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This section gives an overview of changes since Gramps version 3.34. These changes are also detailed later in this manual. Users of Gramps version 3.3 4 are encouraged to review this section to be sure to take advantage of these new features.
= Before you upgrade =
Before you upgrade, make sure your family tree data is secure. The best way to do this is:
# Start Gramps 3.34
# Open your family tree
# Export the family tree to the ''gramps xml'' format or the ''gramps xml package'' format (which includes your photographs and other media files associated with your family tree data). Export your tree via menu {{man menu|Family Trees->Backup...}}.
After properly safeguarding your data, proceed to install Gramps 4.0. Use your operating system's regular installation process to do this. It is also best to uninstall Gramps 3.3 4 before installing Gramps 4.0, or make sure you install Gramps 4.0 in a different location.
After you install Gramps 4.0, you can open your existing family trees and continue working. In case of problems (e.g., after a complete system upgrade), use the backup file(s) created above to recreate your family tree(s).
Changes visible after the migration: interface, data.
== Citations (formerly Source References) New Look and Feel ==
The principal changes are Gramps now uses GTK 3 to create the interface, so you need to set a GTK theme with the GTK theme switcher that:* Citations can be shared; andsupports GTK 3. If Gramps looks ugly after installation,* Citations can have media object attached this is because you use an old GTK Theme. Try out some GTK 3 themes to themsee which one gives you a beautifull Gramps experience.
It is possible to use Gramps version 4.0 in the same way as Gramps version 3.3, if you do not want or need to take advantage of the new features:
* The Sources view looks almost the same as the old Sources view (but with the addition of a disclosure triangle for sources that have citations),
* The buttons for [[Gramps_4.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_Editing_Data:_Detailed_-_part_2#Editing_information_about_events|adding sources]] to information like events are the same as before,
* The selector for choosing an existing source looks the same (although with the addition of disclosure triangles to allow a citation to be chosen),
* The new 'Citation' editor looks (and behaves) almost exactly the same as the old 'Source Reference Editor',
 
Only if a user particularly wants to share citations between objects do they need to be aware of the change. The change is also intended to be entirely compatible with GEDCOM.
 
See [[GEPS_023:_Storing_data_from_large_sources]] for an explanation of the rationale behind the new features.
 
If you have an existing Gramps database which you are upgrading to Gramps 4.0, after the upgrade process, Gramps will suggest that you might like to merge citations that are the same and refer to the same source. Unless you have specifically recorded different information (for example different notes) on old Source References that are the same, you should probably use the {{man menu|Tools->Family Tree Processing->Merge Citations...}} tool.
 
When you start using Gramps, if you want to share a citation, then you would click on the {{man button|Add an existing citation or source}} and in the {{man label|Select Source or Citation}} dialogue, you would select the appropriate source and then citation. Clicking {{man button|OK}} would take you to the {{man label|Citation}} editor, but you will probably just click {{man button|OK}}, because the citation and source are both shared.
 
== Editors ==
 
* The citation editor has changed very little from the former Source Reference Editor:
 
[[File:SourceRef-to-CitationEditor.png|700px|center|thumb|Figure 1.1]]
 
As shown, the main change is that the Citation can have a Gallery of images, Data fields, and also has (back-)references because it is a separate primary object.
 
* Improvements on image selection feature.
 
* New 'Default family relationship' option value (Preferences)
 
* Add some accelerator keys on toogle buttons without labels. See also [[#Accessibility]].
 
== GEDCOM import ==
 
'''GEDCOM import error/warnings report'''. bug tracker: {{bug|5599}} - provide a report of GEDCOM errors and warnings after import to show the user what information has not been imported.
 
[[File:GEDCOM-import-report.png|500px|thumb|center|Fig 1.2 Import report]]
 
The report (shown above) details most of the lines that were either ignored or could not be understood. The contents of the line (or lines where there are continuation lines) are also shown. In some cases, the lines may not be exactly what is contained in the input GEDCOM file, because the line is reconstructed following some processing.
 
In addition to this report, some improvements have been made to GEDCOM import to process more of the input file. Some data has been imported into Gramps data elements even when they are not exactly the same as the GEDCOM data elements. Because the format of GEDCOM, and the format that Gramps uses are different, there are inevitably some pieces of data that cannot be imported.
 
 
More details of the mapping from GEDCOM to Gramps are now provided.
See [[Gramps_4.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#GEDCOM_import|GEDCOM import]].
= Plugins changes =
Everything about the plugins: import/export, gramplets, views, reports, tools.
== Import/Export ==
 
* Citations support on file formats
 
* Improvements on Gedcom file format support
 
== Reports ==
 
* output file formats
 
Improvements : RTF, ODF, LaTeX, cairo (PDF, Print...)
 
* support image sections on textual reports
 
* Citation support and source review (NarrativeWeb report, etc ...)
 
* Paper options
 
Consistency rules on paper values, orientation and file format (options set by user)
 
=== Book ===
 
* Improvements
 
* Alphabetical Index and Table Of Contents (TOC) features on book report
 
=== Detailed reports ===
 
* Improvements, bug fix, consistency on age calculation, etc ...
=== NarrativeWeb ===
* Media gallery, thumbnails * hyperlink menu A huge restructuring happened for screen readers and braille writersnarrative website (these changes might also happen in a point update on 3.4). It should overall be much more stable
== Views ==
== Fan Charts ==
In the Charts category, you will see two new core Charts: Fan Chart and Descendant Fan. These are two Charts that give you a good overview of a family tree. The Fan charts shows the principal parents of every individual. The Descendant Fan shows you all children, all their families, and then so on to see the ''entire'' descendant tree.
The sources view has been enhanced with a new tree view (Fig 1.3) that also shows citations below Fan Charts are powerull, use the source, '''Configure''' button in addition the toolbar to the existing flat view (Fig 1.4) [[Imageinvestigate some posibilities:Sources-citationtreeview.png|left|450px|thumb|Fig. 1.3 Sources (Citation Tree) view]][[Image:Sources-sourceview.png|right|450px|thumb|Fig. 1.4 Sources view]]* colored filtering via filter sidebar{{-}}* Gradient coloring to give extra information There is also a new Citations view * Print to output (Fig 1.5pdf, printer). [[Image:Citations-citationlistview.png|center|450px|thumb|Fig. 1.5 Citation view]]{{-}}  * Size adjustments on Main, Navigation, Bottom and Side barsfrom the toolbar
== Tools ==
* A new tool for merging our citation records: MergeCitations. * Review on some ''Repair Family Tree'' toolsNothing
= Under the hood changes =
Technical stuff (gui/gen). == Accessibility ==
* Better ATK == Python 3 support==
* Improve consistency Gramps supports Python 2.7+ and Python 3.2+ starting from 4.0. We advise to use python 3.2 if possible. To support both versions, some code now runs slower on Editors: [[Accessibility]]python 2.x. == Addons manager == * Review, improvements
== Command Line Interface ==
* Arguments/flags Improvements, consistency, optional translation == Gramps XML file format and database == * Citations support* Gramps XML is now idempotent[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idempotence]. * Exporter does not change records order any more, making it easier to look at differences between versions/revisions. == User classes == Reports and tools have ''user'' classes.These classes provide a means to interact with the user in an abstract way. These classes should be overridden by each respective user interface to provide the appropriate interaction (eg. dialogs for GTK, promts for CLI).
= Further info =
== Roadmap ==
* [[Roadmap]]: [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=28 3.3.2], [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=30 34 4.0.0], [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php?version_id=25 trunk]
== Changelog ==
* [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_pageroadmap_page.php?version_id=30 34 roadmap 4.0.0], [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=25 trunk34 changelog]
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