Re: [Evolution] Feature request

[James Moody <jemoody home com>]

Excellent! Talk about a fast response time, fixed before I log the
feature request. Thanks a bunch, I'll try it out from latest CVS and
give a shout back to let you know how it goes.

Thanks,

james

On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 06:54:56PM -0500, Christopher James Lahey wrote:
> I actually committed a fix for this today.  It should be working in the
> next released version of evolution or if you compile from cvs.  If it's
> still broken in any way, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>      Chris
>
> On 09 Dec 2000 16:33:33 -0500, James Moody wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > If a feature request should instead go through the bug tracking system,
> > let me know and I'll try to do that.
> >
> > I'm using CVS evolution... it looks great! I even got it syncing with
> > my palm.
> >
> > The one bug that is preventing me from using the Contacts for real work:
> > Misinterpretation of name segments. Evolution assumes that the first and
> > middle names may ONLY consist of ONE name, and that the last may be
> > compound; this is a serious deficiency, as demonstrated below.
> >
> > To reproduce:
> > 1. Create new contact card.
> > 2. Click "Full Name" to enter names individually.
> > 3. For First name, enter "First1 first2"
> >    For Middle name, enter "Middle1 middle2"
> >    For last name, enter "Last1 last2"
> > 4. Click OK.
> >
> > The created card has the following info:
> >    First name: First1
> >    Middle name: first2
> >    Last name: Middle1 middle2 Last1 last2
> >
> > That means it's filed incorrectly (e.g. at M instead of L), and the
> > summary looks incorrect ("Middle1 middle2 Last1 last2, First1 first2"
> > instead of "Last1 last2, First1 first2 Middle1 middle2").
> >
> > Why is this important? Well, many people have multiple middle names. Many
> > people even have multiple words that they consider their first name. Also,
> > for contact information, many people use first names like "John and Anne"
> > to represent a couple or family.
> >
> > The bug can also be reproduced by importing similar records from the
> > palm.
> >
> >
> > Please CC me in reply, I'm not subscribed to the list.
> >
> > Let me know if there's a more appropriate place to send this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > james
> >
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