[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

Sat Jul 1 21:12:16 EDT 2023

I am on Ventura, and it seems odd; sometimes it is autofilling, and
sometimes it isn't. Maybe 5.3 restarted from scratch?

Or, if I'm remembering correctly, prior to this release, if I backspaced
and went forward, it didn't autofill (this is probably on purpose), but if
I removed all of the characters in the line, the auto-fill was re-enabled.

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 1:41 PM Dustin Henning <gcul209 at mynym.us> wrote:

> I'm on Ventura, so maybe the environment is relevant since a previous
> post mentioned things being different on Monterrey than I experience.  I
> just tried 5.3-1 again with my file, notes don't autofill.  I tried
> 5.2-1 with my file, notes don't autofill.  I tried 5.1-2 with my file,
> notes DO autofill.  I tried 5.1-2 with your file in the Checking account
> and "Note how the value match can tell the difference between USD22 and
> C$22" did autofill.  I tried 5.3-1 with your file and the same note
> didn't autofill in the same account.  I guess that narrows it down a
> fair amount (breakage in 5.2-1+ on Ventura 13.3.1(a)).  Should I open a
> bug report and submit your file with it?
>
> On 6/30/23 1:03 PM, Vincent Dawans wrote:
> > The notes and splits are populating from the autofill for me so far,
> > including in this attached test file. Hence those experiencing this
> > feature not working are definitely hitting a bug somewhere (bug or
> > whatever else you want to call it).  There certainly was no
> > intentional change in that behavior that I am aware of.
> >
> > The challenge now is to figure out what is particular about the
> > situations in which the problem is occurring and how to replicate it
> > so the developers can find the origin of the problem. Typically being
> > able to reproduce the error is often more difficult than fixing it
> > (figuring out the diagnosis is harder than providing the cure). For
> > those willing to help with this, one first step could be to create a
> > test file and see whether the behavior exists there as well. If it
> > does, it might be related to your larger PC environment, if it doesn't
> > it might be related to something more specific to your datafile. That
> > would guide what to do as a second step. Alternatively you are welcome
> > to use my test file attached to this email; the data is random, typed
> > over type as I am testing various things with it, which explains some
> > of the strange descriptions, but there is nothing personal or valuable
> > in that file data-wise and you can do whatever test you need on it for
> > testing. It has US and Canadian dollar transactions as a way to test
> > multicurrency features but it's not relevant to this issue.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Vincent Dawans
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 9:18 AM Dustin Henning <gcul209 at mynym.us> wrote:
> >
> >     My notes populated automatically on 5.0, they didn't on 5.3.  I
> >     downgraded to 5.0 and they do again.  The pop-up list works the
> >     same for
> >     me on 5.0 and 5.3 except for the added option to disable it. I
> >     wouldn't
> >     want to disable it unless I got the old behavior back, but the old
> >     behavior seems to clearly be going away seeing as how it was removed
> >     from another field in 5.3.  The reason my description field has large
> >     lists is because of previous changes to the OFX/QFX importer meaning
> >     that I manually populate that field for certain accounts now while it
> >     was automatically populated previously.  My understanding is that
> >     behavioral change wasn't the work of the GunCash dev team, so it
> >     is what
> >     it is.  While it also affects my notes field, the automatic typing
> >     in my
> >     notes field is more similar to the automatic typing in your
> >     description
> >     field.  I basically use them for the opposite of what you do due
> >     to how
> >     the OFX/QFX importer worked (and technically would probably still
> >     do the
> >     same now, it's just more work with the new importer behavior).
> >
> >     That having been said, the OFX/QFX importer behavior actually
> >     improved
> >     slightly in 5.3 when compared to 5.0, so maybe I should try 5.1
> >     and 5.2
> >     to see if I can find something in between to stick with for as
> >     long as
> >     possible.
> >
> >     On 6/29/23 4:18 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> >     > I just upgraded to 5.3-1 on Monterey and it works fine.
> >     >
> >     > I did have to accept the suggestion from the list and then Tab
> >     but it
> >     > populated with an autofill of memo, amounts, et cetera from my last
> >     > transaction with the same Description.
> >     >
> >     > I'll add here that I use GnuCash with old paper and pen habits,
> >     that
> >     > is, I use the 'Description' field as strictly a 'Payee/Payor'
> >     field.
> >     > Actual descriptive information I put in the Notes and/or Memo
> >     fields.
> >     > (Notes for the whole transaction, Memos for things specific to a
> >     > split) That usage greatly simplifies my Description list. It may
> >     not
> >     > suit everyone of course.
> >     >
> >     > Regards,
> >     > Adrien
> >     >
> >     > On 6/29/23 10:42 AM, Dustin Henning wrote:
> >     >> And it's worse.  Guess I REALLY should have read the release
> >     notes.
> >     >> Now notes doesn't autofiill the old way anyymore so I have to
> >     >> manually type even more.  My search still isn't begins with,
> >     either,
> >     >> so my list is still extremely long.  I guess maybe they missed
> >     that
> >     >> on Mac.  At least everybody else is happy with the
> >     improvements.  I'm
> >     >> used to being an outlier, so it is what it is.
> >     >
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