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

[David H]

Ah thanks, I see it now :-)

Cheers David H.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 08:03, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Not preferences, but File » Properties » Accounts » Day Threshold for
> read-only transactions.
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
>
> On 2022-12-27 13:58, David H wrote:
> > Stan,
> >
> > There doesn't seem to be an option/preference to restrict txns entered
> > using N days before today anymore - version 4.13 of Gnucash on
> > Windows/MacOS - presumably it's been removed as it wasn't considered
> > very helpful or age has caught up with me and I'm slowly going blind :-)
> >
> > Cheers David H.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 02:44, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
> > <mailto: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 <https://BrownMath.com>
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