> I have detaching links much better know (to be posted soon).  
> Essentially all links can be controlled clicked and detached by  
> selecting detach command in the pop-up menu.

> I can't recall what I did with level 3 links. They are very uncommon  
> in GEDCOM files, although might have some uses. The new detach  
> method will work with them. The other way is to detach its parent  
> data or work with the GEDCOM source for the record.

> On Jan 16, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Simon Robbins wrote:

>> Thanks. Now I understand why it doesn't work for me as most of my
>> sources are linked more than once.

>> How about the level 3 links in the detach dialog? If I remember
>> correctly GEDitCOM I used to show them, but it's very possible that I
>> am not remembering correctly.

>> On Jan 16, 7:39 pm, John Nairn <j...@geditcom.com> wrote:
>>> The technical reason is that a button to link to another record  
>>> can be created many different ways in a user interface format. The  
>>> link itself, need not be connected to an actual link in the data.  
>>> The current code solves this issue partially by searching for the  
>>> link. The detach menu command will appear if the record is linked  
>>> only once to that cited record. If it is linked twice (for example  
>>> a source cited in both the birth and death events), it is not able  
>>> to determine which one you want to detach and hence the menu  
>>> command is omitted.

>>> The solution I am looking for is for the link button to be able to  
>>> figure out which link should be detached and I really want this to  
>>> happen without having to rewrite all user interface formats to  
>>> tell the link buttons what to detach.

>>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Simon Robbins wrote:

>>>> I'm not sure that this is right.

>>>> The Detatch -> Event/Attribute/Link menu displays a dialog where  
>>>> all
>>>> events are listed with their sources/notes/MM objects for example
>>>> BIRT.NOTE , BIRT.SOUR or BIRT.OBJE. But it doesn't show links  
>>>> that are
>>>> buried deeper in the structure such as BIRT.SOUR.NOTE

>>>> Ken asked about a place source which would be something like
>>>> BIRT.PLAC.SOUR and these don't show either.

>>>> Also, I have never seen an option in a contextual menu when control
>>>> clicking. What is the technical issue as I seem to have it
>>>> permanently?

>>>> On Jan 14, 11:03 pm, "John Nairn, Developer" <j...@geditcom.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> You can use the menu command Detach -> Event/Attribute/Link...  
>>>>> It will
>>>>> you a list of all links in that record and you find the one you
>>>>> mentioned and remove it.

>>>>> Alternatively, you can usually control click on the link to the  
>>>>> source
>>>>> and select detach from the pop-up menu. For technical reasons, the
>>>>> detach option does not always show, but I working to solve that
>>>>> technical issues. If it does not show up, the menu command will  
>>>>> always
>>>>> work.

>>>>> On Jan 9, 12:08 pm, Ken <kb2...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>> How do you detach a place source ( the one that is added when you
>>>>>> click on the Compass and then the Source icon) in the place  
>>>>>> details
>>>>>> window?

>>>>>> Thanks!

>>>>>> On Dec 15 2010, 9:00 pm, John Nairn <j...@geditcom.com> wrote:

>>>>>>> You can enter sources in those two different place as you  
>>>>>>> suggest.

>>>>>>> Alternatively, the "i" icon after date is not specific about  
>>>>>>> the date,
>>>>>>> but opens a window to enter details about the birth event as a  
>>>>>>> whole.
>>>>>>> You could therefore enter both date and place sources in that  
>>>>>>> window.
>>>>>>> This approach might be good if you prefer all the birth  
>>>>>>> sources in the
>>>>>>> same place and you can enter any number of sources in that  
>>>>>>> window.

>>>>>>> Thus you can pick which ever way you like best. I do think  
>>>>>>> putting the
>>>>>>> place source in the place details windows is unambiguously  
>>>>>>> about the
>>>>>>> use of that source.

>>>>>>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Ken wrote:

>>>>>>>> If you have a different source for an individual's birthdate  
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> birthplace, I assume you enter the birthdate source by  
>>>>>>>> clicking on the
>>>>>>>> details icon to the right of the birthplace field and then  
>>>>>>>> click on
>>>>>>>> the source icon. My question is about entering the source for  
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> birthplace. Do you click on the compass to the right of the  
>>>>>>>> birthplace
>>>>>>>> field and ten click on the source icon? Or is that source for  
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> longitude and latitude of  the birthplace?

>>>>>>>> Thanks!

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>>> Genealogy Software for the Mac

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