[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 268, Issue 19

[Geoffry Loats]

Thanks for the info. Problem solved

Geoff Loats

On Thu, 10 July 2025, 11:20 Mike Brady, <mikee.bunch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Autofill usually allows you to enter a transaction description without
> editing. It's at the top of the pick list. Doing that should avoid
> generating the splits if the last time the description was used there
> were splits. Another alternative I've found is, before entering any
> numbers for the transaction, to right-click then "remove all splits"
> from that popup menu; that makes it a simple transaction. Don't know
> if/where that's documented, but I found it by trial and error. Same
> behavior in 5.11 and 5.12 in Windows 11 and Linux Mint.
>
> -Mike B
>
> On 7/9/2025 8:34, sunfish62 at yahoo.comvia
> gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
> > 8. Re:  Split Transactions (sunfish62 at yahoo.com)
> >
> > Autofill has *always* duplicated all splits in a memorized
> > transaction, which is what OP is displeased with. In other words, if I
> > have a transaction with the description "My Complicated Transaction"
> > with 17 entries on it, the next time I start typing "My ", it will
> > duplicate all 17 previous entries with their amounts. OP doesn't want
> > the duplication, but unfortunately, that's not how that feature works.
> > ?David T.? On Jul 9, 2025, 9:13?AM, at 9:13?AM, Michael or Penny
> > Novack via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> >> On 7/9/2025 3:35 AM, Geoffry Loats wrote:
> >>> I find that when I enter split transactions rather than a fresh
> >> split, I
> >>> get a previous split transaction with numerous lines when all I want
> >> is a
> >>> new one.
> >>> Is there anyway to fix this?
> >>>
> >> I have never seen behavior anything like that.
> >>
> >> Describe the process you are using to enter a new "split" transaction.
> >> Start from the first step. For example (it might be) enter the account
> >> of ONE of the accounts of the split just as if not a "split
> >> transaction". But instead of entering a second account, hit "split".
> >>
> >> Michael D Novack
> >>
> >> PS: If my example first step NOT what you are doing. might be the
> >> problem
> >>
> >> PPS: Unless you have chosen "Journal Mode" for entering all
> >> transactions, split, or not
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