|| input in split should not be possible

[slodki]

There is no warning when you enter || into split memo field. But such splits are lost during loading saved xhb file (see http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mdoyen/homebank/main/view/head:/src/hb-transaction.c#L1166).

There should be some validation for memo fields in splits, then you should not allow enter ||, or escape them in some way when generating XML. User must be warned before data is lost (before saving non-parseable value).

[slodki (slodki)]

Maybe solution is to change xhb file format from flat to structured xml like below, not storing multiple values in one field? Using nested structure with defined optional elements and
It would be easily managed with xml schema validation, DOM, XPath etc.

wallet
  account list
    account
      transaction
      transaction
        split
        split
        split
      transaction
    account
      transaction
  internal transfer list
    transaction
    transaction
    transaction
    transaction
  category list
    category
    category
      subcategory
    category
      subcategory
      subcategory
    category
      subcategory
    category
  payee list
    payee
    payee
    payee
    payee
  assignment list
    rule
      payee
    rule
      category
      payee
    rule
      payee
    rule
      category
      payee

[Maxime DOYEN (mdoyen)]

the file structure change is something in my trunk backlog.
by waiting, yes I will disable || input