On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 07:55:01AM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> ...
> I think that that is the mistake. It is ONE TRANSACTION. When displaying a
> transaction we should show each of the JEs and sort them so that those
> applying to the current account are sorted first.
>
> If you collapse the transaction, then all JEs applying to the same account
> should appear as a single total.
That sounds pretty nice. The only confusing thing would be that in
Auto-Single mode, if you click on a transaction which has multiple JEs
into the current account, the total you see is split up into several
pieces, and you no longer see the overall total for the transaction.
With this model, you would be able to see the memos for all JEs. But
where would the the transaction description go?
Can the JEs referring to the current account be visually
distinguished?
> ...
> > What happens if you edit the checking split?
>
> I would ALWAYS make data entry a multi-line mode. When you make any
> entry in the amount columns, the system would automatically add
> another JE which balances the transaction. To complete the
> transaction, I simply enter the account to which it gets posted. If
> I edit an amount, the balancing JE is adjusted/created.
I think it's good to keep the single-line mode for naive users or
simple transactions. I don't see any sensible way to edit split
transactions in single-line mode; maybe it should just be disallowed.
Currently GnuCash seems to pick a random JE to be adjusted, which
seems wrong. Maybe this is what you meant.
> Provide a "button" that adjusts the "total" (the first line of the
> transaction which is always "this account") and removes the need for
> a balancing entry. While a transaction is being edited, always
> provide an extra JE line which does not have any account.
Shouldn't you be able to adjust any JE to balance the transaction?
Best,
Dylan Thurston
