Nobody picked up any flaws in the basic methodology, so the plugin is ready to go. There is a single menu screen (which respects FH7 custom fonts and zoom), as shown:
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- Invalid sort dates are not visible in the Date Entry Assistant, but are clutter in your project file resulting from FH not deleting the RM placeholder sort date for undated events. Unnecessary sort dates are sort dates equal to the start of a date range, and cause inconsistencies in how facts are displayed compared with similar data entered directly in FH.
- Missing citation media appear to arise only from RM8 shared or duplicated citations.
- Fact Set integrity arises from the way FH imports the RM Alternate Name from version 7.0.9 onwards, and can cause problems for other existing plugins.
- Dual dates are changed by a year on import, so this options compares FH records with your RM originals (automatic updating is not possible here, as the plugin cannot easily distinguish between a flawed import and a deliberate user updating).
While most or all of these issues will be resolved for new imports in the next minor update of FH, that does not fix existing projects.
The nature of these bugs means that the vast majority of projects imported from RM are likely to be affected by some if not all of the issues noted, so this is a recommended plugin for all ex-RM users.
I have tested it on a number of RM databases, both short test ones created for that purpose and large user files kindly shared by FHUG members, and it appears to behave as expected, but as ever with a new plugin, please ensure that you either backup your project before running, or test it first on a project copy.
Any problems - you know where I am...
Added in edit: Plugin deleted pending replacement by a version with a "list" option.