John, So the reports of others on the list (https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-September/108792.html, e.g.)-- that auto complete resets with version 5 and previously-saved completion data is not retained-- are erroneous. I wonder what caused them to reach their conclusions.
David T. On Sep 14, 2023, 10:02 PM, at 10:02 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >Then go look for yourself: Open your data file in a text editor and >search for a transaction description. Lines beginning with ><trn:description> are the description part of a transaction. See if you >find the text anywhere else. > >Regards, >John Ralls > > >> On Sep 14, 2023, at 10:37 AM, sunfis...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> Oh. OK. >> >> But that doesn't match up with the assertions that users have made >that the auto complete "resets" with the new version of GnuCash. If the >auto complete feature is regenerated as you state, then that wouldn't >be happening. An upgraded install would have a complete auto complete >data set based on existing data. Others have said that this isn't the >case, though. >> >> So, I don't know whose experience is more true. >> >> David T. >> On Sep 14, 2023, at 8:20 PM, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >> >> On Sep 13, 2023, at 21:01, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user ><gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> In another thread, it was noted that the latest version of auto >complete in version 5 of GnuCash restarts the auto completion data >store. That gave me pause, as I make use of the feature extensively to >speed the entry of transactions for a large number of stocks and mutual >funds. (I start each transaction with the ticker symbol, making each >very quick to enter) >> >> As a non programmer, I wonder idly whether there would be some way >of grabbing the information out of the earlier copy, and pushing that >data into the newer version. It would certainly help my use case. >> >> Could a normal (well, on some levels) person actually locate this >data store in a file somehow, and then-- oh, I don't know-- copy and >paste that information into another file to jumpstart their 5.x >experience? >> >> David, >> >> The auto-completion data store is not and never has been saved. It's >generated from the transaction and current-account-split text fields >when you open a register tab. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls _______________________________________________ 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.
