Register auto-complete

[Doug Brown]

   Thanks for the suggestion David. I had read something similar on the
   list archives, but it doesn't work for me. If I type, say,
   S-a-x-<backspace> I end up with "Sa" in mixed case. But as soon as I
   type the following "v" I end up with "SAVE ON FOODS ..." with the
   cursor positioned after the "V".
   I using GC 2.2.6 on XP SP3.
   d.
   David T. wrote:

I have been bothered by the Autofill Autocrat as well. Personally, I am annoyed
 that I have to retype the entire description each time, which essentially make
s autofill USELESS in this circumstance. I would love to figure out how to make
 it so that imported entries NOT get added to the Autocrat's buffer...

The only thing I can point out is that if you type a different character and im
mediately delete it, the mixed case version remains and is saved. If you're doi
ng a lot of the same entries, you can copy and paste, although here again you h
ave to type an extra character and delete it, since the Autocrat steps in on th
e paste job too.

David

--- On Wed, 9/17/08, Doug Brown [1]<toquehead at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Doug Brown [2]<toquehead at gmail.com>
Subject: Register auto-complete
To: [3]gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:54 AM
There is something about the register that drives me crazy.
I'm sure
this question will reveal to all that I suffer from Tiny
Brain Syndrome,
but stupid is as stupid does.

I download transactions from my chequing and credit card
accounts via
the manual OFX import. As GC has no concept of vendor, the
description
is important to me, so for common vendors I like to have a
readable and
consistent description. Often the description that
accompanies my
downloaded transactions is not what I want. For example,
say I have some
entries like:

SAVE ON FOODS #953       HOPE
SAVE ON FOODS #989       SPUZZUM

Now lets say I have a few of these in the registry. If I
try to retype
the descriptions to be:

Save On Foods

As I attempt to change the description, the auto-complete
feature of GC
changes my mixed-case typing into all uppercase to match
the previous
entries. The only solution I have found is to do something
like add a
trailing space and save the description, and re-edit it to
what I want
and then remove the trailing space. This is obviously a
pain. If I
happen to have numerous entries, then I have to go through
this process
for each entry until they are all changed.

Is there a convenient way to suppress (1 time only) the
normally very
handy auto-completion of the Description field?

Thanks,

d.
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