Cookie jar accounting

[Ed Symanzik]

Dave Peticolas wrote:
> 
> Ed Symanzik writes:

> > This looks ok.  Then I spend it:
> >
> > Check #1000
> >   Checking:Food     -300
> >   Checking:Clothing -100
> >   Food              +300
> >   Clothing          +100
> >
> > Gnucash seems to get really confused with this.
> > My guess is I am the one who is confused or there
> > is something fundamentally wrong with my plan.
> 
> Could you explain how it gets confused?

I start a transaction as a withdrawl from c:food for $100.
Then I add an additional withdrawl from c:clothing for $300.
The c:food withdrawl changes to $300.  

It looks like the first line is one side of a transaction 
and all following lines are the other side.  Can I split
both sides of a transaction?