> 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.
Well, it is pretty confusing, so we may just be better off taking
it out for 1.4. It actually works exactly the same as in 1.3.7,
with the exception that, in multi-line mode, where there used to
be a blank space in the transaction line, there is now a field
you can use to move the transaction to another account. As before,
the transaction line refers to the current account. This is reflected
by the fact that this field starts with the current account already
filled in. Other than the new field, multi-line mode works exactly
as before.
dave
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