[OSM-newbies] avoid repeating the name tag twice

[Mike]

I realize you want a system to automatically update name, when you
change name:he, but what I do and recommend is just using copy and
paste in your editor. It saves the typing, but you still have to
manually edit the second key.

--Mike

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Tal <tal.bav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I apologize if this is not the proper list.
> In Israel we try to tag all names with "name","name:he","name:en", and we
> put the same value in "name" and "name:he".
> For example:
>   name=1234
>   name:he=1234
>   name:en=abcd
> I would like to avoid repeating 1234 twice.
> Is there a feature recognized by the renderer software packages that allows
> me to write something like this:
>   name=$(name:he)
>   name:he=1234
>   name:en=abcd
> Thanks
>
>
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