Gramps has 2 import/export plugins that aren’t quite the dialect that my tools use. Both of the File Formats have headers that identify the tool / version that I want to use. But Gramps doesn’t have any dialect auto switching that reads the identifier and uses the appropriate plug-in. For instanc…

It would be a great deal easier to modify the GEDCOM import to support new dialects if GEDCOM import were refactored to support GEDCOM extension addons, as suggested in Issue 10550 Refactor Gramps GEDCOM import so as to support GEDCOM extension addons

What are the Guidelines for Importer/Exporter dialects?

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Urchello November 20, 2024, 5:37am 2

Agree with you! Similar problem I described here about myheritage dialect Export Gramps to Myheritage with married surname - #3 by Urchello

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What are the Guidelines for Importer/Exporter dialects?

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