Cathy I am pretty much satisfied I found most of the instances in various locations. I tried it with spaces before and or after the “\emdash” and picked up some with each of those variations.
The only problem seemed to be an emdash sandwiched between two uppercase surnames, with no spaces. As I went through search and replace, I made a note of those it wasn’t picking up (if I saw them next to ones it was picking up) and then went back to those people and fixed them. Thank you very much for bearing with me. You have helped me immensely. Jennifer From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Monday, 10 July 2017 5:04 PM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Still battling with Emdash errors Jennifer, Good to hear that you've made progress. I know it shows as /'97 but that's not the way or the main way it's actually being saved in the database (I think I've said this before - search for \emdash - but maybe that was to someone else) If "\emdash " isn't finding it try without the space on the end though when there weren't spaces in my test, it was finding them. You may find you end up with xxx-- xxx instead of xxx--xxx but it's easy to search and replace on "-- " and replace with "--" if necessary. Cathy Jennifer Crockett wrote: Cathy There is progress here! I was searching for /'97 not emdash. Here is an example of what happened when I searched as you suggested, "\emdash " without the quotes, in Citation-Text: GOLDEN WEDDING WENCK\emdash SAILOR \emdash On 2 nd August, 1899. at Ipswich, by Rev. Ryan, Ernest, third Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. Wenck, Minden, to Emily, second Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Sailor Lowood. Legacy picked up the second instance, but not the first. Have you any idea why? It may have something to do with no space after WENCK or before SAILOR. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Monday, 10 July 2017 3:58 PM To: mailto:[email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Still battling with Emdash errors Jennifer, I'm sorry this is causing you so much trouble. I seem to be able to use search and replace You have to search for "\emdash " without the quotes. This is replacing the \'97 which shows in the Notes when an emdash has been saved with no space on either side. I'm not sure if this works on every field where you may ha ve emdashes. It works in Birth Notes (so presumably other vital event notes), General Notes and Citation text. Strangely emdashes are surviving in Citation detail. I'm not sure whether the way an emdash has been saved has changed over time. I haven't been entering more but haven't bothered too much about the ones I have as I haven't needed good publishing output for awhile. Let me know if this doesn't work and I'll try again. Cathy Jennifer Crockett<mailto:[email protected]> Monday, 10 July 2017 12:55 PM The biggest nightmare I have had in going form Legacy 7.5 to Legacy 9 (I skipped 8) has to be the issue of Legacy not converting Emdash code properly in most instances. I have been able to correct some with Search and Replace, but not the majority. The missed ones in Search and Replace are where the Emdash did not have a space before or after. For example, SMITH”emdash”JONES; or “emdash”SMITH Since I know most instances come from a particular Master Source, did a Show List for that source and came up with a list of nearly 1000 names. I made a search list and tagged the names, and as I was going through the list untagged when I had checked and if necessary corrected all the ’97 to a double ordinary dash. I had gone through about 30 when I realised that the Marriage Notes were not on the Individual I was looking at, so I have to start again. Can someone please help my tired brain by suggesting a step by step plan of action. Obviously I can’t get through 1000 in one session, so it has to be a list somewhere I can pick up and stop when I have the time and inclination. If there are any users still on 7.5 who are considering updating to Legacy 8 or 9, especially if you use Trove in Australia for sources and not es – be aware this will also happen to you. (Unless Legacy fixes the problem. I has been in existence apparently since Legacy 8, so don’t hold your breath.) Jennifer -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
