From: Martin, A. <mar...@gm...> - 2008-08-14 14:36:26
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Benny Malengier <ben...@gm...>wrote: > > > > Strangely, the alternative names can also have patronymics, but the >> preferred name cannot. ... >> > > You are mistaken a bit. Click on the edit icon after prefix in the Person > editor, and you see the full name editor for the preferred name. You will > see it can have a patronymic just as well. > ... > Note that you can switch a name in the name tab to the preferred name by > right click and selecting to make it the preferred name > > About people with no last name, you can indicate this, and in the name > editor select a name grouping for the person so it does appear under the > patronymic instead of under 'empty' family name in the people view. > Thanks for the pointers. There seem to be many features of gramps that are not obvious to a casual user. Being able to edit the preferred name on the Person View and then also (in greater detail) to do the same thing in the Name Editor is not expected. In the software world, we say RTFM. I suppose that's a good idea in this case. -- Martin Ewing, AA6E Branford, CT |