So, do privacy brackets prevent the comments or text from appearing in the GEDCOM? That seems to be the problem; the privacy brackets don't work.
The bug is that the parameters one sets are not recognized by the Legacy program when it creates the GEDCOM. CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Source Comments in GEDCOM [WAS: Details text showing > up in Footnote citation] > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:13:00 +1100 > > I always put privacy brackets [[ at the beginning of any text in the Master > Source text or comments field. > I sometimes use the whole of an email in text form for a source and don't > want the senders details or the whole of the text to appear anywhere. > > Regards, > > Jennifer > http://colston-wenck.com > > From: Ward Walker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2015 6:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Comments in GEDCOM [WAS: Details text showing up > in Footnote citation] > > See below... > > From: Brian L. Lightfoot > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Details text showing up in Footnote citation. > > ... > Now for the really bad news that nobody has yet caught. I seems this info on > the Comment tab of a Master Source is always included on a GEDCOM submission > which kind of negates my idea of keeping it private. > > Brian in CA > ---------------------- > > Brian, I agree that there is bad news here, especially when the target system > for the GEDCOM is not well-behaved. I ran into this with my TNG > experimentation. I have just run some additional tests in order to sort out > what is happening. Results are below. In summary, I always uncheck the export > box that says ‘override source options’. Otherwise, TNG bloats the source > citations with unwanted text/comments from the source Detail, and also > displays citations that were unwanted. But this is a compromise, because now > Sourcewriter detail fields are missing (at least for the templates that I > tested) – a Legacy issue. There are other TNG source-handling issues no > matter which override option you choose. > > Ward > > ******* Legacy Sources On Export to GEDCOM **************** > > (Export to 'Legacy' GEDCOM was selected for most of these tests.) > > If choose to override source options: > > - Sourcewriter Sources: > - Master source Text/Comments: Included in GEDCOM > - Detail Fields: Included > - Detail source Text/Comments: Included > > - Basic Sources: > - Master source Text/Comments: Included > - Detail Fields: Included > - Detail source Text/Comments: Included > > - The source is included in the GEDCOM even if the box 'Include this > citation on reports' was unchecked on the source detail panel. (There is a > _CIT No tag that Legacy probably uses on re-import, but a non-Legacy target > system would not.) > > > If choose not to override source options: > > - The Entire citation is missing if you do not check 'Include this citation > on reports' on the edit Detail panel. Otherwise... > > - Sourcewriter Sources: > - Master source Text/Comments: Included > - Detail Fields: NOT Included!! > - Detail source Text/Comments: Included only if had checked 'Add this > text/comments to the Source Citation on Reports. > > - Basic Sources: > - Master source Text/Comments: Included > - Detail Fields: Included only if had checked 'Add this Detail to the > Source Citation on Reports' > - Detail source Text/Comments: Included only if had checked 'Add this > text/comments to the Source Citation on Reports. > > > TNG Import: > > - Displays the source list name first, in the citation (i.e., the name > that is supposed to be for internal use, only!!) > - Displays no master text/comment text in the citation, or if click on > the source number. > - But DOES expands all the master source text/comments under the > citation in the PDF report!! > - Displays master source media, when click to drill down on the source > number. > - Displays available source detail fields in the citation, although not > when drill down on the source number. (Master info only.) > - Displays source detail text/comment data, if present, right in the > citation!! > - Displays no source detail media. (No media link.) > - Displays the Description field of the Detail Media file, in the > citation!! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
