diff --git a/help/C/gramps.xml b/help/C/gramps.xml
index f31237723..92acdff70 100644
--- a/help/C/gramps.xml
+++ b/help/C/gramps.xml
@@ -6053,8 +6053,182 @@
Name Display
This category contains preferences relevant to the display of
- names. Options are:
+ names. In GRAMPS there are two type of name display formats: the
+ predefined formats, and the user defined custom formats. The predefined
+ formats are:
+
+
+
+ Family name, Given name Patronymic
+
+
+
+ Given name Family name
+
+
+
+ Patronymic, Given name
+
+
+
+ Given name
+
+
+
+ When predefined formats are not suitable one can define it's own format.
+
+
+
+ Display format
+
+
+ The system wide name format is selected here from a list, which
+ contains both the predefined and custom name formats (if any).
+
+
+ Besides the system wide setting GRAMPS allows deciding
+ the name display format individually for every single name via
+ the Name Editor dialog
+ (see ).
+
+
+
+
+
+ Custom format details
+
+
+
+ It expands the custom format handling user interface.
+
+
+ Custom name display formats are stored in the databases,
+ thus before loading any database the Custom format
+ details expander is disabled.
+
+
+
+
+ Add
+
+
+ Opens the Name Format Editor
+ window to define a new custom format.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Remove
+
+
+ Deletes the selected custom Name Display format.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Edit
+
+
+ Opens the Name Format Editor
+ window to modify the selected custom Name Display format.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Name Format Editor
+
+ New formats are created, and existing formats are modified using
+ this editor.
+
+
+
+ Format name
+
+
+ The name of the custom format. The format name can be any
+ string, it is used only to recognize the format later on the
+ Display format list.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Format definition
+
+
+ The actual format is defined here using special formatting
+ characters. Before and after these special characters any
+ other character or string is allowed. For exmple:
+ "(%t) %L, %f" will give "(Dr.) SMITH,
+ Edwin". The formatting characters are:
+
+
+
+
+
+ Character
+ Name
+ Character
+ Name
+
+
+
+
+ %fGiven Name%FGIVEN NAME
+
+
+ %lSurname%LSURNAME
+
+
+ %tTitle%TTITLE
+
+
+ %pPrefix%PPREFIX
+
+
+ %sSuffix%SSUFFIX
+
+
+ %cCall name%CCALL NAME
+
+
+ %yPatronymic%YPATRONYMIC
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Example
+
+
+ Shows a dynamic example how the name will be displayed with
+ the current Format definition string.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Format definition details
+
+
+ Shows a quick reminder of the special formatting characters.
+
+
+
+
+
+
ID Formats
@@ -8200,6 +8374,10 @@
Martin Hawlisch
+
+ Arpad Horvath
+
+
Anton Huber
diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog
index ddb5c0b6b..331026cb2 100644
--- a/help/ChangeLog
+++ b/help/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-12-10 Zsolt Foldvari
+ * C/gramps.xml: Name Display section updated.
+
2006-12-08 Alex Roitman
* C/gramps.xml: Typo.