Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-02 Thread Bill Gribble
tboldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you are probably right in your assesment of double > entry/single entry - however - and there is an however, How many > non-professionals do you know that think in terms of double entry > accounting?? This is a straw man. There are lots of people usin

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-02 Thread tboldt
Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, tboldt wrote: > > Under this view I "transfer" funds and "move" transactions. For > > example, I "transferred funds" from account A to account B using the > > register window for account A. Later, I decide that account was the wrong > > source of

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-02 Thread Dave Peticolas
> On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, tboldt wrote: > > Under this view I "transfer" funds and "move" transactions. For > > example, I "transferred funds" from account A to account B using the > > register window for account A. Later, I decide that account was the wrong > > source of the funds and account C shou

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-02 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, tboldt wrote: > Under this view I "transfer" funds and "move" transactions. For > example, I "transferred funds" from account A to account B using the > register window for account A. Later, I decide that account was the wrong > source of the funds and account C should be the

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-02 Thread tboldt
Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jun 2000, Bill Gribble wrote: > > tboldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I would have to agree - having the ability to transfer a transaction from > > > one account to another using a field in the transaction entry is going to > > > be very confusing. You

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-02 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Thu, 01 Jun 2000, Bill Gribble wrote: > tboldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I would have to agree - having the ability to transfer a transaction from > > one account to another using a field in the transaction entry is going to > > be very confusing. You are mixing entry fields for the trans

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-01 Thread Bill Gribble
tboldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would have to agree - having the ability to transfer a transaction from one > account to another using a field in the transaction entry is going to be very > confusing. You are mixing entry fields for the transaction with actions done > to the transaction. A

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-06-01 Thread tboldt
Paul Fenwick wrote: > G'day GnuCashers, > > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:31:16PM -0700, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > > 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 call

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Paul Fenwick
G'day Dave and GnuCashers, On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 10:42:56PM -0700, Dave Peticolas wrote: > Ok, I see what you mean now, it's just the blank split for > which the behavior needs to change back to the old, right? > I will do that for the next release. *huge grin* That's exactly what I would li

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Dave Peticolas
> > --hOcCNbCCxyk/YU74 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > G'day GnuCashers, > > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:31:16PM -0700, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > > Are you talking about the transfer field on the transaction line in > > multiline mo

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Paul Fenwick
G'day GnuCashers, On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:31:16PM -0700, Dave Peticolas wrote: > 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 >

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Dave Peticolas
> > 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

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
> > 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, t

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Dave Peticolas
> 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 fiel

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Ben Stanley
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 `T

Re: Problem with transfers/double accounting

2000-05-31 Thread Dave Peticolas
> --VV4b6MQE+OnNyhkM > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > 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