Q What is GenJ all about?
A GenealogyJ (in short GenJ) is a viewer and editor for genealogic data stored in Gedcom format.
Q Is there a mailing list and/or a newsgroup devoted to GenJ ?
A There is no newsgroup, but two active mailing lists freely available
by subscription :
Q What does Gedcom stand for?
Q How do I get pictures to show up in Tree View?
Q Can I change the language that GenJ speaks?
Q Can I make a centimeter look like one on my screen?
Q Can I change the boring gray look?
A Please read the explanation here.
A
To show a picture for every person in the main Tree view add
a multimedia property (OBJE) to your individuals. Simply bring
up an indivdual in Edit View, choose the topmost
property INDI, click on '+' and choose OBJE to be added.
Point the sub-property FILE to a file in your computer's
file-system (button '>>') and the images will be picked up by
Tree View (it's looking
for INDI:OBJE:FILE automatically).
A
Please download the appropriate language pack (genj_ll-x.y.zip) for GenJ
(e.g. genj_fr-2.0.zip) from the
project's homepage
and follow the instructions described to install it.
GenJ will try to use the language of your operating system automatically.
To explicitly switch to a language (the language pack has to been installed
manually)
choose menu-item Help|About and flip to the Look&Feel-Tab.
Then select the language of choice.
A GenJ uses real-world metrics for various components (e.g. in
Tree View). To make lengths of lines and
sizes of boxes appear correctly on your screen you'll have to tell GenJ
about your display's resolution (which is reported by the operating system
but normally doesn't match system's monitor).
To explicitly adjust the resolution
choose menu-item Help|About and flip to the Look&Feel-Tab.
Then use a ruler to match the shown rulers on your screen.
A GenJ uses the Swing Toolkit for presenting information to the
user. This by default looks gray - it's called Metal. GenJ
allows to change the current Look&Feel.
Please download the Look&Feel pack (genj_lnf-x.y.zip) from the
project's homepage
and follow the instructions described to install it.
After restarting GenJ
choose menu-item Help|About and flip to the Look&Feel-Tab.
Now you can select a Look&Feel (and optionally a Theme).