Excellent.  Thanks!

On 9/10/20 6:23 PM, John Ralls wrote:
On Sep 10, 2020, at 1:37 PM, Dean Jagels <dpj-gc...@mhtsa.us> wrote:

To get myself oriented with the code and my development setup, I decided I'd 
look at bug 102787 (https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102787).

It turns out that gnc-currency-edit has everything needed underneath it.  However, it 
short-circuits the machinery.  It listens for a "changed" signal, which fires as soon as 
the user types into the combo box.  The handler (gnc_currency_edit_active_changed()) calls 
gnc_currency_edit_get_currency() expecting the currency selection to be complete.  However, in that 
routine, gtk_combo_box_get_active_iter() returns "false", so 
gnc_currency_edit_get_currency() returns the locale default currency, 
gnc_currency_edit_active_changed() pushes the locale default's mnemonic into the combo box, and GTK 
entry completion never has a chance to offer options.

If instead, gnc_currency_edit_get_currency() returns NULL and 
gnc_currency_edit_active_changed() simply returns if it gets NULL, then the 
entry completion goes ahead and works.

I see roughly 15 references to gnc_currency_edit_get_currency(). I haven't 
visited each to teach them how to deal with a NULL return from that function, 
so I don't have a patch set yet. Before doing so, I wanted to check that others 
agree with this change.
Some other uses of gnc_currency_edit_get_currency() check 
gtk_combo_box_get_active() != -1 first to make sure that there's an active 
selection. Doing so in gnc_currency_edit_active_changed() would be less 
invasive and save you having to figure out how to correctly handle a NULL 
currency* in the other 14 uses of gnc_currency_edit_get_currency().

Regards,
John Ralls


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