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Full Name Wizard

These fields are used to enter the "Display name" and
full name information.

The "Display name" is simply the name as it appears on
the album cover.

The full name is a break down of the name into the
first name, last name and an optional "the" component.

When the "Auto" button is enabled, the display name field
is view-only, and is automatically-generated from the
first name, last name and the components.  In virtually
all cases it is sufficient to leave "Auto" enabled (see
below).

The purpose of having the full name fields is to allow
the components to be used for sorting purposes, so that
xmcd and CDDB can produce better sorted outputs (such as
in the xmcd Local Discography index or when you do a
search on the CDDB web site).

Here are some guidelines for using the Full Name wizard:

1. For straightward names such as "Pat Metheny", put "Pat"
   in the first name field, and "Metheny" in the last name
   field.  If there is a middle name or initial, you may
   also put that in the first name field.  For example,
   "Jerry Lee" in the first name field, and "Lewis"
   in the last name field.

2. For complex names such as "Siouxsie and the Banshees",
   put the whole text in the first name field and leave
   the last name blank.

3. For a name that does not really contain a real first or
   last name, such as "Pink Floyd", put the whole text
   in the first name field and leave the last name field
   blank.

4. For something like "The Commodores", click the "The"
   button and put "Commodores" in the first name field.

5. For a group name that contains a real name such as
   "The Pat Metheny Group", click the "The" button, put
   "Pat" in the first name field and "Metheny Group" in the
   last name field.  This causes albums by the group to be
   sorted just after solo albums by "Pat Metheny."

6. For multiple names like "Pat Metheny and John Scofield",
   put "Pat" in the first name and "Metheny and John Scofield"
   in the last name. This may seem odd, but this is the
   way a book by two authors would be sorted by a library or
   bookstore (under the last name of the first author).

Hopefully with these examples it is clear what to do with
other variations of names.

Note that the last name field must usually contain a "real"
last name (with some additional words or names if appropriate).
whereas the first name field can be used for a first name,
or as a catch-all for all other cases.

There should never be a case where the last name is filled
in but the first name is empty.  Nor should there be a case
where "The" is enabled but both last name and first name
fields are empty.

Note also that the "The" field can be changed to allow
non-English articles, many of which are gender- or number-
dependent.

In all of the above cases the display name field should
automatically generate the correct text.  In the rare
event that you want the sorting to be altered, you may
disable the "Auto" button, and type in the display name
explicitly.  An possible example of this is for the
display name of "10,000 Maniacs", you may want the sorting
to be under 'T', so you would enter "Ten-thousand Maniacs"
in the first name field.
