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Chaining allows a user to isolate any group of structures in the work
file from all other structures for edit and report purposes. It is an
INTERNAL (temporary) GedEdit process of linking one structure to another.
Assume you have just loaded a GedCom file and are in edit mode. The
GedCom Header will be displayed. Line 1 will say '0 HEAD'. All edit mode
sessions start with this display.
Functions that affect chaining are:
Key Action
--- ------
Alt-F5 Display selection list of
Chained structures. Optionally
select and display structure.
(F5) GoTo Add link to chain if found.
ALT-F6 and
(F6) Search('Find' only) Add link to chain if found.
PgDn Add link to chain.
PgUp Remove this link.
CTL-PgUp Remove all links.
GoTo top-of-file.
The best way to understand Chaining is to conceptually picture a length
of chain with each link in the chain being a unique structure in the
current file being edited. You add a link by arriving at a structure using
one of the above 'Add' keys. You remove a link using one of the
above 'Remove' keys.
Chaining is good for the current edit session only. Starting a new edit
session starts a new chain.
Chaining comes in handy when you have to return to some structure that
you worked on earlier in the same sitting. Pressing Alt-F5 will reveal a
selection list of most if not all of the structures you have visited, in
the order visited (subject to method of file negotiation). Highlighting a
list entry and pressing 'ENTER' displays the structure for editing and
reports.