From: Joachim B. <ma...@jo...> - 2005-11-13 00:57:25
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Hi, Am Samstag, den 12.11.2005, 16:53 -0700 schrieb Don Allingham: > Is there a reason why the Nickname field could not be used? Because there might already be a nickname and because the call name has to be exactly one of the given names. This is actually something that the law says in Germany (maximum of 5 names, one of which is the call name (Rufname), but might be swiched to another first name by the person later in his life). Also, using the Nickname for the fields, it would be hard to proper mark up the name in Reports (i.e., underline the call name) Greetings, Joachim > On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 23:06 +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > 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 > > -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner mail: ma...@jo... | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Key: 4743206C JID: joa...@am... | http://www.joachim-breitner.de/ Debian Developer: no...@de... Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |