Re: [Gramps-users] surname prefix / narrative website plugin

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

2010/11/15 Rogier Visser <rog...@gm...>

> Hi,
>
> In dutch there are many surnames with a prefix:
>
> Karel DE vries
> Henk VAN DER meulen
> Rudolf TER horst
>
> These prefixes are part of the surname; the program GRAMPS handles
> these prefixes properly, but the narrative website plugin doesn't.
> When generating a narrative website, the prefixes become part of the
> given name. In the first example, the surname on the website is listed
> as "Vries" (instead of "de Vries"), and the given name as "de Karel"
> (instead of "Karel").
>
> Is there a fix for this?
>

No, this should be changed.
Apparently it was chosen to group family name with the surname only (like
the treeview in Gramps), and then to put the prefix with the given name.

This indeed is not a good solution and would be better changed. Please, to a
bug ticket and let us know the number. I'll put it on the roadmap for 3.2.6,
next version will not yet contain a change for this.
My proposal would be:
1/ keep grouping with surname
2/ when there is a prefix, write the surname for the person as prefix
surname, like in the treeview. So alphabetic link in the website remains on
first letter of surname, as it should
3/ don't put prefix with the given name.

Alternatively we can do as in some sorting programs, which would write
Vries, Karel, de
but such sorting I have not seen much recently.

Benny


>
> Best,
> Rogier
>
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