[GNC] Auto-complete of Memo field suffers short term memory

[Adrien Monteleone]

For clarity, I'm not referring to the auto-population of Memos and 
splits when a Description is matched.

I'm talking about typing a new Memo in a new split or existing split for 
a new or existing transaction that shows the inconsistent and even then, 
limited, matching behavior.

Regards,
Adrien

On 11/19/23 1:49 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I've noticed this strange problem after upgrading to 5.0 and the issue 
> persists through 5.4.
> 
> I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this:
> 
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799133
> 
> (I think the problem has been somewhat noted in another thread, but I 
> can't find it)
> 
> Before 5.x, if I started typing text in a Memo field, it would 
> auto-complete with text that matched from a previous transaction's Memo 
> fields and would also auto-assign the account. This was very useful for 
> recording recurring line items, even if they were parts of transactions 
> with different Descriptions.
> 
> Now, this behavior is mostly gone.
> 
> I have seen some Memos auto-complete in 5.x, but only if I've used that 
> Memo text in a transaction since the upgrade, and oddly, sometimes, even 
> if I have used that text in a recent transaction, it might not 
> auto-complete.
> 
> It is as if the Memo auto-complete can't see older transaction Memo 
> fields from before the upgrade, and only occasionally sees Memos from 
> transactions since the upgrade. Having a matching Description doesn't 
> seem to matter either.
> 
>