Family Historian User Group

The discussion so far illustrates that the options available for emails and notifications are confusing, even for existing long term users. ... I'd agree with that - the term "notification" has a number of meanings - it's not obvious to me if I just look at the word , whether it refers to...

While I tend never to look at Notifications, they are a useful alert if someone's quoted me so I wouldn't want that facility cluttered up by notifications about replies to whatever topics are deemed to be of interest to me. As I've said, I always go to "Unread Posts" so learn about all new...

Slightly round the houses but I did it by adding a spouse, then adding the marriage date, then deleting the just created individual who was the spouse. You must leave the Family Record there because that's where the marriage event is kept. Of course, the issue is that there is no obvious name for th...

I'm slightly puzzled by your description of stepfather, etc, as it doesn't look like that when I tried to reproduce the situation. What I ended up with is this (simplified) version Screenshot 2024-01-22 165421.jpg In this instance, George Eyles has 2 partners - Eliza Amor and a 2nd, unnamed woman, w...

I'm also happy, thanks

... "The standard RTF documents support formatting in a limited sense, but lack the ability of formats designed for word-processing and desktop publishing to incorporate and accurately position graphics". ... Thanks Gary - that makes sense now, both to justify your proposal and to explain...

... Adrian; Currently FH7 reports do not have graphics, but may in future, so this would be an augmented FH7 capability that really has nothing to do with the reports. ... Gary - are we at cross-purposes with respect to graphics in FH reports? This is a screenshot of the start of an Individual Narr...

Do we need to add a requirement that a report saved in DOCX / ODT / whatever should look like the native FH Report? Currently, the PDF preserves the positioning of images when compared to the native FH Report, but the images in the RTF bear no relationship to their positioning in the native FH Repor...

Gary - if you look at https://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=143557#p143557 , you can see the format I used, inspired partly by (receding) memories of requirements work in my professional life. Just pick out the headings from that post - and be aware that I tend to write long, rather than sho...

ColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑12 Jan 2024 08:48 Should the sample data be exported/imported along with a template definition?

Err - yes? And Cloned when the Source Template Definition is cloned?

Another revised version, attempting to address previous comments... Changes are underlined. I hope. Summary of Proposal The Source Template Definition Editor should be given a "preview" function that will show the formats for Record Title, Bibliography, Footnote and Short Footnote, using ...

Perhaps the most basic option is the Primary / Secondary divide. That's useful as a broad brush prompt to make someone think - but it's probably the thought process that's important, rather than the answer. For instance, if we follow the idea that taking a copy makes the copy a secondary source, not...

Adrian, I think your logic for functions such as TextIf(...) involving standard GEDCOM values is mistaken. ... Err - you could be right. I was thinking that it might be too complex to work out the value of an expression(?) and therefore easier to substitute a sample value for the whole expression. ...

... Sample values could be entered for each GEDCOM item etc as a whole, rather than attempting to break them down, e.g. enter "%SOUR.AUTH%" = "Cheshire Regiment". Sorry Adrian, but I don't understand what you are trying to specify. What does 'as a whole' versus 'break them down'...

Further revised version, attempting to address previous comments... Changes are underlined. I hope. I have attempted to specify how I envisage handling preview values for GEDCOM etc stuff like %SOUR.AUTH% but am concerned I might not have the right terminology and also am I missing something for mo...

Constraints ... It is possible to use GEDCOM standard fields such as %SOUR.AUTH% in the format templates defined by the Source Template Definition Editor . It is unclear whether such items should be left in the preview as the text "%SOUR.AUTH%" or whether sample values can be specified fo...

As an incidental aside, if I pick up a photo from somewhere else, I always (he said hopefully) take care to record any licensing and copyright-related data. For instance, stuff may be copyright of the original photographer but licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Licence. Where e...

Revised version, attempting to address previous comments... Changes are underlined. I hope. Summary of Proposal The Source Template Definition Editor should be given a "preview" function that will show the formats for Record Title, Bibliography, Footnote and Short Footnote, using user-spe...

... "Test potential template designs (i.e. custom modifications to all source template types, including generic templates) ... Err - what are generic templates? Sources are either Generic or Templated. If by "generic templates" you are referring to the formats for Bibliography, Footn...

... Does the proposal need to explicitly mention any of the following: Review of conditional formatting such as < angle brackets > Sample data for GEDCOM standard fields used in formatting such as %SOUR.AUTH% Review of Tools > Preferences > Sources > Generic Source Formats... OK - so 3rd bullet: As...

... For example, it would be easy for CP to overlook reviews for Tools > Preferences > Sources > Generic Source Formats... and just focus their attention on Template Source Definitions . Not sure what you're advocating here - as far as I'm concerned this request is solely about the Source Template ...

... I've found in writing specifications that a goal statement generally avoids a lot of programmer misconceptions and the need to be painfully explicit in exactly what the user expects to see. By all means; put in as much additional detail as desired, but it is usually not possible to explicitly s...

I would suggest that the "wish" should explicitly state that the goal is to; "Provide a solution that permits the user to both specify and immediately see the result of the template definition process, based upon one or more user-selectable sets of metafield data". If the design...

Sticking head above parapet time then... Bear in mind that I am not a Templated Source user so I may have missed bits that should be Bl**** Obvious. But I am the one who's put "pen" to "paper". Background The "proper" way of updating Source Template Definitions is via T...

Isn't it possible to export the Place Records (and only them) into a GEDCOM file? I know that the Export GEDCOM File plug-in has a parameter for Place Record , with one option being " Keep Custom Record ". Presumably, you have to delete all the other record types so ensure you do it on a c...