[Koha] Punctuation in personal names

[Bruns, Anke]

Hi Himanshu,

thanks for the quick reply.

However, this wouldn't solve the specific problem we encountered, as the dot is already present in the MARC data and is only suppressed in the display.

Best regards,

Anke


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Himanshu Aggarwal <rtr.himanshu at gmail.com>
> Gesendet: Montag, 4. September 2023 13:16
> An: Bruns, Anke <Anke.Bruns at gwdg.de>
> Cc: koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Betreff: Re: [Koha] Punctuation in personal names
> 
> I do the editing manually with every data imported using z39.50
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 4:25 PM Bruns, Anke <Anke.Bruns at gwdg.de
> <mailto:Anke.Bruns at gwdg.de> > wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Hi everybody,
> 
> 	a library pointed me to a problem with the display of abbreviated
> personal
> 	first names in 100 and 700 (and possibly others). The final dot in
> these
> 	fields is chopped in the results' list and detailed record view (OPAC
> and
> 	Staff Interface).
> 
> 	Thus, a name like Kuthy, A. reads Kuthy, A and Riemann, K.-U.
> becomes
> 	Riemann, K.-U and Lau, Y.Y. appears as Lau, Y.Y
> 
> 	(I omitted the full stop in the previous sentence to avoid confusion.)
> 
> 	Whereas it probably makes sense to chop the final punctuation in
> some cases
> 	in the display of personal names fields, the dot should be displayed
> for
> 	abbreviated first names.
> 
> 	Have you a hint for me how best to make these dots visible in the
> results'
> 	list and record view?
> 
> 	Should we add a CSS directive in OPACUserCSS and StaffUserCSS?
> 	Or better add/change the passages for the relevant fields in the xsl
> files?
> 	Or something else?
> 
> 	Thanks in advance!
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	Anke
> 
> 
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