[GNC] GnuCash Delays on KB Input

[David Carlson]

David T

I think the problem with most of the releases in the 4.x series is that
there is a ton of needless code executed every time the enter key is
pressed.  I see the same slowness issue with release 4.8.  Have you
tried release 5.11 in Windows?  I think it is much faster and most of the
issues with early 5.x releases have been fixed in that release.
Release 5.12 got another problem, so I personally stayed with 5.11, much as
I dislike Windows.


On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM Cam Ellison <cam at ellisonet.ca> wrote:

> On 2025-08-26 10:29, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > Given Stan's response on this, I'm imagining the problem lies with
> > something in the data file. In fact, if I open a different file on the
> > machine, the problem appears to have disappeared. So, that supports
> > the idea that there is something wrong with the file.
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately, my data file covers 20 years of information. And yes,
> > I've run Check & Repair on the whole file. I can also eliminate any
> > issue with the gcm file, since I am on a new machine, and the gcm is
> > new (I know this because every account's column settings are defaulted
> > back stock layout. I had set the columns on the old machine).
> >
> >
> > I have absolutely no idea how I would troubleshoot this. Re-entering
> > 20 years of data is not the answer. As for an older backup, I had
> > already held off on bookkeeping for the last six months; going further
> > back would entail manual entry of thousands of transactions, which is
> > really not something I'm prepared to do either.
> >
> >
> > I would scan the raw xml to see if there were something obvious, but I
> > don't even know what I'd be looking for. I am considering exporting
> > the entire file to CSV and then reimporting into a new file,but again,
> > if the problem is some form of corruption in the transaction data,
> > this would just propagate the problem in a new file...
> >
> >
> > I am open to creative suggestions.
> >
> Are you in a position to switch to a database (postgresql, mysql,
> sqlite)? The problem may be (in part or whole) the sheer size of the
> file, not its contents or structure.
>
> Cheers
>
> Cam
>
>
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David Carlson