Yes On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 10:53 AM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Adrien, > > Who are you asking to provide an example? > My point was that the manual editing method that you suggested couldn't be > used if the existing descriptions must be kept. > In my data file that is often the case. > I agree that there is a lot of 'noise' in the drop down list of suggestions > caused by searching existing transactions to populate this list. > > I think that such a list would best be populated from an independent table > which would be entirely new to GnuCash. It could be called 'Payees' and it > should be independent for each account. > > > > On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 10:07 AM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > How would you envision this would work in a case where you want to edit > > an existing transaction that has a description which you've removed from > > the list for new transactions? Since every transaction as it is being > > entered is a 'new' transaction, where does this cutoff happen? > > > > Maybe an example could illustrate this use case? > > > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 6/6/23 9:32 AM, David Carlson wrote: > > > The problem with the solution that Adrien suggests is that there is a > > real > > > possibility that the existing descriptions may be correct for existing > > > transactions but inappropriate for new transactions. I think there is > no > > > solution as long as the current method is used to populate the list, so > > we > > > must live with it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
