Re: [Therion] Person data type with more than two names
Thanks Olly Can rely on you for a clear and rational explanation! I've added a bit on the wiki https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/drawingchecklist#scrap and plagiarised your text on the FAQ page as well. https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/faq#how_do_i_add_peoples_names_if_they_have_more_than_two_words_names Bruce -Original Message- From: Olly Betts [mailto:o...@survex.com] Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2017 1:24 PM To: Bruce Mutton via Therion Cc: Bruce Mutton Subject: Re: [Therion] Person data type with more than two names On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:06:43PM +1200, Bruce Mutton via Therion wrote: > Therion Book says of this data type: > > persona person s first name and surname separated by whitespace > characters. Use / to separate first name and surname if there are > more names. Perhaps more clearly: a person can have at most two names (name1 and name2). If there's a "/" then that separates the name1 and name2 (which can then contain spaces), otherwise whitespace separates name1 and name2. So multiple "/" is an error, as is multiple whitespace without a "/". At least that's what the code appears to do, and it's consistent with all your examples. I guess it's up to the user how best to separate a person's fairly arbitrary number of names into at most two groups. Just be careful never to go surveying with someone with a "/" in their name... Cheers, Olly ___ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
Re: [Therion] Person data type with more than two names
On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:06:43PM +1200, Bruce Mutton via Therion wrote: > Therion Book says of this data type: > > person �� a person��s first name and surname separated by whitespace > characters. Use ��/�� to separate first name and surname if there are more > names. Perhaps more clearly: a person can have at most two names (name1 and name2). If there's a "/" then that separates the name1 and name2 (which can then contain spaces), otherwise whitespace separates name1 and name2. So multiple "/" is an error, as is multiple whitespace without a "/". At least that's what the code appears to do, and it's consistent with all your examples. I guess it's up to the user how best to separate a person's fairly arbitrary number of names into at most two groups. Just be careful never to go surveying with someone with a "/" in their name... Cheers, Olly ___ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
[Therion] Person data type with more than two names
Some of our cave surveyors have more than two word names, and previously I have had mixed success getting their names reported correctly by Therion. Some worked, some did not. Therion Book says of this data type: person ▷ a person’s first name and surname separated by whitespace characters. Use ‘/’ to separate first name and surname if there are more names. So although this seems a little ambiguous to me, it works for three word names, but not always for four. Many combinations result in an error -- invalid name format -- "Bruce van/der/Mutton" So by trial and error… These are OK: -author 2017 "Bruce Mutton" -author 2017 "Bruce/Mutton" -author 2017 "Bruce van/Mutton" -author 2017 "Bruce van/der Mutton" But these are not: -author 2017 "Bruce/van/Mutton" -author 2017 "Bruce van/der/Mutton" -author 2017 "Bruce/van/der/Mutton" Rather than testing exhaustively, I’m wondering if anyone can shed light on this. Is the condition as simple as ‘only one of the spaces between the names should have a /’? I have only checked what Therion reports in pdf outputs, and not for example html or sql outputs. I have not yet checked 5 or six word names. Bruce ___ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
