Re: [Gramps-users] Callname marking

[Joachim B. <ma...@jo...>]

Hi again,

I mixed up surname and first name (I always do). Please re-read my post
of I thought I was talking nonsense :-)

Thanks,
Joachim

Am Samstag, den 12.11.2005, 20:10 +0100 schrieb Joachim Breitner:
> Hi,
> 
> my family plans to submit a large amount of data (~200, maybe more) for
> inclusion in the German "Deutsches Geschlechterbuch", and me, being the
> techie, will have to handle that part. I'm using GRAMPS now for a while
> for handling the data, and so far I am very content, and recently
> started to dig deeper, creating my own reports and the like.
> 
> One must-have for the inclusion is the marking of the callname from
> several surnames by underlining. Currently, GRAMPS does not seem to
> support that. I'd propose to include this logic:
>  * If there is only one surname, do nothing
>  * If there is more than one:
>    - Default to the first one to be the callname
>    - Provide a dropdown list (or do you have a better idea) next to the
> name entry field to select which surname is the clalname. Store only
> this number in the database
>  * In Reports, if there is more than one surname, underline the callname
> 
> Would that be possible? For me, this is a must-have feature for this
> project. In return, if I actually can use GRAMPS, I will of course
> submit any useful code I produce (including maybe nice large-scale
> LaTeX-Reports). 
> 
> Thanks for GRAMPS!
> 
> Joachim

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