Okay John, done that. Search = [[:<:]]tes[^c]
Returns two entries and the description for both is 'Car Annual Test' - which gives the 'Tes' in question. Oddly there are no 'Tesco' transactions - ought there to be, I should have thought so? The entries are: Bank > Prepayments Prepayments > Car Search = [[:<:]]tes[^a-z] Returns nothing. On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 at 18:28, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > We need to move this back to the list, your results are of general > interest and I don't think that they reveal anything private. > > The matcher only tries to match on the beginning of words, so whatever is > causing the problem starts with `tes` and `ates` won't match it. > > Let's try to find it: Open the find dialog (Edit>Find or cmd-F) in the > register. Select "matches regex" from the list button after "Description" > and enter "[[:<:]]tes[^c]" (no quotes) and click Find. That will present a > list of transactions with descriptions having words starting with tes that > aren't tesco. If it's too many to look through try "[[:<:]]tes[^a-z]"; that > will show only entries where tes is followed by something that isn't a > letter. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jul 31, 2023, at 01:19, G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John, > forgot to add, I typed characters before 'tes' like ates, aaates, also > abctestes. 'Tes' after a character works fine. > Just 'Tes' it seems. > G > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 19:00, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > >> Thanks. >> >> Do you have a lot of tabs open, maybe in multiple windows? >> >> If so, could you quit GnuCash, rename the .gcm file corresponding to >> your book in $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/books, restart >> GnuCash, open only whatever bank account you use when buying groceries, and >> see if it still locks up when you try to enter tesco? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >> On Jul 30, 2023, at 09:42, G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There you go John. >> I just typed 'tes', which seems to be the only sequence that freezes the >> program for me. >> Thanks, and good luck >> GRH >> >> >> On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 16:33, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >>> Following up on that, since you're on macOS there's a diagnostic option >>> that's not readily available on other platforms: >>> 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor. Find GnuCash in the >>> process list and select it. >>> 2. Type a character in the description field of a new transaction to >>> make GnuCash Freeze. >>> 3. Back in Activity Monitor, click the gear icon and select "Sample >>> Process" from the resulting menu. >>> 4. Attach the resulting file to a reply. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>> >>> > On Jul 29, 2023, at 14:03, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> > >>> > That's interesting, yours is the first report of this on macOS. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > John Ralls >>> > >>> >> On Jul 29, 2023, at 12:59 PM, G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi John, I am using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 2010 MacPro 5.1 >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:00, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> For bug-filing instructions see >>> >>> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla#Commenting_on_existing_bugs_or_entering_new_ones >>> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> Chris Green and G R Hewitt, what OS/distro are you running and how >>> did you >>> >>> install GnuCash? >>> >>> >>> >>> For all three of you, what Window Manager (e.g. Gnome, XFCE, Mate, >>> etc.) >>> >>> are you using? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 29, 2023, at 05:29, AgedLace <agedl...@yandex.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Can you point me in the direction needed in order to file the >>> bug-report? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thank you! >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On 7/29/23 08:26, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> >>>>> Sorry, indeed, I missed that. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Consider stepping back to 4.14 in that case. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> But also consider filing a bug report for sure so it can be >>> addressed. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Regards, >>> >>>>> Adrien >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On 7/29/23 7:09 AM, AgedLace wrote: >>> >>>>>> As i mentioned, my repository has version 5.3-1. This is the >>> version >>> >>> I am using. >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > gnucash-user mailing list >>> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> > ----- >>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >>> <Sample of Gnucash.txt> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
