Hi Ira Firstly, thank you very much for version 3.07. Some important bugs have been fixed. The visual appearance of "long" dates in the HTML output is PERFECT. Sigurd, you also raised this issue, what do you think? Just a few words about the emigrate/immigrate issue that have been causing some concern recently: Ira, I really feel you have made a mistake (or were certainly premature) by changing this in 3.07. Since there are obviously many views on this topic, and especially since there has been no clearcut right or wrong conclusion within the list (although most seem to think that 3.06 was correct), it should have been left as is. I suggest you consult an English professor at the local university to clear this up once and for all. Personally, I think that the 3.06 method was correct and 3.07 is now wrong. In the new manual you quite correctly state that "Emigrate means to leave a country". However, this must be viewed from the point of view of the person in question, before the act of emigration. In other words, the "from" country is implicit, being the country where that person currently resides, and so does not need to be specified. The "to" country is where he is moving to, so must be specified in the place field. Thus the wording should be "emigrated .. to ..". If you like, you can think of emigrate as future tense "where are you in the process of going to" while the person is still in his old country, whereas immigrate is the past tense "where did you come from" once the person has arrived in his new country. Ira, thanks again for all your hard work and dedication, it is much appreciated. John Smith South Africa

Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:44:59 +0200, John Smith : >Firstly, thank you very much for version 3.07. Some important bugs have been fixed. The visual appearance of "long" dates in the HTML output is PERFECT. Sigurd, you also raised this issue, what do you think? I have just made a quick test - and I find the HTML output fine now. Sigurd Eliassen Norway

Am I right in thinking that if I move to 3.07, when I open my database all the emigrate/immigrate events will have the grammar switched around? will "Jørgen VOSS emigrated from Schleswig" become "…emigrated to Schleswig"? I doubt i can face that. David Voss New Zealand John Smith wrote: > Hi Ira > > Firstly, thank you very much for version 3.07. <snip> > Ira, I really feel you have made a mistake (or were certainly premature) by changing this in 3.07.<snip> David B Voss 30 Dreadon Road Manurewa Manukau City 1702 New Zealand Phones: home +64 9 267 3547 mobile (worldwide) +64 21 612 965