Thanks, John, for the super-fast reply. I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that myself -- just add some extra text in Description so that it's no longer a match to any prior transactions in the register.
Thanks again! -- Regards, Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com On 2020-07-12 13:03, John Ralls wrote: > Sort of. When it autocompletes hit right-arrow to move to the end of the > autocompleted string and add an extra character, then tab. That will prevent > GnuCash from copying in the transaction and you can fill in the account and > credit/debit fields, then tab back to description and remove the extra > character and press Enter to complete the transaction. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Jul 12, 2020, at 12:27 PM, Stan Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Example: In a trip to the supermarket I buy food, wine, flowers, and >> cleaning supplies. To record that, I enter a transaction in GC, in the >> register for my credit card: >> Description = (store name) >> Click the Split button. >> In each of four splits, Memo = details of what I bought, Account = >> (account for that type of expense), Debit = (amount) >> In the fifth split, Memo = blank, Account = (credit card), credit = (total) >> All of that is fine. (I don't divide that purchase into four >> transactions, because I want the credit amount to match what will be >> shown on my credit-card statement.) >> >> But here's the problem. On the next trip to that store, I buy only food. >> What I want to do, in the account register for my credit card, is enter >> Description = (store name), Transfer = "Groceries", Credit = (amount). >> But as soon as I enter the store name in description, GC creates five >> splits that duplicate that previous shopping trip. I have to click Split >> and manually delete three splits, one at a time. >> >> Is there some way to tell GC "don't finish this one transaction for me"? >> >> Or, almost as good, when it does do the auto-complete, is there some way >> to tell it "not this time, thank you", and have it delete all of what it >> helpfully created for me?? _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
