We need to move this back to the list, your results are of general interest and I don't think that they reveal anything private.
The matcher only tries to match on the beginning of words, so whatever is causing the problem starts with `tes` and `ates` won't match it. Let's try to find it: Open the find dialog (Edit>Find or cmd-F) in the register. Select "matches regex" from the list button after "Description" and enter "[[:<:]]tes[^c]" (no quotes) and click Find. That will present a list of transactions with descriptions having words starting with tes that aren't tesco. If it's too many to look through try "[[:<:]]tes[^a-z]"; that will show only entries where tes is followed by something that isn't a letter. Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 31, 2023, at 01:19, G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John, > forgot to add, I typed characters before 'tes' like ates, aaates, also > abctestes. 'Tes' after a character works fine. > Just 'Tes' it seems. > G > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 19:00, john <jra...@ceridwen.us > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: >> Thanks. >> >> Do you have a lot of tabs open, maybe in multiple windows? >> >> If so, could you quit GnuCash, rename the .gcm file corresponding to your >> book in $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/books, restart GnuCash, >> open only whatever bank account you use when buying groceries, and see if it >> still locks up when you try to enter tesco? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Jul 30, 2023, at 09:42, G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:hewit...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> There you go John. >>> I just typed 'tes', which seems to be the only sequence that freezes the >>> program for me. >>> Thanks, and good luck >>> GRH >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 16:33, john <jra...@ceridwen.us >>> <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: >>>> Following up on that, since you're on macOS there's a diagnostic option >>>> that's not readily available on other platforms: >>>> 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor. Find GnuCash in the >>>> process list and select it. >>>> 2. Type a character in the description field of a new transaction to make >>>> GnuCash Freeze. >>>> 3. Back in Activity Monitor, click the gear icon and select "Sample >>>> Process" from the resulting menu. >>>> 4. Attach the resulting file to a reply. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> John Ralls >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > On Jul 29, 2023, at 14:03, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us >>>> > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > That's interesting, yours is the first report of this on macOS. >>>> > >>>> > Regards, >>>> > John Ralls >>>> > >>>> >> On Jul 29, 2023, at 12:59 PM, G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com >>>> >> <mailto:hewit...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hi John, I am using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 2010 MacPro 5.1 >>>> >> >>>> >> On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:00, john <jra...@ceridwen.us >>>> >> <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> For bug-filing instructions see >>>> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla#Commenting_on_existing_bugs_or_entering_new_ones >>>> >>> . >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Chris Green and G R Hewitt, what OS/distro are you running and how did >>>> >>> you >>>> >>> install GnuCash? >>>> >>> >>>> >>> For all three of you, what Window Manager (e.g. Gnome, XFCE, Mate, >>>> >>> etc.) >>>> >>> are you using? >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Regards, >>>> >>> John Ralls >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 29, 2023, at 05:29, AgedLace <agedl...@yandex.com >>>> >>>> <mailto:agedl...@yandex.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Can you point me in the direction needed in order to file the >>>> >>>> bug-report? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/29/23 08:26, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry, indeed, I missed that. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Consider stepping back to 4.14 in that case. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> But also consider filing a bug report for sure so it can be >>>> >>>>> addressed. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>> >>>>> Adrien >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> On 7/29/23 7:09 AM, AgedLace wrote: >>>> >>>>>> As i mentioned, my repository has version 5.3-1. This is the >>>> >>>>>> version >>>> >>> I am using. >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > gnucash-user mailing list >>>> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: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. >>>> >>> <Sample of Gnucash.txt> >> _______________________________________________ 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.