Hi folks, is it possible to build a complex pedigree\genealogy tree with ConTeXt, like in LaTeX with genealogytree? Or what possibilities are there? Greetings Thomas
Am 09.12.24 um 13:35 schrieb Thomas Meyer:
is it possible to build a complex pedigree\genealogy tree with ConTeXt, like in LaTeX with genealogytree? Or what possibilities are there?
There’s nothing ready-made (AFAIK, yet). You can try to use the old "charts" module (see charts-mkiv.pdf) or the mighty "nodes" module (see nodes.pdf). You will probably need to dive into MetaPost. At FrOSCon 2023 someone came to the DANTE booth and asked for a way to use GEDCOM genealogy data, since GRAMPS’ diagrams are ugly. We found LaTeX’s genealogytree package plus a converter was a good fit. https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree https://github.com/torfsen/gedcom2gtr For someone fluent in MetaFun and Lua and knowing ConTeXt’s XML features it would be probably not a very big deal to make something usable… Not me (besides lack of skills, also only marginally interested in genealogy). Hraban
Gramps has an add-on which outputs: "A group of 5 Tree reports that use LaTeX genealogytree (the Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams package) to create professional looking trees for the active person. Four report are available.*Requires: texlive/texlive-pictures and texlive-fontsextra"* See, https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=5.1_Addons and, https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:GenealogyTree I use GRAMPS with this add-on and it works very well. All my ancestors (and skeletons in the cupboard) are in the GRAMPS data base from which I can output a tree report in a form that LaTeX can compile i.e genealogytree. I usually have to do minor edits to the LaTeX file but this is much easier than using genealogytree on it's own. It would be nice to have a ConTeXt version but, like Hraban this is above my skill set. Best Wishes Keith McKay On 09/12/2024 13:11, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Am 09.12.24 um 13:35 schrieb Thomas Meyer:
is it possible to build a complex pedigree\genealogy tree with ConTeXt, like in LaTeX with genealogytree? Or what possibilities are there?
There’s nothing ready-made (AFAIK, yet). You can try to use the old "charts" module (see charts-mkiv.pdf) or the mighty "nodes" module (see nodes.pdf). You will probably need to dive into MetaPost.
At FrOSCon 2023 someone came to the DANTE booth and asked for a way to use GEDCOM genealogy data, since GRAMPS’ diagrams are ugly. We found LaTeX’s genealogytree package plus a converter was a good fit. https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree https://github.com/torfsen/gedcom2gtr
For someone fluent in MetaFun and Lua and knowing ConTeXt’s XML features it would be probably not a very big deal to make something usable… Not me (besides lack of skills, also only marginally interested in genealogy).
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Thanks Hraban, Keith and Jan for your comments. I will see what I can work with. I may have to continue working directly with genealogytree under LaTeX. Kind regards Thomas Am 09.12.24 um 14:11 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
Am 09.12.24 um 13:35 schrieb Thomas Meyer:
is it possible to build a complex pedigree\genealogy tree with ConTeXt, like in LaTeX with genealogytree? Or what possibilities are there?
There’s nothing ready-made (AFAIK, yet). You can try to use the old "charts" module (see charts-mkiv.pdf) or the mighty "nodes" module (see nodes.pdf). You will probably need to dive into MetaPost.
At FrOSCon 2023 someone came to the DANTE booth and asked for a way to use GEDCOM genealogy data, since GRAMPS’ diagrams are ugly. We found LaTeX’s genealogytree package plus a converter was a good fit. https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree https://github.com/torfsen/gedcom2gtr
For someone fluent in MetaFun and Lua and knowing ConTeXt’s XML features it would be probably not a very big deal to make something usable… Not me (besides lack of skills, also only marginally interested in genealogy).
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On 2024-12-09 Thomas Meyer wrote:
is it possible to build a complex pedigree\genealogy tree with ConTeXt, like in LaTeX with genealogytree? Or what possibilities are there?
I am not sure a TeX-based solution is so handy here. Here are a few alternatives: (1) For simple ancestor/pedigree/hourglass trees, you can enter your data into the free MyHeritage Family Tree Builder (FTB) desktop app and utilize many OOTB templates. (2) You can also try visual genealogy tools like GenoPro and print directly what you see. (3) Consider sharing an online tree instead, it is always up-to-date: (3a) Once you have data in FTB, you can easily upload it to the MyHeritage cloud. It is free for up to 250 individuals. (3b) You can consider the FamilySearch tree, it is free without limits, with handy features like linking individuals to scanned church records, however, it is not easy to pull data from it later on, e.g. to create tailored family charts. Jan
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