I have been using Gnucash for many years so I think it is time to contribute. I have several credit card accounts from different banks that each take a different approach to how they populate the tags in the transaction download file. When I import these files I often have to spend time cleaning up the description and notes fields, adding and deleting text. In particular, one of my banks actually lets me set the memo field for a transaction through their web page and app. I want this to appear in the transaction description. I would like more control so I can specify more precisely how this data is imported for each account separately.
I propose adding 2 options to the account edit screen: 1. Append Memo - when set, if the memo tag is populated then append that text to the name tag and use that combined text to populate the transaction description field. Default is off in which case the present logic is invoked. 2. Suppress Notes - when set, skip the logic that populates the notes field of the transaction. Default is off in which case the present logic is invoked. These options function independently. I implemented this on 5.0 and tested it on my Linux machine. While I was doing that 5.1 was released so I ported my changes to that release. I have not tested on Windows since I don't have a Windows machine. I do have Macs but I'm traveling and won't be able to build on that for another 2 months. I can create a pull request for review or post a diff if desired. I think the correct step right now is to discuss this feature and see if it is an acceptable idea for the community. What say you all? -Stephen -- Stephen Cohoon smcoh...@gmail.com If there's a problem that can't be solved with a clever program, is that problem really worth solving? _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
