[GNC] 5.0-1 (Flathub) issue

[David H]

Dale,

Typing 2 spaces to cater for the matches to "ong " with a trailing space
works for me in that specific case, of course if you have no matches that
end with ong and a trailing space only one space is required.

Cheers David H.


On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 07:07, Dale Alspach <alspachde at gmail.com> wrote:

> What if there is no more to type?
> Example: I enter ONG
> That is exactly what I want. The list includes Amanda Szongo, all
> possibities including words such as long, e.g., long term care. The
> highlighted entry is Amand Szongo so I cannot just hit tab. How do I move
> the cursor off the description ? I don't want to scroll through a list for
> something that is already in the field.
> I have not played with this or searched the documentation, so there may be
> something simple.
> For me it would help if the matching assumed that I was typing the first
> few characters.
> Dale
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 12:47 PM john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> > To reduce the number of matches just keep typing.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> >
> > > On Mar 30, 2023, at 10:38 AM, R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I also disagree; I have only used 5.0 for a few entries; it will get a
> > good
> > > workout tomorrow, but I can see it saving typing. Currently, it's a bit
> > of
> > > a surprise to see the list pop up, but I imagine I'll get used to it. I
> > > don't know what happens if there are, say, 20 different older entries;
> it
> > > would be nice if it only showed a limited number of recent matches for
> > when
> > > there are a lot of possibilities -- even nicer if this were
> > > user-customizable.
> > >
> > > I found the old way of matching the last entry a bit annoying at times.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 5:28 PM John J Egan <jje47 at joesdesigns.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Since this update, creating a entry in the register now pops-up a
> > >> 'similar entries' selection search result box, rather than just
> filling
> > >> in the payee as it used to. It's SO frustrating, and a lot more work
> > now!
> > >>
> > >> Please revert back this new "feature".
> > >>
> > >> Thank you.
> > >>
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