Re: [Gramps-users] two small ideas

[Piotr C. <pio...@gm...>]

On 8/19/07, N James Bridge <ja...@xm...> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just discovered Gramps, so am jumping in with both feet. First
> thing to say is, I like it.
>
> Idea 1) When gramps has a date entered as the year only (1984) it stores
> it as 1984-00-00. Fine, but why display it like that? Surely the zero
> values could just be stripped off? Then it would be more obvious to the
> eye that the date was less accurate.

This is how the date is represented in the ISO format. Other formats
omit zeros. To change date display format go to Edit -> Preferences ->
Display.

> Idea 2) When gramps (2.2.8, anyway) has a baptism but not a birth, it
> uses the baptism date in the relationships view. Again fine, but there
> ought to be some indication, such as "bap. 1940-05-20" as opposed to
> "b. 1940-04-10".

Baptism often takes place soon after birth so birth date might be
estimated by this event. It is often usueful to know at least the
estitmated birth date. To avoid you could add a birth event, where the
date doesn't have to be exact, you may use date modifieres like
around, fter, before etc. To find all the options, click Date
selection button next to any date field. You may also type no date at
all.
If you find it a bug, please file a bug report at
http://bugs.gramps-project.org/ so that it can further discussed and
not forgotten by the developers.

> Question: is there a difference between a baptism and a christening?

I'm not a native English speaker so I'm not sure why these two options
are provided.

> N James Bridge

Piotrek