Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
Will do!!! [also have rebooted ... several times] ... it *is* an old computer, but still.  LOL! Thank you again!  I appreciate everyone's time and eagerness to help! On 7/29/23 17:40, David Carlson wrote: Wow!  Just to read the wiki you could use a smartphone or a friend,s computer.  I am

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread David Carlson
Wow! Just to read the wiki you could use a smartphone or a friend,s computer. I am intrigued by odd problems like yours, so when you do solve it please let us know what you found. On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 4:28 PM David Carlson wrote: > AgedLace, > > If you haven't re-booted lately, do that

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread David Carlson
AgedLace, If you haven't re-booted lately, do that before trying again. On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 4:08 PM John Ralls wrote: > One needs a login only to edit pages, not to read. When you have time and > if the problem hasn't resolved itself, try opening a terminal window and > running `traceroute

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
My manjaro doesn't have traceroute. I tried 'ping' ... it did one line then stalled.  So, the problem must be on my end ... i just have no way to know what / how and you guys have far more important things to do then to help me troubleshoot my computer. THANK YOU for trying!!! On 7/29/23

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread John Ralls
It might feel the same but it's very much not the same. The quickfill is quite different on 5.x from previous versions. Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 29, 2023, at 11:21 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 09:59:37AM -0700, john wrote: >> For bug-filing instructions see >>

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread John Ralls
One needs a login only to edit pages, not to read. When you have time and if the problem hasn't resolved itself, try opening a terminal window and running `traceroute wiki.gnucash.org`. If it prints more than 3 lines of * * * then kill it with control-C. Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 29,

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread John Ralls
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 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 wrote: > >> For bug-filing instructions see >>

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
That didn't work for me either.  I have no idea what it could be.  And I'm not able to spend any more time on it right now. Thank you all for your input and suggestions and help!!! On 7/29/23 16:27, David Carlson wrote: AgedLace, Try using private or incognito mode with your browser. I

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
Thank you - I will try that. On 7/29/23 16:27, David Carlson wrote: AgedLace, Try using private or incognito mode with your browser. I just tried with Brave in Incognito mode and got right in to wiki.gnucash.org. no login required. I have been having issues lately with overly agressively

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread David Carlson
AgedLace, Try using private or incognito mode with your browser. I just tried with Brave in Incognito mode and got right in to wiki.gnucash.org. no login required. I have been having issues lately with overly agressively protective programs like MacAfee in my Windows machine. My Linux machine

Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file

2023-07-29 Thread David Carlson
The companion to autosave is retain backups. Change both of those to values that better fit your style. On Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 2:59 PM Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Sorry, I have found the autosave it is five minutes. > > Barry > > On 29/07/2023 14:02, Adrien

[GNC] Finance::Quote Usage

2023-07-29 Thread Bruce Schuck
Hello all, Just an FYI. Getting a simple count of the Finance::Quote sources used. At least for those with v1.57 installed. I'd like to keep the counter in place for maybe another release, but will be removed by release v1.59. As noted in the discussion post, the ukfunds number is

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread G R Hewitt
Oh, and sorry, I installed from the dmg install off the supplied link re: the upgrade to 5.3. On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:00, john 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,

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
I even went to gnucash.org and clicked on the "wiki" link.  I get the exact same error. On 7/29/23 15:51, David H wrote: Must be something at your end, both links are working fine for me. Cheers David H. On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 04:20, AgedLace wrote: Unfortunately, I'm getting the

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread G R Hewitt
Hi John, I am using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 2010 MacPro 5.1 On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:00, john 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

Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file

2023-07-29 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
Sorry, I have found the autosave it is five minutes. Barry On 29/07/2023 14:02, Adrien Monteleone wrote: First, those long file names with numbers in them suggest at some point you've opened a backup file and then worked in it rather than your main file. This could be a big problem in that

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
I've tried Firefox, Brave and Chromium browsers ... all other sites are working fine, just the wiki.gnucash.org site refusing connection. Question? Does one need to login to the wiki? On 7/29/23 15:51, David H wrote: Must be something at your end, both links are working fine for me. Cheers

Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file

2023-07-29 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
Yes, I have files with a "similar looking" file names, but the suffixes are  .log and .ode (the suffix of my libre office text documents). I tried 'tidying up' I deleted all the files with recent dates (assuming they are being entered as the bank a/c entries) but the same result  - appears

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread David H
Must be something at your end, both links are working fine for me. Cheers David H. On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 04:20, AgedLace wrote: > Unfortunately, I'm getting the following error message. > > This site can’t be reached > > wiki.gnucash.org refused to connect. > > > > On 7/29/23 12:59,

Re: [GNC] Issue with Finance::Quote

2023-07-29 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 7/29/23 05:06, bern...@deprez.biz wrote: I wasn't aware of the IP tracking and that may be the explanation - without my knowledge, somebody else in my household was playing around with a Node-RED flow that was pulling a request from Alphavantage each minute with a third API key :-) We've

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 09:59:37AM -0700, john 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? > I'm

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
Unfortunately, I'm getting the following error message. This site can’t be reached wiki.gnucash.org refused to connect. ​ On 7/29/23 12:59, john wrote: For bug-filing instructions see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla#Commenting_on_existing_bugs_or_entering_new_ones. Chris

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
My Window Manager is XFCE. Thank you for your support.  It is greatly appreciated!! On 7/29/23 12:59, john 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

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread john
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

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
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

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread G R Hewitt
I don't know if it unfreezes in those few seconds, I just click in the line above after a few seconds - it may be the clicking in the line above that unfreezes it. Next time it freezes I will try it with out waiting to see. On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 13:09, AgedLace wrote: > I have waited several

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
This is my experience as well.  Previous versions didn't have this issue. On 7/29/23 08:23, G R Hewitt wrote: I'm using 5.3 and have the issue - I didn't on 5.2 and before. On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 12:56, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: I seem to recall a bug fix for

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
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.

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread G R Hewitt
I'm using 5.3 and have the issue - I didn't on 5.2 and before. On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 12:56, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I seem to recall a bug fix for a similar freezing issue in the > Description field on Windows systems. I believe that was implemented for >

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
My issue is that, yes, I can retreat and go back, but it still freezes after adding 1 character.  I have to retreat and go back for nearly ever single character in my description ... REALLY annoying!! On 7/29/23 07:06, Chris Green wrote: On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 09:28:40AM +0100, G R Hewitt

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
As i mentioned, my repository has version 5.3-1.  This is the version I am using. Thank you. On 7/29/23 07:55, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I seem to recall a bug fix for a similar freezing issue in the Description field on Windows systems. I believe that was implemented for 5.2. If you aren't

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread AgedLace
I have waited several seconds, but it doesn't unfreeze.  I'll try to pay closer attention. Thanks On 7/29/23 04:28, G R Hewitt wrote: I have the same problem, but so far, only when entering 'tes' for 'Tesco', when it just freezes. I wait a few seconds then click in the line above, then back

Re: [GNC] Issue with Finance::Quote

2023-07-29 Thread bern...@deprez.biz
Hi Bruce, I wasn't aware of the IP tracking and that may be the explanation - without my knowledge, somebody else in my household was playing around with a Node-RED flow that was pulling a request from Alphavantage each minute with a third API key :-)  We've now tuned that flow back to once

Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file

2023-07-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
First, those long file names with numbers in them suggest at some point you've opened a backup file and then worked in it rather than your main file. This could be a big problem in that you might think you've entered transactions and then find them missing. Does the title bar of your

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I seem to recall a bug fix for a similar freezing issue in the Description field on Windows systems. I believe that was implemented for 5.2. If you aren't on 5.2/5.3, I'd suggest giving it a try to see if the issue is resolved. Otherwise, perhaps step back to 4.14 for now. Regards, Adrien

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 09:28:40AM +0100, G R Hewitt wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 09:03, Chris Green wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:48:37PM -0400, AgedLace wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Recently, I've been having a problem entering Descriptions for my > > > transactions. > > > > >

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread G R Hewitt
I have the same problem, but so far, only when entering 'tes' for 'Tesco', when it just freezes. I wait a few seconds then click in the line above, then back to the original and it works. On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 09:03, Chris Green wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:48:37PM -0400, AgedLace

Re: [GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

2023-07-29 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:48:37PM -0400, AgedLace wrote: > Hello, > > Recently, I've been having a problem entering Descriptions for my > transactions. > > At first, I could only enter 3 characters, then it would lock up. > > Now I can only enter 1. > > All other fields seem to be working

Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file

2023-07-29 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
Since you asked "exactly" I'll try my best. I was entering  data to a bank account and then I got the strange message. I had already entered several items to the a/c when the message appeared. I suspect I had pressed a wrong key, causing the message I mentioned to appear. When I clicked ok I