gnucash/src/register/ledger-core/split-register-layout.c

[Derek Atkins]

I do know that at some level autocompletion and account creation
would be useful to me.  Auto-balancing, however, is not.

However, this sounds like a plan.  I'll work on implementing an
EntryLedger and see what else I need.

-derek

Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com> writes:

> I don't really know, I haven't thought about it.
> Specifically I haven't thought about what needs
> to be refactored, certainly not all of it does.
> 
> Most of what is in src/ledger-core that isn't
> about layout, getters, and setters, is stuff
> that makes the split register into something
> that is easy to use for editing splits and
> transactions *specifically*.
> 
> I'm talking about 'icing', like detecting
> imbalance, auto-completion, auto-creation
> of new accounts from names, etc. A lot of
> this icing is specific to splits and transactions
> and would either be very different or simply
> wouldn't exist in other register types.
> 
> So, let me change my opinion here. I think
> you should make the new register a separate
> instance of a 'register'. Initially, it will
> be very bare-bones. Then, it will be easier
> to look at the split ledger and see just
> what would be useful when refactored.
> 
> dave

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