Re: [Gramps-devel] GEPS 006: New Locality field added to the database

[Gerald B. <ger...@gm...>]

I think the problem may be that the GEDCOM standard does not support
the fields in question.  On the other hand, it should be possible to
create notes on export corresponding to those fields.

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:19 PM, lcc . <lcc...@gm...> wrote:
> I was reading some discussion concerning Gramps and genealogy software
> on the internet the other day and was impressed to find that,
> according to those writing, some of the place fields are lost on
> Gramps' export to GEDCOM. It'd be quite nice to fix this.
>
> Regards,
> --lcc
>
> On 10/27/10, Nick Hall <nic...@ho...> wrote:
>> Devs,
>>
>> As part of "GEPS 006: Better Place handling" I have added a new Locality
>> field to Location between Street and City.
>>
>> http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_006:_Better_Place_handling#Good_definition_of_place_and_address.2Fresidence_event_in_Gramps
>>
>> You will need to either upgrade a database from version 3.2 or import
>> from XML.
>>
>> An extra column has been added to the Place Views, so please also delete
>> the corresponding .ini files.
>>
>> So far I have only added the extra field to the interface for Places.
>> The field is also present in the Address and Researcher objects.  Should
>> I add it to the user interface for these?  It would seem to be a good idea.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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