On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:28:37 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: >On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:25:51 GMT, Eagle@bellsouth.net (J. Hugh >Sullivan) wrote: <snip> >> >>Using the slash and two apostrophes the program gave a warning and a >>list of special characters that should not be used (all except parens >>and slashes). It also gave the option to ignore the problem for the >>current individual. Interestingly it objected to TWO apostrophes but >>not one. >> >>When I looked at the help file for Legacy on nicknames it gave a long >>list of nicknames but no indication that quote marks would be treated >>as nicknames. >> >>The S & R in the program does not appear to work. Even if it did how >>would it know to replace the first " with an open ( and the second " >>with a closed )? >> >>I would apologize again for my naivete in using the program BUT, it >>seems to have accomplished one thing. Because of the variety in >>programs no standardized GEDCOM will ever serve a universal purpose. >>Thus the discussion on the best program to manipulate a GEDCOM may be >>of use. >> >>Hugh > >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. Given >the present situation, possibly you could modify the routine that >Dennis Bieber wrote in Powershell to replace the double quotes with >singles, and eliminate the nickname field, then re-import the >corrected GEDCOM back into Legacy.(you may not want to do this if you >have entered "real" nicknames in your file). However, if you have >"real" nicknames, how did you get them entered? I searched everywhere >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 asked how to enter nicknames in the Legacy user group (actually in the wrong group, but got an answer anyway): ============================================= If John Doe's nickname is Jack you would enter in the Forename field: John "Jack". When you create a Report, on the Report Options>General tab there are two check boxes for "Use quoted names for narratives" and "Remove quoted names." If you check both of these, narratives will begin with the full name John Doe and thereafter refer to him as Jack. ============================================== Which is consistant with what we're seeing in the GEDCOM results.

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:02:25 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: Apparently perserverance pays off. I tried the S&R in Legacy to replace quotes several times and it didn't work. Then I tried to replace the /, the single ' and the surrounding 's and they worked. I retried the quotes and that worked. Both instances of the quotes have to be individually replaced for every individual. C'est la vie. Hugh