Addon:CheckPlaceTitles
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The CheckPlaceTitles tool brings up a way for checking current place titles.
A place object needs a name. Title is the legacy content and the top label on Place Editor.
We can let gramps managing the title according our preferences and data : a dynamic and smart display.
- Data migration : the legacy place title can generate confusions and empty place title should be the default design with auto-title enabled.
Contents
The tool
The pass
One pass will check all place objects whatever type (city, region, country, street, etc.) and will retrieve the current place title, which is related to our preferences set : the displayer. So, we have :
- one legacy place title, inherited from previous database and place formatting.
- a dynamic place title, handled by gramps according to our policy, historical data, design, choices and preferences : the auto-title features.
Once a legacy title does not match current auto-title or is not empty, this can generate some frustrations and confusions. So, this one pass tool will list some place objects.
Columns
Two columns :
- the hardcoded and legacy place title, also visible on Place Editor without auto-title support (see Preferences on Display item)
- the displayed title
Why radio-buttons are checked?
Two status : enable/disable auto-title on Places.
One check :
hard-coded legacy place title =/= place display
According to your preferences, the default selection will either select all entries with differences or only few (place title == place display).
Keep in my mind that the primary goal of the tool was to check place titles for a complete data migration (legacy title to the smart one). Any minor difference between the legacy place title and the automatic displayed one will be detected.
If you had set postal code or an old name for a province, state, building, etc. and now you have more consistency on place names by using place hierarchy, then the pass will list the data.
Options
You have three options, available at the bottom :
- clean - remove legacy content for place title
- copy - copy old place title to a new note.
- tag - assign a tag and mark place
When the Apply button is clicked, then changes or additions will be made on your selected place objects.
There is also an Help button to see this page.
Examples
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In french
The tool will list possible issues, but let you select/unselect lines and use one of the options available.
Go further
If you need advanced features, you should look at Place Cleanup gramplet.