I totally agree with your entire remarks! Seems like it worked everywhere before (not cash bets!). I have seen the "reverse" when pasting into a card account as well and just figured that was the logic somehow, intended to eventually ask but it was not a big deal.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 10:42 PM Liz Dodd <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500 > Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and > > Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the > > original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction > > but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column?? > > > > I have screen captures of both if needed. > > > > I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem. > > > > Jack in Illinois > > > I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another > account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger > and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would > find a deposit instead of a withdrawal. > I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but > learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the > transaction from there was more reliable. > I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on > Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this > started. > I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce > the problem. > > Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems. > > Liz > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
