[Kmymoney-devel] strange ledger behavior after ofx import

[Jack]

On 2010.06.23 02:18, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> on Wednesday 23 June 2010 02:15:12 Jack wrote:

>> I've just discovered an odd behavior in the ledger after importing  
>> an ofx file.  First, I used to be able to select a transaction in  
>> the ledger with the up and down arrow keys, then hit <Enter> to edit  
>> the transaction, and use <TAB> to move through the fields in the  
>> transaction form.  Now, after I hit <Enter>, the keyboard has no  
>> effect.  I may not have tried every single key, but I haven't found  
>> one that does anything.  (caps lock and num lock still work  
>> correctly, and <ALT><TAB> still goes to another app.)  Once I click  
>> anywhere in the transaction form with the mouse, <TAB>, <ESC>, and  
>> <ENTER> work as expected.  (This probably has nothing to do with the  
>> import - that's just when I happened to notice it.)
> I doubt it is related, but after all, you never know. I think the  
> focus is the problem here. In case you click the mouse, the focus  
> moves to the editor and things are back to normal. I'll take a look  
> into this issue.
Thanks.  The fix works.

>> In addition, I never really noticed the "Accept" icon (or menu item)  
>> above the transaction form.  Actually - I had noticed, and thought  
>> it was just for accepting an automatic match of a manual and  
>> imported transaction.  There is no matching going on with this  
>> import - but the Accept icon is available - and it just seems to  
>> accept the import, turning the background to transparent from  
>> yellow.  This seems to be mentioned in the manual under QIF import -  
>> but in a section that is actually commented out in the docbook  
>> file.  I haven't reviewed all my old email, but I don't remember  
>> discussing this last year.  Is there any reason I shouldn't  
>> re-introduce some more in the manual about what to do after actually  
>> importing the file?
> I don't see a problem with this. Maybe, we should have a general  
> section about online updates (and we see OFX, HBCI and maybe QIF  
> here) as opposed to the raw QIF import. Also, we now differentiate  
> between a QIF statement import and a QIF import from another  
> application. Don't ask me about the details of that difference, but  
> if necessary, I can study my own code :)
I'll keep any comments fairly general for now, unless it turns out I  
have more time than I thought.  When we eventually get into more detail  
in the manual, I'd like to do a better job pointing out the differences  
between on-line update and file import.

Jack