Noted. Thanks. This isn't the case of any repeated text. Most things are the same, but I'm having to enter the same dollar amount multiple times, and I was hoping to be able to get around this.
I knew that in a scheduled transaction, one can use variables; I wasn't sure if variables could be used in regular data entry. On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Whenever I need repeated text in Windows, I tend to type it into Notepad, > capture it to clipboard buffer and use shift-insert to paste away ... > > Just to answer OP, GNC does not have any built in facility to automate as > such. You'll need help from the OS facilities for such needs, which have > been mentioned by various folks. YMMV based on the workflow you adopt. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherlock <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 12:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] Ease of entry > > Hi Richard, > > Assuming you're still using Windows, I suggest you consider using > AutoHotkey. Mapping a hotkey to copy the amount entered in a field, and > then tab over and paste the amount 3 times should be straight forward. > See https://www.autohotkey.com/ > > > Regards, > > Sherlock > > > On 1/9/26 2:44 PM, R Losey wrote: > > Greetings, all. > > > > I have multiple occasions in which I have a 4-way spilt - all of the > > amounts are the same and I'm finding it tedious to enter the same > > number four times. > > > > I know GnuCash has variables, but I think they only work for Scheduled > > Transactions. > > > > Is there a way to make the data entry easier? Perhaps (if not using a > > variable), a keyboard shortcut? > > > > Thanks to the maintainers for a great program! > > Thanks to the people in this group, from whom I have learned much! > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
