Thanks Olly Can rely on you for a clear and rational explanation! I've added a bit on the wiki https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/drawingchecklist#scrap and plagiarised your text on the FAQ page as well. https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/faq#how_do_i_add_peoples_names_if_they_have_m... Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Olly Betts [mailto:olly@survex.com] Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2017 1:24 PM To: Bruce Mutton via Therion <therion@speleo.sk> Cc: Bruce Mutton <bruce@tomo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Therion] Person data type with more than two names On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:06:43PM +1200, Bruce Mutton via Therion wrote:
Therion Book says of this data type:
person a person s first name and surname separated by whitespace
characters. Use / to separate first name and surname if there are
more names.
Perhaps more clearly: a person can have at most two names (name1 and name2). If there's a "/" then that separates the name1 and name2 (which can then contain spaces), otherwise whitespace separates name1 and name2. So multiple "/" is an error, as is multiple whitespace without a "/". At least that's what the code appears to do, and it's consistent with all your examples. I guess it's up to the user how best to separate a person's fairly arbitrary number of names into at most two groups. Just be careful never to go surveying with someone with a "/" in their name... Cheers, Olly