RootsMagic 8:Sentence Template Language - Revision history

Renee: /* Plural Switches */

2022-09-21T22:13:04Z

Plural Switches

Renee at 05:03, 28 August 2021

2021-08-28T05:03:34Z

Renee: /* Private Switches */

2021-08-20T03:27:56Z

Private Switches

Bruce: /* Simple Switches */

2021-08-17T03:39:33Z

Simple Switches

Bruce at 03:39, 17 August 2021

2021-08-17T03:39:14Z

Bruce at 02:24, 2 June 2021

2021-06-02T02:24:27Z

Bruce at 02:23, 2 June 2021

2021-06-02T02:23:39Z

Renee: /* Field Options */

2021-06-02T02:06:09Z

Field Options

Renee: /* Fact Sentence Fields */

2021-06-02T02:02:25Z

Fact Sentence Fields

Renee: /* Formatting Codes */

2021-06-02T01:59:21Z

Formatting Codes

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 <code><#Doctors#His doctor was|His doctors were> [Doctor].</code>
-<code>They had <#Children#a child|<Children:count> children|no children>.</code>
+<code>They had <#Children#a child|<[Children:count]> children|no children>.</code>
 <code>There <#Heir1,Heir2#was one heir|was more than one heir|were no heirs>.</code>

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−	Navigation: [[RootsMagic_8:RootsMagic_8\|RootsMagic 8]] > [[RootsMagic_8:Working_With_Facts\|Working With Facts]] > [[RootsMagic_8:Fact_Sentences\|Fact Sentences]] >	+	Navigation: <u>[[RootsMagic_8:RootsMagic_8\|RootsMagic 8]]</u> > <u>[[RootsMagic_8:Working_With_Facts\|Working With Facts]]</u> > <u>[[RootsMagic_8:Fact_Sentences\|Fact Sentences]]</u> >

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 A private switch is used for fact sentence templates and source templates. For sources, this allows you to write different text depending on whether you have or have not checked the '''"Hide private data in the endnotes, footnotes, and bibliography"''' option in the Sources, Options tab, telling RootsMagic whether to display the private or the not private information for this switch. It is of the form:
-<code><! Private | Not Private ></code>
+<code><! NotPrivate | Private ></code>
 For example:

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 The Private switch (!) is used in source templates to privatize things such as a street address data that you want to record, but not make public. The trigger that activates the Private switch is a checkbox in the Sources, Options tab in the Report Settings dialog.
-== Simple Switches ==
+=== Simple Switches ===
 A simple switch requires no special character and can have any number of pieces.

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 would write “database and digital images,” if that's what you entered into the [Format] field, or it would write "digital image,” if you didn’t enter anything into the [Format] field.
-== Value Switches ==
+=== Value Switches ===
 A value switch is similar to a simple switch except that it allows you to check for a value without actually writing that value. It is indicated by a “?”.
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 Note that what comes after the “?” is different from the gender and living switches. The gender and living switches need the role of a person or group of people followed by their special character. The value switch takes any expression including fields in brackets and other switches.
-== Gender Switches ==
+=== Gender Switches ===
 A gender switch checks the gender of a person or group of people and writes the appropriate text. It is indicated by a “%”. It is of the form:
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 '''Note:''' Roles, which are added as "Just type name of witness" menu, or "This person is NOT in the file" in Edit Share Event, do not have a gender, and may affect results of this switch.
-== Living Switches ==
+=== Living Switches ===
 A living switch checks if a person or group of people is living and writes the appropriate text. It is indicated by a “@”. It is of the form:
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 <code><@Doctors,Nurses@They are doctors and nurses.|They were doctors and nurses.></code>
-== Plural Switches ==
+=== Plural Switches ===
 A plural switch looks at the number of people in a group and writes the appropriate text. It is indicated by a “#”. It is of the form:
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 <code>There <#Heir1,Heir2#was one heir|was more than one heir|were no heirs>.</code>
-== Private Switches ==
+=== Private Switches ===
 A private switch is used for fact sentence templates and source templates. For sources, this allows you to write different text depending on whether you have or have not checked the '''"Hide private data in the endnotes, footnotes, and bibliography"''' option in the Sources, Options tab, telling RootsMagic whether to display the private or the not private information for this switch. It is of the form:
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 If the checkbox is checked, "(The address is private.)" would print. If the checkbox was unchecked, the address data that was entered in the [Address] field would print, if one was entered, otherwise nothing would print.
-== Escape Characters ==
+=== Escape Characters ===
 If you ever want to write an actual <, >, /, [, or ] in your sentence, you must precede it by a “/”. This tells RootsMagic that to print the following character and to not treat it as a switch or a field. For example:
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 Tip: To include a field value within square brackets, such as [John Doe], you can enclose the field within a switch with the square brackets outside the switch, i.e. <code>[<[person]>]</code>.
-== Switches Within Switches ==
+=== Switches Within Switches ===
 RootsMagic allows you to put switches within other switches, also known as nesting. This allows you to create very powerful and flexible sentence templates.

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 | <pre><sc> ... </sc></pre>
 | Fact sentence and Source templates, fields, and notes
-| Displays the text in <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">small caps</span> (upper case letters remain unchanged, lower case letters are changed to upper case, but in a smaller font)
+| Displays the text in <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Small Caps</span> (upper case letters remain unchanged, lower case letters are changed to upper case, but in a smaller font)
 |-
 | <pre><sup> ... </sup></pre>

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 <code>[Place:Reverse:Proper]</code>
-{|class="wikitable"
+{|class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
-! style="text-align:left;"| Option
+! style="width: 10%; text-align:left;"| Option
-! Field Type
+! style="width: 30%"|Field Type
-! Description
+! style="width: 50%"|Description
 |-
 |colspan="3"|'''Capitalization Options'''

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 The pre-defined fields for use in fact sentence templates are:
-{|class="wikitable" style="width: 85%;"
+{|class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
 ! style="width: 15%; text-align:left;"| Field
 ! style="width: 20%"|Field Type
-! style="width: 50%"|Description
+! style="width: 55%"|Description
 |-
 |colspan="3"|'''Fields referring to a person or persons:'''

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 <pre>The <i> and </i> formatting codes tell RootsMagic to display the title in italics font.</pre>
-{|class="wikitable" style="width: 85%;"
+{|class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
 ! style="width: 25%; text-align:left;"| Field
-! style="width: 20%"|Field Type
+! style="width: 25%"|Field Type
 ! style="width: 40%"|Description
 |-