Re: [Gramps-devel] call name vs. nick name?

[Rob H. <rob...@gm...>]

Dear Doug and Peter

Thank you for the help and the links to where I could read more!  I
appreciate your help.

I was just wondering because in NarrativeWeb, there are sections for nick
and call names.

Sincerely Your,
Rob G. Healey

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Doug Blank <dou...@gm...> wrote:

> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Rob Healey <rob...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Greetings:
>>
>> Is there a difference between these two or are they the same???
>>
>
> As Peter demonstrated, they are not the same thing. It was decided many
> moons ago that:
>
> """
> ... we specifically moved [the nickname] out of the Name section to the
> attribute section. This is because:
>
> 1) A NickName is not a real name
> 2) A Person can have multiple nicknames
> 3) A Person can have multiple names, and a nickname may not be associated
> with
>    any particular name
> """
>
> http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=936
>
> However, I've always used the field called "Call name" for "Nick name"
> data, and that works fine for my uses. I think a "primary nickname" can be a
> part of a name, and it does work.
>
> For more discussion on a closed feature request, see:
>
> http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=2602
>
> -Doug
>
>
>
>>
>> Sincerely Yours,
>> Rob G. Healey
>>
>
>