Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread David H
Ah forget that it does actually do a new search, sorry for the noise, Cheers David H. On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 07:04, David H wrote: > You say 20, I counted 30 on macOS :-) The thing I don't like much about > it is you enter for example an e and you get 20/30 entries then typing > further

Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread David H
You say 20, I counted 30 on macOS :-) The thing I don't like much about it is you enter for example an e and you get 20/30 entries then typing further letters to refine the search it only seems to narrow down the results from the initial subset of search results instead of refreshing the actual

Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread David Carlson
I happen to like it that you don't need to know the first character(s) if something in the middle is the really unique part of what you want. On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 12:01 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I think it is the same/similar code used for account

Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I think it is the same/similar code used for account selection. (and that feature *greatly* speeds up entry) The idea is that you don't *have* to know or recall how something is spelled *in order* and thus get all options so you can choose the right one. While that is intended, and can be

Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread Jack Slater
ehalf of Jack Slater > *Sent:* Thursday, May 4, 2023 10:57 AM > *To:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org > *Subject:* [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option? > > In the new build, if I type a "j" I now get a pop-up list with the 1st > option listed as "adj". I then

Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread Jack Slater
Great feedback. I'll head there now. On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:03 AM Vincent Dawans wrote: > Jack: > > This is being discussed in this bug report > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798829 > > I think it would be good to have more users express their views and needs > about this feature

Re: [GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread Vincent Dawans
Jack: This is being discussed in this bug report https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798829 I think it would be good to have more users express their views and needs about this feature in that report so the developers have a better sense of the various issues. In expressing your views, it's

[GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

2023-05-04 Thread Jack Slater
In the new build, if I type a "j" I now get a pop-up list with the 1st option listed as "adj". I then have to down-arrow past 20ish entries to get to "john". In past builds, typing the same "j" would pop up the last "j" I had entered, which was in most cases "john", the same business name that I