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[Bug 638321] Re: Shotwell accepts f-spot tags with commas ('), but they are separators in Shotwell

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From: Duncan Lithgow <duncan.lithgow@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:12:41 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 638321 <638321@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I've thought a bit more about this and I think that commas are such an
integral part of english that it will just cause problems if Shotwell
continues to use them as separators. In order to have tags listed in a
useful alphabetical order using commas is the easiest solution. Some
examples:

Places:
* NZ, Auckland
* USA, California, Los Angeles
* USA, Washington

People:
* Smith, Bob
* Smith, Janice

Wildlife:
* Beetles (Coleptera), Takvinger
* Beetles (Coleptera), common dung beetle
* Butterflies (Lepidoptera), Påfulgeøje

And so on. Without the use of commas these entries would be very hard to
understand. Who is 'Smith Janice'? where is NZ Auckland and so on.

My initial suggestion is that Shotwell uses a semicolon in place of a
comma.

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Shotwell accepts f-spot tags with commas ('), but they are separators in Shotwell
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