# desc.genealogy
# Author: Frederic Peters <fpeters@tiscalinet.be>
# Purpose: genealogy program
# Comment:
#   Matti Koskimies thought it was possible to use Gaby as a geneology program;
#   he may be right and this is the start.

# I believe gaby may simply segfault if you try to use this file.
# it is only intended for me to think about the Right Way to do it.

Begin tables
	Persons
		Last name:
			description=Last (born) name
		Adopted last name:
			description=typically trough marriage
		First name:
		Middle names:
		Nickname:
		Prefix name:
			description=(Dr., Lord, King, etc.)
		Suffix name:
			description=(Jr., Sr., Esq., R.N., etc.)
		Sex:string
		Father:Record from Persons
		Mother:Record from Persons
		Profession:String
		Birthdate:Date
		Place of birth:
		Date of death:Date
		Place of death:
		Burial place:
		Source:
			description=where you got the information
		Last changes:date
			description=date the record was last edited
		Notes:Strings
	Marriages
		Husband:Record from Persons
		Wife:Record from Persons
		Date:Date
		Place:
		Divorce of end:Date
End

Begin locations
	others
		~/.gaby/
End

Begin subtables
	Marriages:Marriages
# we have to start with the Marriages subtable since it's used to produce
# a list in the Persons subtable
		viewable as form, xlist, list.
		with only the following fields
			Husband_{Last name, First name}:Husband
			Wife_{Last name, First name}:Wife
			Date:
	Children:Persons
		viewable as list.
		with only the following fields
			First name:
			Last name:
			Birthdate:
			Sex:
	Persons:Persons
		viewable as form, xlist, list, genealogy.
		with only the following fields
			Last name:
			Adopted last name:
			First name:
			Middle names:
			Nickname:
			Prefix name:
			Suffix name:
			Sex:
			Father_{Last name, First name}:Father
			Mother_{Last name, First name}:Mother
			Profession:
			Birthdate:
			Place of birth:
			Date of death:
			Place of death:
			Burial place:
			List of Marriages:Marriages
				where I am Husband
# there is an implicit 'or' between those 2 conditions
				where I am Wife
			List of Children:Children
				i18n_fr = Enfants
				i18n_de = Kinder
				where I am Father
				where I am Mother
			Source:
			Last changes:
			Notes:
	Persons (short):Persons
		viewable as form, xlist, list.
		with only the following fields
			Last name:
			Adopted last name:
			First name:
			Middle names:
			Nickname:
			Prefix name:
			Suffix name:
			Sex:
			Father_{Last name, First name}:Father
			Mother_{Last name, First name}:Mother
			Profession:
			Birthdate:
			Place of birth:
			Date of death:
			Place of death:
			Burial place:
			Source:
			Notes:
End

Begin misc
	Main window
		form:Persons
End