Month: February 2006

CemEditor (Installer 2.0.0005a)

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The CemEditor’s Installer received an update to version 2.0.0005a.

Note: “This is only an update to the installation file which contains a new CemToHTM. The CemEditor is 2.0.0005”

The CemEditor cemetery transcription software allows for easy entry or importing of information while viewing photos of the monuments. The CemEditor will create files that can be used to create books, web pages, or to view and search using the free CemViewer.

GRAMPS: Progress in 2.2 Tree

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The GRAMPS blog has been updated with news of work on GRAMPS 2.2. GRAMPS is an open-source genealogy software program for Linux (and *BSD, Mac OS X, and Windows one of these days). Work is being done on the database, as well as UI improvements. One thing that looks interesting: a modification of the TreeView that can draw a view with 40 thousand rows within a fraction of a second.

Some of the highlights:
Work was done on the database handling – transactions are being used : The use of transactions should ensure that any change to the database file either happens completely (will be atomic and durable) or not at all. It should protect us from corrupted data.

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Brother’s Keeper 6.2.13

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Brother’s Keeper version 6.2.13 was released yesterday. Brother’s Keeper is a genealogy application for Windows and requires Windows 95 and up (including NT). This update is free for existing Brother’s Keeper 6x users. Version 6.2.13 contains three updates – one dealing with multiple spouses, one dealing with Swedish users of Windows XP, and one dealing with backups stored at “C:\”.