From 7fa9e647e590e7036e481b588100ea4730999aa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Blank <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 00:27:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 8112: Common means nick, call, or otherwise first of given

---
 gramps/gen/display/name.py       | 12 ++++++------
 gramps/gui/editors/editperson.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gen/display/name.py b/gramps/gen/display/name.py
index 50cc9e75b..586ac749d 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/display/name.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/display/name.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Specific symbols for parts of a name are defined:
     'f'     given (first names)
     'l'     full surname (lastname)
     'c'     callname
-    'x'     nick name if existing, otherwise first first name (common name)
+    'x'     nick name, call, or otherwise first first name (common name)
     'i'     initials of the first names
     'm'     primary surname (main)
     '0m'    primary surname prefix
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class NameDisplay(object):
         'f' : given      = given (first names)
         'l' : surname    = full surname (lastname)
         'c' : call       = callname
-        'x' : common     = nick name if existing, otherwise first first name (common name)
+        'x' : common     = nick name, call, otherwise first first name (common name)
         'i' : initials   = initials of the first names
         'm' : primary    = primary surname (main)
         '0m': primary[pre]= prefix primary surname (main)
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class NameDisplay(object):
                                 _("suffix")),
              "c": ("raw_data[_CALL]",      "call",       
                                 _("Name|call")),
-             "x": ("(raw_data[_NICK] or raw_data[_FIRSTNAME].split(' ')[0])",
+             "x": ("(raw_data[_NICK] or raw_data[_CALL] or raw_data[_FIRSTNAME].split(' ')[0])",
                                 "common",
                                 _("Name|common")),
              "i": ("''.join([word[0] +'.' for word in ('. ' +" +
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ class NameDisplay(object):
         'f' : given      = given (first names)
         'l' : surname    = full surname (lastname)
         'c' : call       = callname
-        'x' : common     = nick name if existing, otherwise first first name (common name)
+        'x' : common     = nick name, call, or otherwise first first name (common name)
         'i' : initials   = initials of the first names
         'm' : primary    = primary surname (main)
         '0m': primary[pre]= prefix primary surname (main)
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class NameDisplay(object):
                         _("suffix")),
              "c": ("call",       "call",       
                         _("Name|call")),
-             "x": ("(nick or first.split(' ')[0])", "common", 
+             "x": ("(nick or call or first.split(' ')[0])", "common", 
                         _("Name|common")),
              "i": ("''.join([word[0] +'.' for word in ('. ' + first).split()][1:])",
                         "initials", 
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class NameDisplay(object):
         '%f' : given (first names)
         '%l' : full surname (lastname)
         '%c' : callname
-        '%x' : nick name if existing, otherwise first first name (common name)
+        '%x' : nick name, call, or otherwise first first name (common name)
         '%i' : initials of the first names
         '%m' : primary surname (main)
         '%0m': prefix primary surname (main)
diff --git a/gramps/gui/editors/editperson.py b/gramps/gui/editors/editperson.py
index aa8d8ffe8..ea21f9c26 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/editors/editperson.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/editors/editperson.py
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ class EditPerson(EditPrimary):
 
         #make sure title updates automatically
         for obj in [self.top.get_object("given_name"),
+                    self.top.get_object("nickname"),
                     self.top.get_object("call"),
                     self.top.get_object("suffix"),
                     self.top.get_object("prefix"),