[Koha] Punctuation in personal names

[Himanshu Aggarwal]

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> 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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> Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS)
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