How to edit/delete auto complete transaction

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 2, 2016, at 12:34 PM, aeneas <receiver at gowdygroup.net> wrote:
> 
> It sounds like there is some misunderstanding about the issue.
> 
> The benefit of auto complete is to have data filled in for you so that you
> don't have to type it.  For example, in Quicken the term "memorized
> transaction" (MT) is used.  The problem arises when you make an error when
> creating the MT.  The consequence of that error is that whenever you want to
> do it again you get the erroneous data which causes you to then have to do
> typing that auto-complete intends to save you from doing.  Quicken allows
> you to go and alter the MT so that in the future it enters what you want
> without having to type it.  In that, auto complete resumes working as
> intended.  Quicken also allows you to simply delete the MT which is often,
> if not always, all you need to do because then when you subsequently enter
> it correctly the problem is fixed.
> 
> It appears to me that GNUcash is missing this important capability.

We don't measure what's important based on what Quicken does -- rather the opposite, in fact. GnuCash isn't Quicken. If you want a program that works just like Quicken, use Quicken. If you want to use GnuCash, forget about Quicken and learn to use GnuCash.

Regards,
John Ralls