Thanks Geoff for the heads, and second your thanks to the dev team.
Geoff wrote > James, good news - your reasoning is no longer valid. If you check the > release notes for version 4.0 you will see this sensational new feature > was released: > > "New type-ahead search added to sequential search when selecting an > account in the register: Instead of typing the first few characters of a > top level account, the separator, the first few characters of the next > level account and so on you may instead type a few characters of any > part of a full account name and the drop-list will be filtered to > contain only matching accounts. Once you have a small enough list you > can use the arrow keys to select the account that you want." > > https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml > > So don't delay, upgrade today, and give your tired typing fingers a well > earned rest! > > Regards > > Geoff > ===== > P.S. THANK YOU to the crew that delivered this feature, it has made a > huge difference to data entry usability. > > > > On 20/02/2021 6:32 pm, Jamestk wrote: >> Hello good folks, >> >> Having used GNC for many years the time has come to create a new data >> file >> along with associated accounts. Before doing so i wanted to reacquaint >> myself with the basic principals behind GNC operation, basically because >> i >> would like to simplify my data entry. >> >> Firstly, is it necessary to create accounts under each heading such as >> 'expense' 'credit card', 'bank account' and so on? >> >> My thoughts are yes if you intend to run balance sheet or cash flow >> reports, >> in my situation I export accounts individually into HTML then excel or >> similar >> >> My reasoning is to reduce the number of keystrokes or scrolling when >> entering data, for example typing in a petrol receipt currently requires >> expense:car:petrol to be selected in drop down, it would be far easier to >> hit the shortcut key for petrol if petrol were a main and not sub account >> (if that makes any sense?) >> >> To summarise, my main objective using GNC is very basic double entry book >> keeping to ensure cash ends up where it's sent and duplicate entries are >> not >> made, for any report I use excel. >> >> Thanks for reading >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: >> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@ > 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. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
