Using Account Codes

[Yawar Amin]

On 1/31/10 7:57 PM, Justin Jaynes said:
> I've added textual account codes to all my common expense accounts
> like "groc" for groceries.
>   

Cool. I started doing this recently myself.

> But I some start with "a" and "e" and if I start typing "a" or "e" in
> the account field in the ledger, it jumps to "Assets:" or "Equity" and
> will not find my short code for those items which begin with such
> letters.
>   

You can just keep typing the account code and then Tab over to the next
field. Say your account code for Expenses:Entertainment is `ent' you'd
type `e' to start off, but then the autocomplete would pull up
`Expenses' for you. Well, if you just keep typing `nt' that will
overwrite the `xpenses' and leave you with `ent' in the account field.
Then you can just Tab over and GnuCash will replace it with
Expenses:Entertainment.

> [...] that brings up the account
> list and tries to match my text to the names?
>   

Not 100% sure what you're asking here but if you're asking if GnuCash
autocompletes account codes like `ent' so that if you start typing `e'
it figures out you mean `ent', then no. That would be kind of
complicated and ambiguous, I think.


HTH,

Yawar


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