problem with balancing mutual fund account

[Dave Peticolas]

On 07 Aug 2001 16:27:38 -0500, Teddy Odum wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Ok, I'm getting a little annoyed trying to learn this program.  I want
> to enter mutual fund purchases.  I set up two accounts:  one called
> "Cash" where the money to be used to buy mutual funds come from, the
> other called "mutual fund" which will list all buys and sells of the
> mutual fund.  I put $1200 in the cash account, three entries at $400
> dollars a piece, one month apart.  In the mutual fund account, I
> transfer money from the cash account to purchase.  I end up buying
> fractional shares of mutual funds because of the dollar amount.  Each
> month I purchase $400 dollars worth of mutual fund.  Each time I try
> to enter these values, the first purchase balances out.  On the second
> entry, a pop up asks if I want to "balance it manually," "let gnucash
> add an adjusting split" etc.  I pick "balance it manually" because
> gnucash has added 10 cents to the cash account.  I don't understand
> this accounting principal, maybe. The 10 cents was not there before.
> (Or is it a bug in the program.)  I

This is a bug, it will be fixed in 1.6.2 (to be released on Sunday).

dave