Leaving a transaction edit 'pending' by moving to another transaction without 'committing' it by pressing the Enter key allows the user to work on every part of the transaction before 'saving' the final transaction to the data file. Further, the data file in the xml form, like any other text file, is not 'committed' to a hard drive or other persistent medium until the user does a File > Save operation.
What older users like me find un-intuitive is the Android-esque phenomenon is that it is impossible there to abandon an edit that is not ending up with the desired result. David Carlson On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 7:42 AM Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 07:24:27AM -0500, David Carlson wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > In fact it's not very clear (to me, as a very new user) exactly when > > > tranasactions get entered and/or when they are permanently stored. > > > Even after hitting the + button there seems to be another stage as, on > > > exit, it warns that you'll lose everything unless you 'save'. > > > > > Isn't that what the Enter key does? > > > Is it? It's not quite what I'd expect but it does seem to. :-) > > I still think moving to another account (i.e. away from the currently > diplayed transaction/account) should, by default, save a new transaction. > > -- > Chris Green > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
