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That second image is for his merchant navy service. (39-45).

What document is the first image extracted from?

Being a merchant seaman in the WW2 doesn't preclude him having served in the army in WW1 (which he apparently did, because he had the medal to prove it, and a rank of Major in the Royal Engineers, which seems a bit of an unlikely achievement as he was only 19 when WW1 ended.. so did he put in some p...

I believe FILTER restricts what can be keyed, not automatic conversion. Yes. Depends if you want users to be surprised by the outcome of their typing :) But we all make our own UI choices. If you want to do it programmatically, a callback is the way. I still think the documentation isn't clear (I m...

Change case definitely isn't working as expected: -- Load the IUP library local iup = require("iuplua") -- Create a text box with the CHANGECASE attribute local textbox = iup.text{ size = "200x", value = "Enter text here", CHANGECASE = "UPPER", -- Automaticall...

The way I read the online manual I was assuming that all I had to do was to set the attribute on the text control without needing to invoke any callbacks. I believe you're right, John. There's nothing in the documentation to suggest there's anything special about the attribute. One for the IUP mail...

Yes.

Importing/Exporting to Gedcom7 and Gedzip

I've added the names of the Lua bindings for FH7 (where these differ from the library names) to the search terms for that article. (I have not done all the extra iup bindings separately as iup should cover them).

Sorry,Mark. As the FH help refers to IM as the library name, that seems to me to be a big clue. Plus the FH help points diectly to that article. Indexing code would just add potential clutter to search results for the majority of users. However, as I already pointed out, it's possible to add the nam...

Helen, we both keep repeating that we are searching for imlua without any spaces which is what would be found in plugin scripts in the require satement and neither of us thought of inserting a space for the search. And I'm suggesting you search for the name of the library : IM and qualify the searc...

A search for IM Lua only identifies the word Lua and not the location of IM Lua . image.png A search for the required module imlua finds nothing. image.png How would you know to search for IM Lua if the plugin script only contains require "imlua" ? CD Lua and cdlua produce similar results...

We are talking about imlua, cdlua, utf8data, etc... that only appear in require "..." and nowhere else. BTW: IM Lua does not find anything either except Lua. IM Lua finds https://www.fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/lua-references-and-library-modules/ in the KB search for me. CD Lua ditto etc. P...

IM is too short for the KB search facility to work (IM is pretty common). Try 'IM Lua'

You could use os.execute to interface with an exif tool that has a command line interface. I think Exiftool comes into this category? Or if you're happy to install an additional Lua library for your personal use, you might find something like https://github.com/minoki/luaexif?tab=readme-ov-file whic...

FH is not restrictive in how it is used. I am sure that in certain instances I follow my own way of working rather than the norm but it works fine. FH is so flexible, I'm not sure there is a 'norm' any more. 'Old hands' have certain ways of doing things but that doesn't mean that we're right :D I'm...

The page found here: https://www.fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/citing-sources-method-1-and-method-2/ Actually miss-uses the term "sources" in its Lumper and Splitter "Number of Sources" definitions. The number of Sources (artifacts) is the same for both lumpers and splitters, howeve...

I have also heard that FH is run by a very small number of people that is getting smaller and so it is potentially at risk of not being continued in the future due to similar reasons that ended TMG. I don't want to spend a lot of time learning all of this to be in the same place as I am with TMG in...

You mentioned "hot-keys" for accessing the research notes. I can get to the research notes by selecting the virus menu options. However; I wonder if somewhere there is a list of FH7 key combinations when running under Parallels on a Mac. Must look into that now that I am actually getting ...

tatewise wrote: ↑02 Aug 2024 12:19 Yes, it would be a complex convoluted expression reliant on the user entering the RecId format correctly.

I can automate entering the record ID in the new version of the Research Planner which I hope to release later this year.

Thanks, Mike. I suppose it would be possible to get a record link into a query/record window if the embedded link included the record id in say [] but the necessary expression is above my pay grade.

Personally, I link Research Notes to the individual(s) unless they're not associated with specific individuals (which would be things like: Locate the Manorial Records covering parish P). However, there are two ways of doing this: via embedded individual links within the note, or via linking the res...

Have you reviewed Planning and Tracking Your Research and its linked articles? Research Notes will work well for that use case.

The standard Research Note report is adequate but https://pluginstore.family-historian.co ... es-variant is a little moew flexible

Correct me if I've missed something, but if the option is set to 'NO', basic file selection does not work for Unicode files, and if set to 'YES', graphics libraries don't work. As it says in the article I referred you to: File Handling Within IUP and Associated Libraries CD and IM IUP supports ‘ANS...

I presume you've reviewed International Character Handling for Plugin Authors

Try the Map Life Facts plugin.

If the issue is primarily accurate geocoding there are ways to improve that.

What method are you using to do geocoding.