From: R Losey <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 5:10 PM
To: Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GNC] Ease of entry
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]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 12:47 AM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[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!
>
>
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