[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[Dustin Henning]

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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