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This section gives an overview of changes since Gramps version 3.4.2. These changes are also detailed later in this manual. Users of Gramps upgrading from version 3.4 or 4.1 are encouraged to review this section to be sure to take advantage of these new features when they start using version 4.2.
= Before you upgrade =
{{man warn| Warning |Creating an archive before upgrading might not alone be sufficient to safeguard your data might not be appropriate before upgrading. : In the unlikely event that Gramps 4.2 corrupts your database, it could also corrupt the archive. An A backup of your data as outlined in this section is recommended.}}
Before you upgrade, make sure your family tree data is secure. The best way to do this is:
After properly safeguarding your data, proceed to install Gramps 4.2. Using using your operating system's regular installation process to do . In most cases, this will in most cases ensure that the new Gramps 4.2 installation will not clash with your older version of Gramps. However, it may be safer to uninstall Gramps 3.4 before installing Gramps 4.2, or make sure you install Gramps 4.2 in a different location. This is always necessary if you are installing from the source code. For more information on installing Gramps 4.2, please see [[Download|Downloading the latest Gramps]]
After you install Gramps 4.2, you can open your existing family trees and continue working. In case of problems (e.g., after a complete system upgrade), import the backup file(s) created above to recreate your family tree(s).
* Review on GtkBuilder, fix some Gtk3 warnings and move from deprecated methods
* Change icons and buttons handling methods
<hr>* New [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Place_Editor_dialog|Enhanced Place Editor]]
[[Image:Place_editor_42.png|New place Editor with Place name edition]]
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* New widget: ''[[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Finding_records|interactive searchbox]]''. Use our own interactive-search box to get it.
[[Image:Interactive_search.png|New interactive search box]]
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# customizable (delayed by 150ms launch of search to avoid text scrambling)
* Ability to [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Adding_places_from_KML_files|import kml KML]] data into Geography views
* Enhancement for removing multiple selected items from Views (action group)
[[Image:Action_group_dialog.png|Question dialog for grouped actions]]
Add drag support on more Views, Selectors and Editors.
* Add right-click "Copy all" to all [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8|QuickTables]].
All data from the TreeView, including non-viewed columns.
* Add right-click API to ListModel
==Place==
* [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Place_Editor_dialog|Enhanced Place Editor ]] and new [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Place_Name_Editor_dialog|Place Name editor]]
[[Image:Place_name_editor.png|New Place Name editor]]
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* Review Alternate Place handling and edition
* New configuration keys set by user (settings)- [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Places|{{man label|Places}}]] tab options in {{man menu|Edit > Preferences}} dialog
[[Image:Place_settings_42.png|New Places item into Preferences dialog]]
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* Consistency on "Name-format" options for reports
* Add DeferredFilter class (a subclass of GenericFilter)
* New textual Report : [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Note_Link_Report|Note Link Report]]: Check Links on Notesare valid
* Fix alphabetic index and toc bug in books
* Enhancements on Style Editor
* Enhancements on End Notes into textual reports
* Changes on Individuals complete textual report
* Changes on Ancestors [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_4#Ancestor_Tree|Ancestor Tree ]] draw report: Added option '''Include Siblings and ''' (Under the hood but not available to user: made report ready to go in multiple directionsbut not finished)[https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/commit/64db425ab0a3453be2bac62c2f9d59e2b295014e#diff-5ae9774afc03773a3816f109cf67fd66]
* Add name-format option, and deferred translation on Records report
* Add deferred translation on Timeline draw report
* Enable [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Attributes_Gramplet|attributes gramplet ]] on Source and Citation Views
[[Image:Attributes_gramplet_source_citation.png|Enabled Attributes gramplet for Source and Citation objects]]
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* Add new place [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Location_Gramplet|locations gramplet]]
= Under the hood changes =
==Dependencies==
* Support'''python3''' only. ( python2 support dropped)/* Need gtkGTK+ 3.10 and pygobject 3.12 or greater versions
= Further information =
* More data into ''example.gramps'': custom parent relationship, notes.
* New test file: ''datetest.gramps''
* New module: ''[https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/blob/master/gramps/gen/lib/placename.py gen.lib.placename]''* All importers return now an [https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/blob/master/gramps/gen/utils/libformatting.py#L201 ImportInfo ] objectthat can hold information about the import.
* Experimental gwplus (geneweb) import file format support
* libgedcom changes ???
* Remove fallback to md5 module, all supported versions now include the hashlib module.
* Remove Removed experimental [[Addon:HtmlView|HTML renderer view]]
* New test scripts
* Limit usage of markup into messages, better separation of content (str) and style (GUI).
* New [[Date handler Handler]] for [https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/blob/master/gramps/gen/datehandler/_date_ja.py Japanese]
* Review on Slovenian and Czech Date Handlers
* New translations and date handlers : implement both "traditional" and "simplified" Chinese
* [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=53 Changelog 4.2.0]
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