[GNC] How to edit pop-up menu when typing transaction descriptions

[Sherman Yoder]

   Populating the list from a separate table would be a splendid idea,
   especially if the table could include the payee addresses so the
   address could print on the check without typing it in each time.

   Sherman

   On 6/6/2023 11:53 AM, David Carlson wrote:

Adrien,

Who are you asking to provide an example?
My point was that the manual editing method that you suggested couldn't be
used if the existing descriptions must be kept.
In my data file that is often the case.
I agree that there is a lot of 'noise' in the drop down list of suggestions
caused by searching existing transactions to populate this list.

I think that such a list would best be populated from an independent table
which would be entirely new to GnuCash.  It could be called 'Payees' and it
should be independent for each account.



On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 10:07 AM Adrien Monteleone <
[1]adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:


How would you envision this would work in a case where you want to edit
an existing transaction that has a description which you've removed from
the list for new transactions? Since every transaction as it is being
entered is a 'new' transaction, where does this cutoff happen?

Maybe an example could illustrate this use case?


Regards,
Adrien

On 6/6/23 9:32 AM, David Carlson wrote:

The problem with the solution that Adrien suggests is that there is a

real

possibility that the existing descriptions may be correct for existing
transactions but inappropriate for new transactions.  I think there is no
solution as long as the current method is used to populate the list, so

we

must live with it.

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