Hi, Using GrampsAIO64-5.1.3-2 on Windows. I have some 600+ persons in my family tree. I recently added a Family nick name to the topmost ancestor in my family tree. The reason for this is that we don’t have enough real estate in the Charts/Reports to show my rather long surname. I was hoping that a…

Looking at the v4.1 Gramps Data Model shows famnick rather than familynick [Our benevolent dictator has noted that the v4.1 model is still viable documentation having only a minor change in PlaceName. But it will need updating for v5.2 due to more extensive Place model changes.]

In many ways, this task looks similar to the experiment performed with the Supertool . Only, in addition to checking for a Patrilinal surname match, you would want to check for for the existence of a Family Nick Name. Then post that to the child’s Family Nick Name. (The SuperTool example posts data …

Thank you very much for your guidance emyoulation. Appreciate it! Because I am a relative novice, I ask this… Where can I find the documentation for Surname object (and other objects that I can use in Gramps)? I guessed and coded get_familynick() to get the family nick name but shows as error.

Many thanks!! I was able to accomplish this without too much difficulty.

That’s great! I you wanted to share, please post the script. The next person having to assign a Family Nickname to descendants won’t have to go through the full learning curve. (And the script will be here if you switch machines but need it again. Just put a <pre> before the pasted text of the scr…

[title] set-FamilyNickname-to-abbreviation [category] Families [initial_statements] # SuperTool script for the Families category # # Goes through all children in the family and sets their # FamilyNickname to an abbreviated form if the child's # surname matches with father's surname # from gramp…

Interesting. So, you are creating a Monogram placeholder for 4 core surname lines in your Tree by repurposing the Family Nickname. (I did not write “Initial” because in computer usages, this could be mistaken for a form of “initialization”, or setting of a default form/value,) I had mistaken the o…

Family Nick name propagation

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Family Nick name propagation

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