RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-08-15 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Dave and I met about this yesterday and have some ideas. First of all, one of our great challenges when developing the SourceWriter was to ensure that no information is lost when sharing via GEDCOM. Because the GEDCOM standard does not have specific fields for the specific SourceWriter fields,

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-08-15 Thread Gail Nestor
Hi Geoff, that sounds wonderful to me!! I would be glad to be a tester for this if you have need for that kind of help. Also, there is another guy who uses Legacy and TNG and who is also a good programmer (better than I am anyway!). He said he would work with me on the TNG end to see if we

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-08-15 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:52 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-08-15 Thread Jessica Morgan
Geoff, that sounds like a very well thought out and effective way to correct the issue of the export. Well done. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Geoff Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave and I met about this yesterday and have some ideas. First of all, one of our great challenges

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-08-15 Thread Gene Wheeler
Geoff: That sounds like a great solution to me - especially if you have an option to export to TNG. Thanks for your efforts! Gene == At 11:56 AM 8/15/2008, you wrote: Dave and I met about this yesterday and have some ideas. First of all, one of our great challenges when developing

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-08-15 Thread Jennifer Crockett
Rasmussen Sent: Saturday, 16 August 2008 2:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output Dave and I met about this yesterday and have some ideas. First of all, one of our great challenges when developing the SourceWriter

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-31 Thread Wynthner
] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:00:32 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output snip Your point about there being no one answer to sourcing is absolutely true, and therein lies the problem.  There are established

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-30 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Gail: What a crushing disappointment! I don't have a website, but as I've worked away at converting sources I've also wondered how they will appear when posted at RootsWeb's WorldConnect via gedcom. (I haven't tried it yet because of the source repetition bug.) I wasn't expecting a perfect

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-30 Thread Gail Nestor
] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:17:56 -0700 Gail: What a crushing disappointment! I don't have a website, but as I've worked away at converting sources I've also wondered how

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-30 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Ron: Thanks for the encouraging report. Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:26 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-30 Thread ronald ferguson
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output I think Legacy's gedcom format is not the problem. It's just that a gedcom file strips away all the formatting that Legacy uses to create the nice EE-style citations. One example is that the US census template asks

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-30 Thread Kirsten Bowman
--and independent souls can continue to do their own thing. Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:20 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost

RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-30 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output Gail, You may well be right. As I think you probably know, I have little time for prescribed or even proscribed formats, having only one belief, and that is that the sourcing must be clear and reproducible. Even so I have tried out