[GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

[David Carlson]

Stan, I did forget to include the same session reference, that is a good
point.  I think it has worked that way since much further back than
2.6.19!!!

David Kirby appears to be complaining about the behavior of some business
features which seem to not be following that same general behavior.  I
think that would be a valid concern.  I don't use those features so I
cannot discuss them intelligently.  I will say that if they behave
differently for a specific reason, maybe those features need some
additional setting.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 10:44 AM Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> On 2022-12-26 16:27, David Carlson wrote:
> > When entering more than one transaction in a session,  new transactions
> > default to the same date last used, so the existing shortcuts metioned
> in a
> > previous comment often work.
>
> I think that should be "new transactions default to the same date last
> used _in_the_same_register_ in that session." At least that's been my
> experience with 2.6.19, though it could have changed in later GC versions.
>
> > If it happens that you are editing multiple historical transactions,
> they> are likely close together as well.
>
> And there is also the option to run a Ctrl+F query, then make any needed
> edits right in the results register. That's a "live" register like any
> other, not a static read-only view into the database.
>
> > If I had that sort of switch,  I would be forgetting to reset it when
> done.
>
> I agree wholeheartedly. Such an "switch" sounds to me like a classic
> case of bloating the product with a feature of _very_ limited
> applicability.
>
> A related feature I _would_ like to see is the ability to specify a date
> range within which no new transactions could be entered. I would use
> that to prevent myself from unintentionally changing transactions from
> prior years. The existing mechanism, where the only form of date range
> is N days before today, doesn't seem very helpful to me, since I have to
> change the value of N every day.
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
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David Carlson