hi, why not make it configurable (either nag or create a dummy account/entry) as a settings option?
Shay On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:30 PM <men...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > David, thank you for taking the time to fill me in the thought process. > Laura > > ----- Original message ----- > From: "D." <sunfis...@yahoo.com <mailto:sunfish62%40yahoo.com>> > To: men...@fastmail.fm <mailto:menace%40fastmail.fm> > Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: > gnucash-user%40gnucash.org>> > Subject: Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST CURIOUS > Date: Tuesday, June 01, 2021 9:23 AM > > Laura, > > Welcome to gnucash. > > The question about imbalance entries goes back a long ways in GnuCash, and > you can find discussions about it in the lists over the years. > > Essentially, the debate boils down to this: is it better to allow a user > to enter an imbalanced transaction and automatically create the balancing > entry in a dummy account (Imbalance-XXX generically speaking), or should > the program nag the user to balance the transaction every time? Gnucash > choose the former many years ago, and has stuck with that model since. > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.