Time for 2.5.1

[David Carlson]

On 5/8/2013 1:37 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 5/8/2013 10:07 AM, Robert Fewell wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> Thank you for testing, I am a little confused by your last update. As I
>> have pointed out on the bug mentioned, I am only interested in the new
>> registers which all have the vertical status line and the columns can be
>> moved so you can move it at your pleasure.
>>
>> Sub account registers do not allow changes, the status line is all red so
>> find it perplexing that you are trying to edit one !
>>
>> In the Schedule editor, the default behaviour is to use the old style
>> register view so to use the new style you need to use the menu option
>> 'scheduled->New2 and Edit2' which also have the vertical status column.
>> This may change in the next release. What problems are you having ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>       Robert
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> I am confused too.  Using GnuCash 2.5.1 I opened a file that I have been
> editing forever with older versions of Gnucash.  That file has many
> register windows left open from previous use.  In retrospect I was
> confused by thinking that all those windows were in the new register
> view because I no longer saw any option to open then in the new
> register2 view but there was an option to open in the old view.
>
> (When I mention the old behavior my intent is simply to use it as a
> reference for comparison.)
>
> Then, there was a search window created by the since last run assistant,
> so from there I selected a transaction, right clicked and selected the
> Schedule option.  This opened the scheduled transaction (I think) in the
> new view.  When I tried to edit it GnuCash crashed.
>
> I restarted GnuCash, went to the chart of accounts, created a new
> sub-account of a fixed asset account.  Then I opened the fixed asset
> account in the sub-account view(not Old Sub-account view).  There were
> no red areas other than the highlighted field that alternates between
> blue and red background depending on whether I am actively editing to
> show the status of the highlight or focus, or whatever in this
> particular theme.  It was possible to start an edit but again GnuCash
> crashed.  If the vertical line was supposed to be red, it definitely was
> not.
>
> I thought that both of those incidents were artifacts of incomplete code
> updates to those types of registers in the new view, since this is a
> work in progress, so I only mentioned them in passing.
>
> Now I have re-installed 2.5.1 and re-opened that same file.  I returned
> to the same asset account and re-opened it in the sub-account view.  It
> does appear to be in the register2 view judging by the different
> titles.  there is no red anywhere on the page other than a few negative
> numbers here and there.  It appears that I can edit some fields if I
> left click on them, but I have not tried to commit an edit yet.
>
> Now in a register2 view of a credit card account transaction that has
> multiple split lines in that account, as you pointed out, the
> transaction does only appear once in the Auto-split view.  However, if I
> right click on it and select the choice 'Schedule..' the scheduled
> transaction does open in the register2 view.  There is no
> scheduled->new2 or edit2 option in the right click drop-down list. 
> Attempting an edit again crashed Gnucash.
>
> I agree that we need to be on the same page so I am trying to describe
> my testing as completely as possible.  Otherwise we are both spinning
> our wheels.
>
> Is this enough for now?
>
> David C
>
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Now I have another question.  If I am in a register2 view and using
basic ledger view, how do I edit a transaction? Specifically how do I
edit a split transaction, but I also might want to edit a simple
transaction.  I have not found the secret.

David C
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