Re: [Gramps-devel] New name

[Peter L. <pet...@te...>]

Den Monday 21 March 2011 09.31.41 skrev Benny Malengier:
> 2011/3/20 Peter Landgren <pet...@te...>
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a small problem with "call name" and "nick name".
> > 
> > I have some persons that had a call name that was not part of their name
> > and it was not regarded as
> > a nick name.
> > 
> > Two examples:
> > My aunt's name was "Klara Ulrika", but her official call name was "Ulla".
> > My mother in law was called "Anna Henrika Brigitta" but  her official
> > call name was "Brita"
> > Now I get a red signals with these call names..
> > 
> > Note that Ulla is another form Ulrika and Brita is a short form for
> > Birgitta. So they are not to be
> > regarded as nick names.
> > 
> > I know complicates things, but is the red signal necessary?
> 
> It is not necessary, but it does not hurt. The red is just an indication
> 
> Normally, the call name can be underlined in the name. Some reports can
> make use of this. The red indicates we will not be able to underline the
> callname in a report.
> 
> So, you can keep using callname as before, but the red indication is
> present. Is the tooltip on hover over the icon when red not sufficiently
> clear?
It's OK for me.
Maybe we should say in the tooltip what the red background indicates?

/Peter