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General

What is Griffith?

Griffith is an application which allows you to easily take control over your film collection. It enables you to manage, organize, display, and keep track of your film collection in a very simple manner.

Why Griffith?

Griffith is inspired by the respected American film director, David Llewelyn Wark Griffith (a.k.a D. W. Griffith). His most famous film, "The Birth of a Nation" was released in 1915.

What language is Griffith written in?

Griffith is written in Python. It uses the PyGTK+ library--a GTK+ binding for Python. Please make sure you have all the necessary dependencies.

Will Griffith work on Mac OS X?

Yes, it will. Currently it has only been tested on version 10.3. However, it should work with newer releases due to backwards compatibility. To get it running, you only need to have Xserver installed (check your installer CD). All other dependencies can be fulfilled using Fink, a very handy tool for Mac users. All information can be found at Fink's official site. Needed dependencies are not in stable tree so use the unstable ones. After that Griffith will work flawless!

Will Griffith work on Windows?

Yes, it will. You will not need to install a GTK+/Win32 Runtime Environment or any other libraries. Everything has been taken care of for you.

Where can I download Griffith?

Please visit our download page.

Where does Griffith keep its data?

Default directory: (can be changed with "--home" option or config variables stored in griffith.conf file)

Linux: ~/.griffith/
Windows: My documents\griffith\

Problems

I have problems with upgrading to 0.9, can I switch back to 0.6.2 or redo the upgrade?

Yes you can, old database is not deleted during upgrade process so all you need to do is open your griffith.conf file and change "griffith.db" (after "default_db" entry) into "griffith.gri". On Linux you can do that with this simple command:

sed -ie 's/griffith.db/griffith.gri/' ~/.griffith/griffith.cfg

How can I create a backup?

in menu, there's a "File->save as" (in versions <= 0.9.x) or "File->create backup" option, just use it to create .zip file with all the data. To restore data from backup, use "File->restore" option

Development

How can I create new translation?

Go to Launchpad or:

svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/griffith/trunk griffith
cd griffith/po
make update
make XX.po
$EDITOR XX.po
make dist
LANG=XX ./griffith

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