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* C/gramps.xml: Name Display section updated.



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<title>Name Display</title>
<para>This category contains preferences relevant to the display of
names. Options are:</para>
names. In GRAMPS there are two type of name display formats: the
predefined formats, and the user defined custom formats. The predefined
formats are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Family name, Given name Patronymic</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Given name Family name</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Patronymic, Given name</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Given name</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>When predefined formats are not suitable one can define it's own format.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Display format</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The system wide name format is selected here from a list, which
contains both the predefined and custom name formats (if any).
</para>
<note id="name-displ-format-note">
<para>Besides the system wide setting GRAMPS allows deciding
the name display format individually for every single name via
the <guilabel>Name Editor</guilabel> dialog
(see <xref linkend="adv-an" />).</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Custom format details</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
It expands the custom format handling user interface.
</para>
<note id="cust-name-note">
<para>Custom name display formats are stored in the databases,
thus before loading any database the <guilabel>Custom format
details</guilabel> expander is disabled.</para>
</note>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Add</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens the <guilabel>Name Format Editor</guilabel>
window to define a new custom format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Remove</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Deletes the selected custom Name Display format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Edit</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens the <guilabel>Name Format Editor</guilabel>
window to modify the selected custom Name Display format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<sect3 id="name-format-editor">
<title>Name Format Editor</title>
<para>New formats are created, and existing formats are modified using
this editor.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Format name</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the custom format. The format name can be any
string, it is used only to recognize the format later on the
<guilabel>Display format</guilabel> list.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Format definition</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The actual format is defined here using special formatting
characters. Before and after these special characters any
other character or string is allowed. For exmple: <userinput>
"(%t) %L, %f"</userinput> will give <replaceable>"(Dr.) SMITH,
Edwin"</replaceable>. The formatting characters are:
</para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry><emphasis>Character</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Name</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Character</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Name</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>%f</entry><entry>Given Name</entry><entry>%F</entry><entry>GIVEN NAME</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%l</entry><entry>Surname</entry><entry>%L</entry><entry>SURNAME</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%t</entry><entry>Title</entry><entry>%T</entry><entry>TITLE</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%p</entry><entry>Prefix</entry><entry>%P</entry><entry>PREFIX</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%s</entry><entry>Suffix</entry><entry>%S</entry><entry>SUFFIX</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%c</entry><entry>Call name</entry><entry>%C</entry><entry>CALL NAME</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%y</entry><entry>Patronymic</entry><entry>%Y</entry><entry>PATRONYMIC</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Example</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Shows a dynamic example how the name will be displayed with
the current <guilabel>Format definition</guilabel> string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Format definition details</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Shows a quick reminder of the special formatting characters.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gramps-prefs-id-formats">
<title>ID Formats</title>
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<para>Martin Hawlisch</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Arpad Horvath</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Anton Huber</para>
</listitem>

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2006-12-10 Zsolt Foldvari <zfoldvar@users.sourceforge.net>
* C/gramps.xml: Name Display section updated.
2006-12-08 Alex Roitman <shura@gramps-project.org>
* C/gramps.xml: Typo.