[GNC] clip board paste across catagories

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 27, 2020, at 12:23 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
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>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 1:51 AM ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
>>    On 2020-09-26 23:44, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
>>     > Hi All,
>>     >
>>     > Fedora 32, x64
>>     > Xfce 4.14
>>     > gnucash-4.1-1.fc32.x86_64
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > I has a situation where I have the Date, Number, Description,
>>    Transfer,
>>     > Payment, Charge loaded into the secondary clipboard (<ctrl><C>,
>>     > ctrl<V>).  (Linux has four clipboards.)
>>     >
>>     > When I paste (ctrl<V>) into GnuCash, I can't get it to paste
>>     > across boundaries.  In other words everything goes into "date".
>>     >
>>     > I am using tabs as delimiters.  What should I be using?
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Many thanks,
>>     > -T
>>    Carriage returns don't work either
> 
> 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
> 

No. Aside from the special transaction copy-paste that Liz mentioned copy-paste is one field at a time. You'll note that you're able to select only one field at a time: GnuCash isn't a spreadsheet.

What's the source of the clipboard item?

Regards,
John Ralls