[Koha-bugs] [Bug 10773] Replace item-level codes with names/descriptions for Label Printing

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10773

--- Comment #5 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
(In reply to Kyle M Hall from comment #4)
> One question, might it not still be useful to be able to print the codes
> directly for terseness? Since printing the code is the current default,
> perhaps these should be ccode_description, homebranch_description, etc
> instead? I have no idea if or how these codes are used in practice, so I do
> not feel qualified to make such a call, but I think it's a pertinent
> question at least.

Certainly a pertinent question, Kyle! I was pondering it last week a little
bit.

I was wondering if any libraries print their branch code on their spine label
or on other labels they might apply to resources. I would think that printing
on the spine label would be a bizarre choice, but I suppose one never knows...

I like the idea of "ccode_description, homebranch_description, etc.", although
I can't remember how straightforward those would be to implement. 

Still, as you say, since the code is the current default, it might make more
sense to add a new option rather than changing the default. If this change were
pushed, we might find some libraries quite surprised that their labels suddenly
are very different. 

As far as I know, I only have one library using the branch code, and they're
the ones who wanted the description, but like I was saying...you never know. 

I'll have to ponder this one some more at some point...

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