GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 257487
Evolution by default taking last part of the name as family name
Last modified: 2021-05-19 11:56:18 UTC
Please fill in this template when reporting a bug, unless you know what you are doing. Description of Problem: When we enter the name in the full name field of contact editior Evolution is taking last part of the name as family name.But it is not necessary that family name should always come in last.Family name will also be first part Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. cerate a contact with name entered as -familyname name 2. view the contacts in custom view 3. see for the family name Actual Results: Evolution is always showing last part of the name as family name Expected Results: The contact editor either explicitly ask for family name or it should not assume last part of name as family name How often does this happen? Every time Additional Information:
I'm certain this is a duplicate report. Will look for original later.
*** bug 243237 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
retargetting to 2.3 since 2.1 is long ago.
We follow the convention name familyname. Click on Full name and in the full name dialog that appears assume last name as family name and fill in the fields. Use full name dialog to fill in the names, the problem will be solved.
in my humble opinion, "name familyname" is not a convention, but just plain ignorance towards other cultures. reopening.
Ok taken, but then how do we implement this. I mean how do we make sure what the user is trying to enter i.e name familyname or familyname - name. We already have the full name dialog where the user can specify all the parts of name individually. The user here is asking that evolution should explicitly ask for familyname. That is what we are doing by providing the full name dialog. The user can explicitly enter first name, middle name and last name(read family name). What else do we need to provide.
Just entering familyname and name separately is not a solution. The real problem is its assuming of the fullname as "name familyname" or "familyname, name" in many places. o. It displays fullname as "name familyname" in contact editors o. If you forward a contact, the mail subject will be "Contact information for familyname, name" o. If you send mail using a contact, From: will be "name familyname <email@address>" Why don't you try other applications? Microsoft Outlook (at least Korean edition) has additional combobox in the contact editor to select one of several fullname combinations. Mozilla thunderbird has "display name" text entry in which users can edit full name. They are not pretty, but much better than wrong assumption.
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