How do I do this?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Keegan" <dksw@eircom.net>
To: <gnucash-devel@lists.gnumatic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:55 PM
Subject: How do I do this?


> Hi,
>
> I am considering using gnucash to track family finances. Apart from
> the usual things, I need to record money owed by me to my wife and
> vice versa.
>
> If for example my wife buys some food, the transaction should hit her
> bank account and the food expenses account in the normal way, but as I
> am responsible for food expenses, I want at the same time to record
> the fact that I now owe her the amount she spent on food.
>
> Obviously I can use another account to represent the money I owe my
> wife, and enter a second transaction which hits this account and some
> other "balancing" account. This is a bit cumbersome as it involves
> entering two transactions instead of one.
>
> Is there a more streamlined way I can do this?
Hmm... I think we need macros and events triggered when an transaction is entered,
changed, deleted etc...

Jens