finding 'names' from transactions

[Liz]

On Sat, 4 May 2013 06:52:34 +1000
Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 03 May 2013 13:33:51 -0700
> "John R. Sowden" <jsowden at americansentry.net> wrote:
> 
> > when I enter a transaction, under description I can enter a payee,
> > if it is a check.  Is this name stored somewhere?  I tried vendors,
> > employees and another (forget) reports to thy to find.  Is there a
> > way to see 'all' in one of those lists?  If I hit find with nothing
> > in the search field I get the reprimand that I need something in the
> > field, but there is no 'all' button.  Looking through transactions
> > to find those written to an entity is very helpful.
> > 
> > John
> >   
> 
> 
> You are not the first to ask
> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2008-May/025432.html

The list I get in your exact query is somewhat repetitive. Some
descriptions are repeated in the list, others are not. I couldn't see
why that happened.
I suspect you are looking for "what DID I call this last time?"

Liz