I should have added that ignore the matcher matching and suggesting until you 
have typed in fully what you want. If that happens to match an entry than add a 
space or two to what you have typed in to make it unique which will make that 
stick in the description.


-----Original Message-----
From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> 
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 2:29 PM
To: 'stepbystepf...@comcast.net' <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>; 
'gnucash-user@gnucash.org' <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: RE: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty

Just continue to type out fully what you want in the description and if it 
doesn’t match anything that it has then it will retain what you have typed in 
exactly as-is.


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 9:12 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty

On 6/12/2023 12:06 AM, davidvernonl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> When entering a description into a transaction, I think GnuCash is 
> trying to autofill, but it does not allow me to input the description I wish 
> to enter.
> Is it me, or is it a bug?
> Thanks
> David

This is unlikely to be a bug. Bugs don't just affect you.

However your description of the problem isn't clear enough for us to be of much 
help. Try again. When you try to type in the description that you do want, what 
prevents that? Because of "autofill" gnucash will try to enter a "match" from 
the past << a previous description that starts the same way >> I experience 
this. You might have to fight with gnucash a bit to get what you want entered. 
Assuming you want to have autofill working for other than the situation causing 
the problem, here is a trick you might find useful;

Start entering the description that you do want (the one that is getting caught 
by autofill) with an obvious wrong starting character. I usually use "q" or 
"x:, etc. Once you have typed in the description that way (it won't get caught 
by autofill) you go back and delete that starting character. Of course this 
isn't a trick specific to gnucash.


Michael D Novack




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