Problem with auto decimal
Timothy Reaves
treaves@silverfields.com
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:08:35 -0400
On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 10:25:32 -0400
Paul Lussier <pll@mclinux.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 21:13:24 EDT
> Timothy Reaves said:
>
> > Shouldn't the auto decimal only be for fields that are currencies? Gnu
> >Cash 1.6.1 is also trying to put decimals in my share # fields, which isn't go
> >od.
>
> Why not? You can own fractions of shares. This happens all the time
> with dividend re-investment.
The problem is it screws up! I was trying to enter 2.171 shares. I het the '2'key then the ',' key, and gnucash put two '0' after the decimal. I then hit '1', '7', then the '1'. I did not get 2.171, I got 2.71.1, or 21.71.
Not good.