[Gramps-users] Question about names and name formats.

[Michael C T. <mic...@gm...>]

I understand (reasonably) that name formats are varied (but may not know *how* widely they vary) so I am going to ask this in an effort to learn more about how Gramps works using names. 

I have a name that I put in, such as my own 
Family: Tiernan 
Given: Michael C "Mike" 
And that it's my birth name. 

It seems to display "as I expect" and then I run the "Extract from names" tool and it, seemingly rightfully, recognizes "Mike" as a "nickname" and pulls it out of the Given Name field and creates an attribute key/value pair for it of "nickname"/"Mike". 

So far, logical from my point of view. (Yes, I know this is a limited view, which is why I'm asking questions instead of complaining. :) ) 

Now, if I work on the "Display Name Editor" and create a field that reads like this: 
>>Prefix Surname, Suffix, Given, "Call", (Patronymic)<< 
(Using <<>> as quotes for this message.) 
when I'm finished, the name display doesn't seem to have changed *and*, the "Call" entry, doesn't pick up the "Nickname" value when the "Call Name" field is blank. 


    1. Is this a known FAQ that I should have found? If so, my apologies, please point to it for me and I'll go read it. 
    2. I know there's a long discussion about the use of the "Call" name field and I'm not trying to open that can of worms. It *seems* that the tool to extract info from names recognizes a nickname correctly and puts it where it belongs but then, the display name editor fails to permit the nickname to be used. Again, if this is a known issue we can drop it here. 
    3. I've logged two bug reports on the Display Name Editor, and I think they both are simple errors in handling the unknown cases. 

Thanks for everyone's time! 
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<< MCT >> Michael C Tiernan. 
Is God a performance artist? 
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