> On 23 Jul 2019, at 17:01, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> > wrote: > > Derek, > > I suspected as much, and indeed if one hovers over the input box in > preferences where you define your custom separator, the tooltip says “dash” > is not allowed among others, presumably because they are either used by the > app itself in a hard-coded fashion, or would create havoc if they aren’t > escaped properly.
The tooltip on my Mac version of GC 3.5 specifically includes “dash” as one of the legal options. Michael > > Michael, > > Sorry, your choice of separator is not allowed. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Jul 23, 2019, at 10:42 AM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: >> >> I don't think that would work. >> If you change a name of the created accounts, GnuCash will just create a >> new one. I think it specifically looks for the name. >> I also don't think you can *move* those accounts, either. >> -derek >> >> On Tue, July 23, 2019 11:38 am, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> While the creation of those accounts on the fly is probably hard coded to >>> use a dash, what if you created them yourself and used a different spacer >>> in the name, then change your separator character of choice? >>> >>> Options might be ‘Imbalance_GBP’ or 'Imbalance–GBP’ or ‘Imbalance—GBP’. >>> >>> Those last two might look exactly like ‘Imbalance-GBP’ depending on your >>> e-mail client’s text settings, but they are an en-dash and em-dash >>> respectively, not hyphens. If your keyboard layout is set to ‘Macintosh’ >>> you should be able to generate those by using OPT- and SHIFT+OPT- >>> respectively. >>> >>> First change the account separator back to the default, then edit the >>> names of those accounts, then change the separator to what you want. >>> >>> Then create a test transaction that should attempt to create the Imbalance >>> or Orphan accounts and see if it uses the ones you renamed, or creates new >>> ones with dashes instead. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>>> On Jul 23, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.mich...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I’ve tried using “dash” as account separator, as it’s easily accessible >>>> with my left little finger without the need for me to press the shift >>>> key (as is the case with the colon). >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, when I create and unbalanced or orphan transaction, >>>> GnuCash creates a new account (Imbalance-GBP or Orphan-GBP) which breaks >>>> the rule that the separator can’t be used as part of an account name. >>>> >>>> This is OK until the account is closed and re-opened, when GnuCash >>>> appears to have hung, with the Gnucash title-bar bereft of any menu >>>> options, and the Main Window unresponsive. >>>> >>>> I discovered accidentally that the GnuCash splash screen and a dialogue >>>> box warning of the use of the separator character had been obscured by >>>> the Main GnuCash window. >>>> >>>> The latter may be a Mac OS issue (I’m using GC version 3.5 on an iMac >>>> with OS X High Sierra. >>>> >>>> I haven’t found reference to these issues in the bug list - are they >>>> sufficient to warrant notification? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Michael >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
