I have this problem too. I'm using multi-line mode.
Terminology:
proto-transaction: a transaction which is being entered in the register
window onto a blank transaction, and is still in one line mode (or has
one
blank split displayed below...).
In gnucash 1.3.7, the transfer field is labelled `Transfer From'. Now,
I find this label confusing, because it is only right when you receive
money, not when you spend it... (talking about a cash account) but,
let's
keep going.
In gnucash 1.3.8, this column is labelled `transfer to'. Entering an
account
into this column on a one-line proto-transaction causes the transaction
to
be moved to that account, and to have no connection with the originating
account. This breaks the way I usually enter transactions.
In version 1.3.7, the first line of a multi-line transaction contained
the
source account, which is always the one you are in. The other lines
displayed the to accounts for the various splits. I found this quite
understandable. When the transaction was displayed in one line (while
entering the first part), the transfer field represented the destination
account of the first split. This was convenient.
I must admit that all this would be very difficult to explain to a
newcomer,
so, if you are trying to clean this up, you are to be commended.
However, I
don't understand how 1.3.8 is supposed to work, and I've gone back to
1.3.7.
Ben.
Dave Peticolas wrote:
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> > G'day everyone,
> >
> > It's good to be back on the mailing list. I thought everyone
> > had just gone really quiet for a while. Unfortunately this means
> > I'm a little behind in what's going on.
> >
> > I've just tried the current CVS source, as well
> > as the files tagged as gnucash-1-3-8, and it seems the behaviour
> > of the register has changed a little bit. It used to be that
> > using the transfer field. In the past, the transfer field
> > could be used for double-accounting purposes.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it now seems that using the transfer field
> > removes the transaction from the current register, and moves it to
> > the account specified by the transfer field. Not a particularly
> > useful function as far as I can tell.
>
> Are you talking about the transfer field on the transaction line in
> multiline mode? That field wasn't there previously, the space was just
> blank. The new field (currently called 'transfer to') allows you to
> move a transaction into another account. The transfer fields on the
> split lines, and the transfer field in the single and double modes,
> should work as they always have.
>
> dave
>
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