The Gnucash community has had this discussion many times in the past. My recollection is that the following terminology is accepted: * Each line is a "split," and thus a basic transaction has two such splits. * A transaction with more than two splits is referred to as a multi-split transaction.
This terminology is not fully-agreed, but this is my recollection of those previous discussions. The best alternative terminology I recall was to use the word "entry" for what is now called a split, and reserve "split" for transactions with more than two entries. But that terminology has never been adopted by the community or in the documentation. David T. On Jan 18, 2024, 8:02 PM, at 8:02 PM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >Fair enough. We need a new term for one of these things. It is a >repeated source of confusion & consternation. > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 1/18/24 9:54 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >> Except I would never refer to a transaction that affect JUST TWO >> accounts to have any "splits". When I use the term "splits" I mean >that >> either there is more than one debit account, more than one credit >> account, or both. ALL transactions involve at least two accounts, at >> least one debit and at least one credit. That is fundamental to >double >> entry bookkeeping. > >_______________________________________________ >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.
