I would consider needing to close and reopen a bank account register after each transaction edit executed by pasting some text from the clipboard to be a major showstopper when I have ten or twenty transaction s a day.
David C On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 10:42 PM Michael via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I guess I hadn't tried to do a paste into a transaction. I see what > you mean, although I didn't need to restart gnucash to recover. While > I was typing the answer came from David Reiser that it will be fixed > when 3.3 comes out. Mike > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:12 PM, Thomas Forrester > <tlforres...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, in particular, what I mentioned in the original post: once you > > use > > the clipboard to paste into a transaction, all further editing of > > that. or > > apparently anything else is just not going to happen until you > > restart the > > program. To me, that's about the biggest show-stopper I could ever > > consider with *any* program - having to restart it all the time just > > to get > > it working again. I should think this massive problem would have been > > corrected almost immediately given the magnitude of the inconvenience > > it > > causes, but it has been quite a while and I have no clue how long it > > will > > take. > > > > If someone can tell me it's already been fixed and there is a 3.2.1 > > (or > > whatever) release due any second now, great! I'll wait it out. But > > a few > > more months till something happens, well, um... > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:18 AM Adrien Monteleone < > > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > >> You may not get a warning or alert! > >> > >> Also, yes, at the very least the date/time stamps are different and > >> this > >> is particularly an issue with the MySQL backend if I recall > >> correctly. I > >> wouldn’t attempt to step back any further than 2.6.21, but I’d > >> ask, what in > >> particular are you finding that you need to step back for? > >> > >> There were some early issues with data but those seem to have been > >> solved > >> by 3.2. (I’m using the sqlite3 backend, and had to switch to XML > >> during the > >> interim but am back to normal with the 3.2 release) Sure there are > >> a few > >> annoyances with the 3.x series so far, but those are being worked > >> out. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Adrien > >> > >> > On Aug 6, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Thomas Forrester > >> <tlforres...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Thanks, Mike. > >> > > >> > So from what you are saying, there is some sort of data > >> structures check > >> > that would alert me if I am using a version of the program that is > >> > incompatible with the data version. Checking my downloads, I > >> find I have > >> > the .21 installer which I wouldn't have unless I had installed > >> that > >> > version. So Looks like I may be good to take a step back. > >> > > >> > Maybe a corollary question then - although backward compatible > >> with a > >> .21 > >> > database, does 3.x introduce any new changes to the data > >> structures that > >> > would make this a really bad idea? > >> > > >> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 9:26 AM Michael <mjchurc...@aol.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> It is my understanding that 2.6.21 is the only 2.6.x that is > >> compatible > >> >> with the 3.2 data structure. I have used 2.6.21 successfully > >> with 3.2 > >> >> data, but older 2.6.x report that they are not compatible. I > >> believe > >> that > >> >> is true of xml and sql databases. Mike > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:17 AM, Thomas Forrester > >> <tlforres...@gmail.com > >> > > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On a Windows computer, I upgraded to 3.2 from 2.6.20 I think it > >> was back > >> >> when I first noticed version 3 had been released. Took me till > >> 3.2 to > >> >> notice, but I think it was within a few days of the 3.2 release > >> Having > >> now > >> >> used 3.2 for a short while, I'm wondering if there's any issue > >> with > >> going > >> >> back to 2.6.x? In other words, are there any underlying data > >> structure > >> >> changes, or other file changes, that would make this a huge > >> mistake? I > >> am > >> >> using the MySQL database backend. I just feel at this point > >> that, if I > >> >> can't further edit anything after pasting something in from the > >> clipboard, > >> >> that it may be a better idea to go back so I can go forward. > >> >> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user > >> mailing > >> list > >> >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences > >> or to > >> >> unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If > >> >> you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more > >> information. ----- > >> >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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