Vanishing transactions and log file

[Donald Allen]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> "Donald Allen" <donaldcallen at gmail.com> writes:
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> > Thinking about this some more, one *could* imagine the atomic particle
>  > of the basic register being a transaction, not a split. Then, in a
>  > case like this, you would see one entry, not two. I think for most
>  > people (myself initially, and probably for Ross) this would be less
>  > confusing. But it would also be less informative, as I mentioned in my
>  > previous message, because without expanding the splits, you would not
>  > know that there were two splits involving the account (for which
>  > you've displayed the basic register). I prefer it as it is, having
>  > figured it out after my first "what's this?" reaction and come to
>  > realize that it makes sense.
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>  True, one COULD imagine this, but then you have a problem.  When
>  displaying/editing the split-specific data, which split's data do you
>  show/edit?

I'm not sure what you mean here, but I'll answer what I think you
mean: you show all the splits for the transaction. What I have in mind
is simple -- it's the transaction journal with the ability to collapse
the splits so just the transaction header shows (or maybe it comes up
that way and you expand with the split button). But, as I've said
previously, collapsed mode doesn't convey that there are multiple
splits (typically two for stock closing transactions) involving the
account in question.

 Yes, it might sound nice to be able to combine the values
>  into a single line, but what do you do if you try to change the
>  number?

Distribute the new number to the splits in the same proportion they
were initially?

  See, there are MANY reasons GnuCash does it the way it does.
>  :)

You don't need to convince me. As I've said, I think it's right the
way it is. It just takes some letting go of old habits. A bit like
programming in Scheme.

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>  > /Don
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>  -derek
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