[GNC] Unable to enter data in "Description" field of a Transaction

[john]

We need to move this back to the list, your results are of general interest and I don't think that they reveal anything private.

The matcher only tries to match on the beginning of words, so whatever is causing the problem starts with `tes` and `ates` won't match it.

Let's try to find it: Open the find dialog (Edit>Find or cmd-F) in the register. Select "matches regex" from the list button after "Description" and enter "[[:<:]]tes[^c]" (no quotes) and click Find. That will present a list of transactions with descriptions having words starting with tes that aren't tesco. If it's too many to look through try "[[:<:]]tes[^a-z]"; that will show only entries where tes is followed by something that isn't a letter.

Regards,
John Ralls



> On Jul 31, 2023, at 01:19, G R Hewitt <hewittgr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> John,
> forgot to add, I typed characters before 'tes' like ates, aaates, also abctestes. 'Tes' after a character works fine. 
> Just 'Tes' it seems.
> G
> 
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 19:00, john <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Do you have a lot of tabs open, maybe in multiple windows?
>> 
>> If so, could you quit GnuCash,  rename the .gcm file corresponding to your book in $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/books, restart GnuCash, open only whatever bank account you use when buying groceries, and see if it still locks up when you try to enter tesco?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 30, 2023, at 09:42, G R Hewitt <hewittgr at gmail.com <mailto:hewittgr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There you go John.
>>> I just typed 'tes', which seems to be the only sequence that freezes the program for me.
>>> Thanks, and good luck
>>> GRH
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 16:33, john <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
>>>> Following up on that, since you're on macOS there's a diagnostic option that's not readily available on other platforms:
>>>> 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor. Find GnuCash in the process list and select it.
>>>> 2. Type a character in the description field of  a new transaction to make GnuCash Freeze.
>>>> 3. Back in Activity Monitor, click the gear icon and select "Sample Process" from the resulting menu. 
>>>> 4. Attach the resulting file to a reply.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John Ralls
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> > On Jul 29, 2023, at 14:03, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
>>>> > 
>>>> > That's interesting, yours is the first report of this on macOS.
>>>> > 
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > John Ralls
>>>> > 
>>>> >> On Jul 29, 2023, at 12:59 PM, G R Hewitt <hewittgr at gmail.com <mailto:hewittgr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Hi John, I am using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 2010 MacPro 5.1
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:00, john <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
>>>> >> 
>>>> >>> For bug-filing instructions see
>>>> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla#Commenting_on_existing_bugs_or_entering_new_ones
>>>> >>> .
>>>> >>> 
>>>> >>> Chris Green and G R Hewitt, what OS/distro are you running and how did you
>>>> >>> install GnuCash?
>>>> >>> 
>>>> >>> For all three of you, what Window Manager (e.g. Gnome, XFCE, Mate, etc.)
>>>> >>> are you using?
>>>> >>> 
>>>> >>> Regards,
>>>> >>> John Ralls
>>>> >>> 
>>>> >>> 
>>>> >>>> On Jul 29, 2023, at 05:29, AgedLace <agedlace at yandex.com <mailto:agedlace at yandex.com>> wrote:
>>>> >>>> 
>>>> >>>> Can you point me in the direction needed in order to file the bug-report?
>>>> >>>> 
>>>> >>>> Thank you!
>>>> >>>> 
>>>> >>>> 
>>>> >>>> On 7/29/23 08:26, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>>> >>>>> Sorry, indeed, I missed that.
>>>> >>>>> 
>>>> >>>>> Consider stepping back to 4.14 in that case.
>>>> >>>>> 
>>>> >>>>> But also consider filing a bug report for sure so it can be addressed.
>>>> >>>>> 
>>>> >>>>> Regards,
>>>> >>>>> Adrien
>>>> >>>>> 
>>>> >>>>> On 7/29/23 7:09 AM, AgedLace wrote:
>>>> >>>>>> As i mentioned, my repository has version 5.3-1.  This is the version
>>>> >>> I am using.
>>>> > 
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