Hi Jim, Ah yes it’s the same issue, thanks for the heads up.
Regards David. On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 6:17 pm, Jim DeLaHunt <[email protected]> wrote: > David: > > This sounds to me like a known GnuCash bug, > <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797971>, "odd cursor behaviour > in register Description". Apparently, it is fixed in the nightly builds, > but I haven't checked that myself yet. The next release of GnuCash > should have the fix. > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHun > > On 2020-11-16 23:03, David H wrote: > > Replying to/Correcting my own email - sorry the right bracket is not > added > > as it's already there, it's just that the cursor bounces to the end of > the > > description prematurely... > > > > Cheers David H. > > > > > > On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 17:01, David H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I've just recently noticed an unusual behaviour with the Description - > if > >> you have an existing description that ends with a right round bracket > e.g. > >> (From dd/mm/ccyy to dd/mm/2020) and you attempt to update the To Date to > >> 2021 by simply highlighting the last 2 characters of 2020 and > overtyping, > >> leaving the ")" character un-highlighted as soon as 1 character is > entered > >> a ")" is also added automatically so you end up with "202)0" instead of > the > >> expected "2020)" > >> > >> Running Gnucash 4.2 on MacOS Big Sur. > >> > >> Not sure if this occurs on Linux/Win 10 but will check further and if > it's > >> NOT an existing bug will raise a bug report for it. > >> > >> Regards David H. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > -- > . --Jim DeLaHunt, [email protected] http://blog.jdlh.com/ ( > http://jdlh.com/) > multilingual websites consultant > > 355-1027 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6E 4L2, Canada > Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
