On 5/8/2013 1:37 PM, David Carlson wrote: > On 5/8/2013 10:07 AM, Robert Fewell wrote: >> David, >> >> Thank you for testing, I am a little confused by your last update. As I >> have pointed out on the bug mentioned, I am only interested in the new >> registers which all have the vertical status line and the columns can be >> moved so you can move it at your pleasure. >> >> Sub account registers do not allow changes, the status line is all red so >> find it perplexing that you are trying to edit one ! >> >> In the Schedule editor, the default behaviour is to use the old style >> register view so to use the new style you need to use the menu option >> 'scheduled->New2 and Edit2' which also have the vertical status column. >> This may change in the next release. What problems are you having ? >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-devel mailing list >> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >> > I am confused too. Using GnuCash 2.5.1 I opened a file that I have been > editing forever with older versions of Gnucash. That file has many > register windows left open from previous use. In retrospect I was > confused by thinking that all those windows were in the new register > view because I no longer saw any option to open then in the new > register2 view but there was an option to open in the old view. > > (When I mention the old behavior my intent is simply to use it as a > reference for comparison.) > > Then, there was a search window created by the since last run assistant, > so from there I selected a transaction, right clicked and selected the > Schedule option. This opened the scheduled transaction (I think) in the > new view. When I tried to edit it GnuCash crashed. > > I restarted GnuCash, went to the chart of accounts, created a new > sub-account of a fixed asset account. Then I opened the fixed asset > account in the sub-account view(not Old Sub-account view). There were > no red areas other than the highlighted field that alternates between > blue and red background depending on whether I am actively editing to > show the status of the highlight or focus, or whatever in this > particular theme. It was possible to start an edit but again GnuCash > crashed. If the vertical line was supposed to be red, it definitely was > not. > > I thought that both of those incidents were artifacts of incomplete code > updates to those types of registers in the new view, since this is a > work in progress, so I only mentioned them in passing. > > Now I have re-installed 2.5.1 and re-opened that same file. I returned > to the same asset account and re-opened it in the sub-account view. It > does appear to be in the register2 view judging by the different > titles. there is no red anywhere on the page other than a few negative > numbers here and there. It appears that I can edit some fields if I > left click on them, but I have not tried to commit an edit yet. > > Now in a register2 view of a credit card account transaction that has > multiple split lines in that account, as you pointed out, the > transaction does only appear once in the Auto-split view. However, if I > right click on it and select the choice 'Schedule..' the scheduled > transaction does open in the register2 view. There is no > scheduled->new2 or edit2 option in the right click drop-down list. > Attempting an edit again crashed Gnucash. > > I agree that we need to be on the same page so I am trying to describe > my testing as completely as possible. Otherwise we are both spinning > our wheels. > > Is this enough for now? > > David C > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel Now I have another question. If I am in a register2 view and using basic ledger view, how do I edit a transaction? Specifically how do I edit a split transaction, but I also might want to edit a simple transaction. I have not found the secret.
David C
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