[GNC] Porting Auto Completion from v4 to v5

[David H]

David, perhaps the code that generated the description ignored splits that
belonged in other registers for a time ???  I do remember that when
manually entering new txns or adding split descriptions for a txn that had
prior periodic txns/splits with the same description in the same account
register I was just presented with whitespace and had to completely retype
the split description.

Cheers David H.

On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 05:58, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> John,
>
> So the reports of others on the list (
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-September/108792.html,
> e.g.)-- that auto complete resets with version 5 and previously-saved
> completion data is not retained-- are erroneous. I wonder what caused them
> to reach their conclusions.
>
> ⁣David T. ​
>
> On Sep 14, 2023, 10:02 PM, at 10:02 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> wrote:
> >Then go look for yourself: Open your data file in a text editor and
> >search for a transaction description. Lines beginning with
> ><trn:description> are the description part of a transaction. See if you
> >find the text anywhere else.
> >
> >Regards,
> >John Ralls
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 14, 2023, at 10:37 AM, sunfish62 at yahoo.com wrote:
> >>
> >> 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, at 8:20 PM, john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>  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
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