hledger-ui: Transaction view does not update immediately after editing with "E"

[lakshayg]

I was trying to edit some transactions from hledger-ui using the E key and noticed something strange.

When I press "E" in the register view and update the transaction, the change appears in the ui as soon as the editor is closed. However, if I go into the transaction detail and then edit it with "E", the change does not appear immediately, I need to go out of the view and then back in before the change shows in the ui.

Here's a sample ledger:

account assets:bank:checking  ; type:C
account expenses:food

commodity $1,000.00

2023-02-05  coffee company
  assets:bank:checking            $-7
  expenses:food

The steps:

1. hledger-ui --watch
2. Go to "Cash accounts"
3. Go to "assets:bank:checking". Now you should see 1 transaction
4. Press E and change the transaction amount, save and exit the editor. The change is reflected in the view
5. Now go into transaction detail
6. Edit the transaction again with E. This view will not have updated to show the latest values

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[simonmichael]

Thanks for the report. g would probably update the screen also.

The E handling in rsHandle and tsHandle looks similar. But this nearby comment seems to describe a similar symptom, I don't remember the cause.

[lakshayg]

I just tried using g to reload the screen but it does not work