Yes, this has been requested before and I agree this would make more sense.
Related bug reports with different proposals for a solution: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105803 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164317 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402289 Geert Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 15:42:07 CET schreef Derek Atkins: > Hi, > > replicon <[email protected]> writes: > > [snip] > > > .... BTW is there a way to enable a "Always display a warning if there is > > imbalance" message? There are zero scenarios where it's acceptable to me > > to > > create a transaction that results in a "Imbalance-USD" account. Usually, I > > check at the end of updating my file whether I screwed up and created > > imbalance, but sometimes I don't notice... I'd like it to just yell at me > > immediately when I mess up a transaction and create an imbalance, so I > > don't have to do archaeology later when I notice it.... I'll never get > > these 2 hours back. > > A long long time ago, GnuCash would never let you create an imbalanced > transaction. If there was an imbalance and you tried to leave the > transaction, for any reason, it would pop up a modal dialog and tell > you. I don't recall if it offered any solutions, other than "OK". > > Then someone had the bright idea to automatically balance it for you. > And that became "the way". However I believe they also ripped out the > old dialog, which means I don't think there is an easy way to set up an > option to choose which way to go. > > For the record, I would also prefer the dialog. > > FWIW, there are also times when an auto-generated transaction is > imbalanced. I've seen it happen with some SX generated data, where the > P+I != PMT -- off by $0.01 -- which gets put into Imbalance. I'm not > sure what the correct behavior is there. > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
