Would it be possible to sort location names with the preposition (at, near
etc.), or adjective (possibly), or preposition phrase (possibly near,
possibly in) *after* the place name (and perhaps put them in parentheses)?
Thus
London,
near London,
possibly in London,
would be sorted in the L's (rather than in L, N and P respectively)
and in the sorted list, might appear as
London,
London (near)
London (possibly in)
I doubt perfection is possible, but to my mind, sorting them all in the L's,
while still keeping them separate, would be the best way.
Barrie
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: 31 July 2001 16:21
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Location Prepositions
>
>
> In my Master Location List I have many locations that start with
> "possibly.'
> This is not a preposition, but an adjective. It does create problem for
> finding locations. "Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia" is sorted in
> the Y's, but
> "possibly Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia" is sorted in the P's.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Terry
> Millennia Technical Support
> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of N. B.
> Macdonald
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location Prepositions
>
>
> If I understand you, Larry, the master location list won't be nice.
> Not if "Anytown" and "near Anytown" are alphabetized under A and N
> respectively.
> --Beth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 31. juli 2001 07:28
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location Prepositions
>
>
> > This good idea stimulates another. The box for "in" could just be
> blanked out for those
> > special cases where it did not apply and the desired preposition
> entered as the first word
> > in the place field. That is consistent with what users are doing
> now, but they do not
> > have the ability to blank out the "in," which your box suggestion
> would allow.
> >
> > Or, the preferred preposition could be entered in the "in" box field
> as you suggest,
> > whichever is best for programmers and the system integrity. The
> program would not have to
> > search for a list of approved preposition, just allow "in" to be
> changed or blanked out,
> > which ever works best. Larry
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "N. B. Macdonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location Prepositions
> >
> >
> > LOCATION PREPOSITIONS:
> >
> > Ideally, just before the line where one enters the location, there
> > should be a little drop down menu of prepositions. For example,
> 'in'
> > as default, plus a choice of 'on', 'near', 'of', 'at' and none at
> all.
> >
> > (Even better, the user should be able to set which of these to use
> as
> > default. Probably 'at' in UK?)
> >
> > Otherwise, our lists of locations will be alphabetized some by place
> > name, some by preposition. The place "at sea" we will probably want
> > to write thus, and no additional preposition is needed.
> >
> > Hope this won't be too much more difficult than your suggestion,
> Dave.
> >
> > --Beth
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave Berdan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: 30. juli 2001 17:24
> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location Prepositions
> >
> >
> > > I will have Legacy look for "near" and "of" and any others I can
> > think of (or that you users come up with) and not put "in" in front
> of
> > it when constructing a sentence.
> > >
> > > Dave Berdan
> > > Millennia
> > >
>
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