David, perhaps the code that generated the description ignored splits that belonged in other registers for a time ??? I do remember that when manually entering new txns or adding split descriptions for a txn that had prior periodic txns/splits with the same description in the same account register I was just presented with whitespace and had to completely retype the split description.
Cheers David H. On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 05:58, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote: > John, > > So the reports of others on the list ( > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-September/108792.html, > e.g.)-- that auto complete resets with version 5 and previously-saved > completion data is not retained-- are erroneous. I wonder what caused them > to reach their conclusions. > > David T. > > On Sep 14, 2023, 10:02 PM, at 10:02 PM, John Ralls <[email protected]> > wrote: > >Then go look for yourself: Open your data file in a text editor and > >search for a transaction description. Lines beginning with > ><trn:description> are the description part of a transaction. See if you > >find the text anywhere else. > > > >Regards, > >John Ralls > > > > > >> On Sep 14, 2023, at 10:37 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >> Oh. OK. > >> > >> But that doesn't match up with the assertions that users have made > >that the auto complete "resets" with the new version of GnuCash. If the > >auto complete feature is regenerated as you state, then that wouldn't > >be happening. An upgraded install would have a complete auto complete > >data set based on existing data. Others have said that this isn't the > >case, though. > >> > >> So, I don't know whose experience is more true. > >> > >> David T. > >> On Sep 14, 2023, at 8:20 PM, john <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Sep 13, 2023, at 21:01, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user > ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> In another thread, it was noted that the latest version of auto > >complete in version 5 of GnuCash restarts the auto completion data > >store. That gave me pause, as I make use of the feature extensively to > >speed the entry of transactions for a large number of stocks and mutual > >funds. (I start each transaction with the ticker symbol, making each > >very quick to enter) > >> > >> As a non programmer, I wonder idly whether there would be some way > >of grabbing the information out of the earlier copy, and pushing that > >data into the newer version. It would certainly help my use case. > >> > >> Could a normal (well, on some levels) person actually locate this > >data store in a file somehow, and then-- oh, I don't know-- copy and > >paste that information into another file to jumpstart their 5.x > >experience? > >> > >> David, > >> > >> The auto-completion data store is not and never has been saved. It's > >generated from the transaction and current-account-split text fields > >when you open a register tab. > >> > >> Regards, > >> John Ralls > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
