<div dir="ltr">Perhaps this would work:<br>name=Viale don Luigi Sturzo<br>short_name=V.le don Luigi Sturzo<br>very_short_name=V.le L. Sturzo<br><br>If short_name and very_short_name are present then use them, otherwise the renderers can use whatever automated algorithm they like.<br>
<br>This would handle with all the corner cases that will never be fully abbreviated automatically. For example:<br>name='s-Hertogenbosch<br>short_name=Den Bosch<br> <br>80n<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Edoardo Marascalchi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edoardo@edoardomarascalchi.it">edoardo@edoardomarascalchi.it</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">in the italian mailing list we are facing new (and some old) users<br>
arguing should be better to enter in the name tag the collapsed form of<br>
the name.<br>
<br>
I'm trying to persuade this people this is the wrong way 'cause don't<br>
exist any way to explode names collapsed.<br>
<br>
I'm proposing to add 2 extension to the name tag to mark which part of<br>
the name could be collapsed or hidden<br>
in the same moment you could give a priority<br>
<br>
e.g.<br>
<br>
exploded form: Viale don Luigi Sturzo<br>
first: V.le don Luigi Sturzo<br>
2nd: V.le Luigi Sturzo<br>
3rd: V.le L. Sturzo<br>
<br>
so<br>
name=Viale don Luigi Sturzo<br>
name:collapsable=1;3<br>
name=hide=2<br>
<br>
so...<br>
you are adding tips usefull to renderes about which part of the name<br>
collapse or hide but it's not a mandatory collapsation<br>
If you are the coder of a renderer you can chose to hide befor collapse<br>
or collapse before hide..<br>
<br>
Let me know it make sense or not..<br>
<br>
Edoardo<br>
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