Re: [Gramps-users] Given Names & Call_Names

[Robert C. <bob...@co...>]

Doug Blank wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Robert Carlson <bob...@co...
> <mailto:bob...@co...>> wrote:
>
> If you have waited this long, you might as well wait until 3.1.2, as
> it fixes a few more things. But 3.1.1 is very good, and has
> work-arounds for all known issues. In other words, your data is safe
> in either.
Well, because of a bug in openSUSE 11.1, I had to do some extra stuff to
even get 3.* to install, and once I had it running I didn't check for
subsquent RPMs, which had been a bit late for openSUSE anyhow.  I'll
probably just wait for 3.1.2.
>
> But it sounds like you can do what you want to do with 3.0. You can
> format the names however you want. So, when you say that "the
> call_name wasn't used" that is under your complete control.
>
> From the menu, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Display and click on the
> edit button next to "Name format". There you can select a name format,
> or add your own. My favorite is "Surname, Given (Call)" or when I am
> printing out a calendar, I like "Surname, Common". Just click on Add,
> and enter those formats in the Format column. Press Enter, then close,
> and then select your new format from the list back on the Display
> Preferences page. Select Close, and all names will appear as you have
> defined.
Thanks.  I'll play around with this and see what I like.  I also have to
deal with the issue of the original Swedish versus the usage after
boarding the ship.
>
> This hasn't changed between 3.0 and 3.1.
>
> Hope that helps,
Definitely does.  Thanks much.

Bob Carlson