From 86c63a4b5adf51f56e96bacd1cb1c89650ce91db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Verthez Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:33:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Initially empty README file (will be generated by configure). --- README | 87 ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 87 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 7791914..e69de29 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -The Gedcom parser library (release @VERSION@) -------------------------- -The Gedcom parser library is a C library that provides an API to applications -to parse and process arbitrary genealogy files in the standard gedcom format. - -Its main features are: - - - strict callback-based parser written in C (using lex/yacc), a C object - model is also available (compare to the difference between SAX and DOM - in XML). - - - supports the Gedcom 5.5 standard fully - - - supports the standard encoding formats (ASCII, ANSEL, UNICODE), but - extensible (via a configuration file) to other encoding formats; by - default ANSI is also supported. - - - all strings passed from callbacks to the using program are in UTF-8 format - - - internationalization of the error and warning messages - - - specific parsing of date values to a calendar-neutral date system (Julian - days aka serial day numbers); the date parser can be called separately - - - specific parsing and checking of cross-references - - - specific parsing of age values - - - "compatibility-mode" parsing, to allow for not-exactly-standard syntaxes - used by other genealogy programs; currently, compatibility is added for: - - ftree - - Lifelines 3.0.2 (not complete) - -NOTE: - - NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY is guaranteed for 0.x releases ! - -To do list: - - specific parsing of other special values - - compatibility with other genealogy programs - - older/newer Gedcom standards ? - - modifying data - - writing GEDCOM files, GEDML files - - C++ object model - - ... - -For more information, refer to the documentation in the doc subdirectory, -or to the SourceForge project web site and summary page: - http://gedcom-parse.sourceforge.net - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gedcom-parse - -Also, have a look at the 'Genes' program, from which this library is a -spin-off, and which uses this library: - http://genes.sourceforge.net - http://sourceforge.net/projects/genes - - -Requirements: ------------- - - glibc 2.2 or higher - -To build from sources, you'll also need: - - gcc - - autoconf - - automake - - flex - - bison (won't work with plain yacc) - -It is possible that it also runs on other platforms than Linux (and that the -glibc version requirement can be loosened), however, I can only support Linux -because that is the only platform I have... - - -Installation: ------------- -This is simply: - - ./configure - make - make install - -You can also run some tests via: - make check - - -############################################################################### -# $Id$ -# $Name$ -- 2.30.2