The best I've been able to come up with is to transfer the amount from the
virtual account *back* into the real account, then do the transfer between
the two real accounts, then do one more transfer from the new real account
back into the virtual account.


2012-03-02  Save
   [Assets:Checking]
   [Savings:Toys]  40

2012-03-02  Unsave
   [Assets:Checking] 40
   [Savings:Toys]

2013-03-02 Transfer
   Assets:Savings  40
   Assets:Checking

2013-03-02 Save AGain
   [Savings:Toys]  40
   [Assets:Savings]


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jeffrey Brent McBeth <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 06:47:47PM -0500, Sam Stuck wrote:
> > In the second transaction, you pull a *different* 100 to be
> > transferred. You move 100 into Savings:Toys, then move another 100
> > into Assets:Checking. The amount must be in either Savings:Toys or
> > Assets:Savings, but cannot be in both.
>
> I understand why I'm currently being double booked.  What I don't
> understand is how to sanely start with:
> ledger bal
>    100 Assets:Checking
>     50 Savings:Toys
>         50 Assets:Savings
>   -200 Equity
>
> ledger bal --real
>    150 Assets:Checking
>     50 Assets:Savings
>   -150 Equity
>
> And end up with:
> ledger bal
>    100 Assets:Checking
>     50 Savings:Toys
>         50 Assets:Savings
>   -200 Equity
>
> ledger bal --real
>   100 Assets:Checking
>   100 Assets:Savings
>  -200 Equity
>
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