Middle name incorrectly displayed in family group list in some cases
| Project: | Family Tree 2 |
| Version: | 6.x-1.1 |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | minor |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
| Issue tags: | middle name |
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I've noticed something odd. If you import GED 5.5 files where a person has multiple names listed in given name, it will automatically take names 2 through whatever and place them in middle names. For example:
John J. J. Smith becomes
given name: John
middle names: J. J.
last name: Smith
If this person is a "parent" in the family group list, then their name is properly displayed under parent1 or parent2 column: John J. J. Smith
If you import someone with no middle name (or create a new person) and they are a parent in the group list, there is no space between the last middle name and the last name, so our example becomes: John J. J.Smith
The names appear to be displaying properly everywhere else, so I'm really confused as to why this is happening.
I also noticed that if you go to edit a person with no middle name or create a new person, the cursor appears to "jump" about a tab space in the middle name field when you focus it.
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I've begun working on my own API-type module that processes GEDCOM files. While researching the last GEDCOM spec (5.5) I noticed that there is no such thing as "middle name." There is only NAME in the format of:
My Given Name /Last Name/
I understand that you are "creating" the middle name, but there is a problem. How can you be sure you are correct when choosing which piece of the name should be first name and middle name(s)?
For instance, what if there is a person named John David Russel McGillicutty, and his parents have called him "John David" all his life and Russel is his "middle" name?
So, in my module, I only make the distinction between given name and last name. When I process my results through your code to create nodes, everything appears to work, but I think you should re-think/remove "middle name."