From: Jeff H. <jef...@gm...> - 2012-04-22 05:25:06
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Hi Peter, I rushed in without checking what you had done. After consulting the wife who uses Gramps a lot we came up with:--- Go to the filter screen as you have been doing. Select Custom Filter - by clicking on the pencil - then create a rule from the rule list. Give the filter a name. Go to general filters by clicking on the + and scroll down. We selected 'People with the <Name>' and then filled in the value for given name and family name in the appropriate text boxes. Then return to ordinary filter and select the named custom filter and find. If this is not clear you can ask again privately. -J On 21/04/2012, Peter Kidd <pj...@gm...> wrote: > Unless I have misunderstood something fundamental, what Jeff seems to > be describing is what I am already doing. > > Can anything think what I might be doing wrong? Of the various search > phrases I mentioned, which should work? > > I am using fairly old hardware running Ubuntu 11.04, Gnome 2.32.1, and > GRAMPS 3.3.1-1. Would it help if I post some screenshots? > > Thanks in advance ... > > On 20 April 2012 22:31, Jeff Hunt <jef...@gm...> wrote: >> From memory so beware but the trick is to make sure you are on the People >> tab. >> Then the search box on the right should work. >> >> On 21/04/2012, Peter Kidd <pj...@gm...> wrote: >>> I'm probably being dumb, but I can't find the answer to this. >>> >>> When displaying the 'People' category I can use the 'Name' field to >>> filter the people displayed either by entering "John" to get all the >>> people called John, or by entering "Smith" to get all the people >>> called Smith, but it seems that I cannot enter "John Smith", "Smith >>> John", Smith, John", "Smith, J", or any other permutation to get all >>> the people called John Smith. Surely there must be a way to filter on >>> forename+surname, but I have not found it. >>> >>> Help would be appreciated! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. >>> Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. >>> Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gramps-users mailing list >>> Gra...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > |