[GNC] Simple Update Question

Stan Brown the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
Wed Jul 28 09:56:26 EDT 2021


On 2021-07-27 23:13, Geoff wrote:
> IMHO the biggest benefit you will get by upgrading is the reduced data
> entry work on transactions when choosing an account by being able to
> type in any part of an account name.
> 
> To illustrate, consider this account:
> Expenses:Personal:Shoes
> 
> At present, you need to type something like "Ex:Pe:Sh" to get a match.
> With this new feature, you only need to type "sho" or "oes".  Doesn't
> seem like much on paper, but in practice it is a huge convenience.

It _is_ a huge convenience, but it's not completely new. I have that
feature in release 2.6.19.

I believe that happened automatically after I checked (ticked) "Only
display leaf account names" in Edit » Preferences » Register Defaults.

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