* GEDCOM spelling
- Mark1834
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GEDCOM spelling
I'm making good progress with my FH/RM/Ancestry sync plugin, but it did throw up one irritating detail that I had not noticed up until now.
The correct description of the NATU tag is 'Naturalization' in all versions of GEDCOM. However, FH converts it to the alternative UK English spelling of 'Naturalisation' in its Standard Fact Set.
It's too late to ask CP to change it after all these years, and workarounds are not difficult, so we'll have to just live with it.
The correct description of the NATU tag is 'Naturalization' in all versions of GEDCOM. However, FH converts it to the alternative UK English spelling of 'Naturalisation' in its Standard Fact Set.
It's too late to ask CP to change it after all these years, and workarounds are not difficult, so we'll have to just live with it.
Mark Draper
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
What is even more mysterious is that CP have used 'z' in most other cases, such as Customize Property Box, Focus Window > Customize View, Generic Source Formats window > Customize option, etc...
I guess the workaround you refer to is to use Tools > Fact Types... and Edit the definition to use naturalized instead of naturalised everywhere. Except that the Name field cannot be edited.
However, you can edit the C:\ProgramData\Calico Pie\Family Historian\Fact Types\Standard\Standard.fhf file and change the Name there so the next time FH opens even that uses Naturalized.
No harm befalls any GEDCOM files by making those changes!
I don't see why CP could not change it as the impact would be minimal.
It might affect some custom Query or Plugin that tests for the Fact Name 'Naturalisation' but that is unlikely!
I guess the workaround you refer to is to use Tools > Fact Types... and Edit the definition to use naturalized instead of naturalised everywhere. Except that the Name field cannot be edited.
However, you can edit the C:\ProgramData\Calico Pie\Family Historian\Fact Types\Standard\Standard.fhf file and change the Name there so the next time FH opens even that uses Naturalized.
No harm befalls any GEDCOM files by making those changes!
I don't see why CP could not change it as the impact would be minimal.
It might affect some custom Query or Plugin that tests for the Fact Name 'Naturalisation' but that is unlikely!
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
It's also odd that the spelling is unaffected by changing Tools > Preferences > International > Display Language (menus, labels, etc) from English - United Kingdon to English - United States.
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
Curious... I’ll have a play and raise it with CP. They might as well know, even if all I get back is “noted”. I’ll need to put a workaround in the plugin code rather than rely on users changing the fact definition, but it’s only an extra line or two.
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
I was just curious. Where are you referring to. In my list of Fact Types, Naturalization appears as follows:
If this is where you were referring to, maybe it is keying off the Windows language setting?
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
That is weird! Mine is definitely with an s, and I've checked several old backup folders as well (V6, V7 and V7 beta). They are all s ...
Mark Draper
Re: GEDCOM spelling
Mine is also shown as Naturalisation, so I think the presentation is probably driven by the Windows Language & Keyboard settings. BillH will presumably have US settings.
Not sure, but I suspect the US 'z' variant hasn't been accepted into GB English in the same way that some other words have, e.g. all UK Government Documentation on the subject uses the traditional Naturalisation spelling. GEDCOM, of course, defaults to US English.
Mervyn
Not sure, but I suspect the US 'z' variant hasn't been accepted into GB English in the same way that some other words have, e.g. all UK Government Documentation on the subject uses the traditional Naturalisation spelling. GEDCOM, of course, defaults to US English.
Mervyn
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
Mine is with an "s" as well - I have my language on my Win10 Pro laptop set to US...interesting... I deplore having to us US, but for some things it's just easier. As a Canadian with an English mum and Polish dad, my preference has always been for the UK spelling, which is fairly standard here in Canada.
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
Bill, can you check the definition. Is it possible you have edited the Label, which is what is shown in the Fact Types screen of your screenshot, unless you tick Show Hidden, whereupon it shows both Label and Name.
Mark, as a matter of interest, why is your plugin looking up the Name of the fact rather than its Tag which is always NATU. Avoid looking up the Label as the user can change that to anything.
Mark, as a matter of interest, why is your plugin looking up the Name of the fact rather than its Tag which is always NATU. Avoid looking up the Label as the user can change that to anything.
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
RM does not create custom GEDCOM tags for user-defined Facts in the same way that FH does, either in its GEDCOM file or its internal database structure, so you have to use the name or abbreviation (= FH label) for retrieval. Including the name in an RM retrieval is straight forward, but not selecting on the name, due to their proprietary structure for all name fields. In other words, "SELECT Name,...." in the SQL is fine, but "WHERE Name = " is not.
Ideally, I wanted the same routine for both built-in and custom events, but I will have to accept a bit more complexity for added resilience.
Ideally, I wanted the same routine for both built-in and custom events, but I will have to accept a bit more complexity for added resilience.
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
OK, understood, but use the FH Name, which cannot be easily modified by the user.
It is the Name that is reliably associated with the Tag.
Don't use the FH Label, which can be easily edited by the user in the Fact Types definition.
Therefore, it may bear no relation to FH GEDCOM Tag for either standard or custom facts.
It is the Name that is reliably associated with the Tag.
Don't use the FH Label, which can be easily edited by the user in the Fact Types definition.
Therefore, it may bear no relation to FH GEDCOM Tag for either standard or custom facts.
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Re: GEDCOM spelling
You are right. The name is Naturalisation, but the label is Naturalization. I must have changed this a long time ago as I don't remember having done so.
Bill
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