Addon:Historical Context

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Historical Context gramplet

This gramplet is in development. The documentation is currently in the GitHub (online code development management system) repository of Kaj Mikkelsen. Review the README.md in the HistContext repository.

Available in the Dashboard, People and Relationship category views, this Gramplet displays historical events that occurred within the lifespan of the active person. It references lists which have the start year, end year, the Event descriptions and a URL about that Event.

A double-click on a row will open your preferred browser at the provided Link.

The View -> Configure... offers a variety of filtering options for the lists of Events.

See Also

• GitHub
  • kajmikkelsen repository
  • HistContext
• Discourse
  • My first gramplet - for gramps 5.2
  • error building a listing for a new gramplet
  • add option for boolean options in gramplet
  • translating addons

WikiContributor Help

• WikiContributors category

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Plugin / Documentation	Type	Image	Description	Use	Rating (out of 4)	Contact	Download
All Names of All People	Quickview		Shows all names for all people	All	4	Gramps Bugtracker Doug Blank	AllNamesQuickview.addon.tgz
Historical Context	Gramplet			All		Gramps Bugtracker Kaj Mikkelsen