"%lastname%" shown when the contact have no lastname

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a contact with just a firstname, no lastname
2. Launch icalbirthdays with alert/reminder contains %lastname%
3. Watch the alert/reminder

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Would like to see this "Steve" when the contact have no lastname, and not 
"Steve %lastname%". But would like to keep the lastname for the contacts who do 
have one.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Version : 2.0
OS : 10.6.4

Please provide any additional information below.

Globally, it would be great to keep the placeholders (firstname, lastname, age, 
etc..) for creating the alarms/reminders, but must appears only if value is not 
empty.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jafic...@gmail.com on 18 Jun 2010 at 3:21

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Replace "Steve" with "Dad" for better understanding needs

Original comment by jafic...@gmail.com on 18 Jun 2010 at 3:24

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I agree. I have my mum listed as just 'Mum' in the firstname field, no surname 
specified. Please support use of just firstname field.

Original comment by stuke...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2010 at 8:54

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Thanks for reporting it - I will fix this.

Original comment by wteichm...@gmail.com on 13 Sep 2010 at 10:54

• Changed state: Accepted

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I agree.
I join.

Original comment by tonimerl...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2013 at 7:52