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Hello Folks!

Two older threads inquired about the availability of 'genealogy' apps for the Nokia Internet Tablets:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=6066
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=18438

After completing my Python-based 'astronomy' apps, I wanted to continue my Python 'education' by attempting another app based on my hobbies/interests: a GEDCOM reader/writer -- named 'MGedcom' (another 'boring' name following the naming system that I had been following). It is at the bottom of my software page:

http://darethehair.googlepages.com/software.html

The page has some screenshots, as well as a link to the README file for it.

As always, there are a zillion disclaimers. The biggest one is that you should *not* trust my app to manipulate your GEDCOM files with 100% perfection (actually, a lot of *other* genealogy apps also have the same warning!).

What did I learn this time around? Mostly how to do 'tables' (using PyGTK 'treestores') and 'menus'.

To get the most out of this app, you will also need to install the port I did for 'Graphviz', also listed on the same page -- but this is only needed if you want to draw/view a 'graph' of people/family relationships. Actually, I find the nested 'table' approach already quite intuitive for doing this...

As always, I *crave* feedback comments
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