[GNC] clip board paste across catagories

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Sun Sep 27 04:54:53 EDT 2020


On 2020-09-27 01:08, Liz wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:23:50 -0700
> ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2020-09-27 00:02, David Carlson wrote:
>>   > AFAIK ctrl-v has always pasted entire contents of the clipboard
>>   > only into the currently selected field.
>>   >
>>
>> Any special character I can throw at it to get it to paste across
>> fields?  I can insert anything I want into the string
>>
> 
> 
> Up in the menu icons you will find an option to cut a transaction, then
> an option to paste the transaction into another account.
> 
> It doesn't always work smoothly for me
> If you are copying from a spreadsheet you may need to use the csv
> importer to make it work. I am ignorant about its workings.
> 
> Liz

Hi Liz,

Apparently, the copy transaction copies into a GnuCash
buffer and is not the  system clipboard.  Rats!

-T


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