auto completion

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 08/08/06 Derek Atkins said:

> Because that's the way it works.  Autocompletion only goes back in
> the current account because it would be a lot more work (and less
> clear) if it looked across multiple accounts.

How would it be less clear? More work, I understand. Harmful to performance,
I'm sure. Perhaps a preference option?

> I'm not sure what you mean here..  What do you mean by "another
> account for that vendor"?  Are you talking about the business features
> invoice/bill entry?!?  If so, then yes, it's a reasonable request to
> suggest that autocompletion work across multiple invoices or bills for
> the same customer or vendor...  But right now it doesn't work that
> way.

I'm referring to the description field that is autocompleted in the ledger. I
said vendor because most of the time I'm entering a receipt for something I
purchased.

Mike
-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein
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