option for Character Encoding when ANSEL encoding is found in the header.

https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_6.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#GEDCOM_Encoding_dialog

This is not “ideal” because import workflow stops while waiting for user interaction.