[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20416] Remove hide_marc and advancedMARCeditor system preferences

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20416

--- Comment #5 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> ---
(In reply to Caroline Cyr La Rose from comment #3)
> Re: hide_marc
> 
> It doesn't do what the syspref description says it does.
> 
> What it says: Show/Don't show MARC tag numbers, subfield codes and
> indicators in MARC views. 
> 
> - MARC tag numbers
> - MARC subfield codes (these appear in staff only)
> - Indicators
> 
> What it does: Show/Don't show MARC tag numbers and indicators in MARC views.
> 
> - MARC tag numbers
> - Indicators
> 
> **Subfield codes still show in the MARC view in the staff interface.

I believe this could be a 'recent' bug and instead of changing the pref we
might want to check into making it work like described.


> Re: advancedMARCeditor
> 
> The name of this one is misleading, in my opinion. To me, the 'advanced MARC
> editor' is the advanced editor that is available when
> EnableAdvancedCatalogingEditor is enabled. This system preference removes
> the field/subfield names in the *basic* MARC editor.
> 
> I don't really have an opinion as to whether they should be removed or not.
> All my clients have them both enabled, and most hide the MARC view in the
> OPAC, as it is not very useful to the average patron. But the names and
> descriptions should definitely be updated to reflect the actual behaviour.

The problem here was that advancedMARCeditor existed before the new advanced
MARC editor... but I'd be all +1 for renaming it :)

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