[GNC] Porting Auto Completion from v4 to v5

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Oh. OK. 

But that doesn't match up with the assertions that users have made that the auto complete "resets" with the new version of GnuCash. If the auto complete feature is regenerated as you state, then that wouldn't be happening. An upgraded install would have a complete auto complete data set based on existing data. Others have said that this isn't the case, though. 

So, I don't know whose experience is more true. 

⁣David T. ​

On Sep 14, 2023, 8:20 PM, at 8:20 PM, john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Sep 13, 2023, at 21:01, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
><gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> In another thread, it was noted that the latest version of auto
>complete in version 5 of GnuCash restarts the auto completion data
>store. That gave me pause, as I make use of the feature extensively to
>speed the entry of transactions for a large number of stocks and mutual
>funds. (I start each transaction with the ticker symbol, making each
>very quick to enter) 
>> 
>> As a non programmer, I wonder idly whether there would be some way of
>grabbing the information out of the earlier copy, and pushing that data
>into the newer version. It would certainly help my use case. 
>> 
>> Could a normal (well, on some levels) person actually locate this
>data store in a file somehow, and then-- oh, I don't know-- copy and
>paste that information into another file to jumpstart their 5.x
>experience? 
>
>David,
>
>The auto-completion data store is not and never has been saved. It's
>generated from the transaction and current-account-split text fields
>when you open a register tab.
>
>Regards,
>John Ralls