On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:28:37 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: >My limited tests on the free version confirm everything you've said. >Hindsight tells me you should have started putting the called name in >single quotes, or parens, or quite possibly anything but quotes. I'm currently reading the book "Hindsight" by Ima Goner. Parens - I get a warning if I James 'Hugh' Sullivan. I could tell the program to ignore the hundreds of incidents, but individually? I think what I need is a S & R that would replace the first " with a ( and repeat replacing the second " with a ). I don't know how to do that. The previous examples are a bit advanced for me. I need a KISS solution. Or, perhaps it would be simpler to eliminate NICK from the GEDCOM before exporting to RM. I would prefer to solve the problem vice a workaround. Using parens for middle name and nickname would solve that. >I know to look and I can't see any way to intentionally enter a >nickname, other than the (undocumented) way of using double quotes. >This all makes me glad I now only use one genealogy program. I don't really need to solve that problem. A name or a nickname entered with parens would print exactly as I wish if eneterd William Hugh (Bill) Sullivan for example. The coin flip to use "" or () came up wrong for me. :) If RM had the same Family Navigation Screen as Legacy I would switch back. But I'm a creature of habit. Where is that Fountain of Youth? Hugh

J. Hugh Sullivan wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:28:37 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir > <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: > >> My limited tests on the free version confirm everything you've said. >> Hindsight tells me you should have started putting the called name in >> single quotes, or parens, or quite possibly anything but quotes. > > I'm currently reading the book "Hindsight" by Ima Goner. > > Parens - I get a warning if I James 'Hugh' Sullivan. I could tell the > program to ignore the hundreds of incidents, but individually? > > I think what I need is a S& R that would replace the first " with a ( > and repeat replacing the second " with a ). I don't know how to do > that. The previous examples are a bit advanced for me. I need a KISS > solution. > (g) you /know/ what I'm gonna say here: then don't complicate your life by putting non-standard stuff into standardized fields. [Whether the field ought be that standardized is a completely separate argument.] The KISS solution is (a) reverse your names so they print the way you want or (b) put the call-name into the NOTES/More-About field so it shows up when necessary but doesn't annoy the program when it isn't. It may not be "right" on the part of the programmer, but sure is easier than to try to program around where someone might put a nickname (as in, Stephen Charles McMuffin. Is that Stephen "Steve" Charles McMuffin, Stephen (Steve) Charles McMuffin, Stephen Charles (Chuck) McMuffin, Stephen Charles "Chuck" McMuffin, Stephen Charles McMuffin (Chuck) ...? > Or, perhaps it would be simpler to eliminate NICK from the GEDCOM > before exporting to RM. I would prefer to solve the problem vice a > workaround. Using parens for middle name and nickname would solve > that. > >> I know to look and I can't see any way to intentionally enter a >> nickname, other than the (undocumented) way of using double quotes. >> This all makes me glad I now only use one genealogy program. > > I don't really need to solve that problem. A name or a nickname > entered with parens would print exactly as I wish if eneterd William > Hugh (Bill) Sullivan for example. The coin flip to use "" or () came > up wrong for me. :) > I'm gonna take your word for it that when you export you get a "NICK" field. I can't make Legacy or RM put that field into the GED. I generated an RM GED (it didn't give me any options about my target), and 4 from Legacy. None of them had "NICK" when I looked. > If RM had the same Family Navigation Screen as Legacy I would switch > back. But I'm a creature of habit. Where is that Fountain of Youth? Just past the Free Lunch Counter. ;) Cheryl