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Cannot change name of people

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Anonymous
2003-10-22
2003-10-22
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2003-10-22

    John,

    When it comes to adding new people in gedview, I know that is not yet available except for adding children.

    How come I cannot change the name of the person I am viewing?

    Roland

     
    • John Finlay

      John Finlay - 2003-10-22

      This is because Names, Notes, Sources, and Media Objects are all non-standard facts.  Standard birth, death, etc facts are easy because they all follow the same gedcom pattern:
      1 TAG
      2 DATE
      2 PLACE

      Name gedcom sub records look like this:
      1 NAME
      2 GIVN
      2 SURN
      etc.

      So I have to handle the names seperately from the other gedcom sub records.  But now that I have it done for adding children, it should be easy to do for editting current people.

      --John

       

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