entering transactions without using the mouse

[Colin Law]

On 17 December 2012 16:40, Adrian Mariano <adrian at mitre.org> wrote:
> I would like to be able to enter transactions without using the mouse, and
> unless I've overlooked something, this is kind of awkward.  Problems arise
> when the account doesn't match the last transaction with the same
> description.  So what typically happens is
>
> Enter date
> <tab>
> enter description
> <tab>
> gnucash retrieves the last matching transaction, which is a complicated
> split with 5 accounts

At this point you can enter
Alt-n v Enter
to remove the splits.  Still a bit tedious I know.

In Ubuntu, with Unity, you can hit Alt to bring up the HUD then type
remo
and Enter.  Also a bit tedious.  A hot key to remove the splits would be good.

Colin