Am I missing a shortcut (general ledger)?

Dave Peticolas dave@krondo.com
31 Dec 2001 03:07:00 -0800


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On Sun, 2001-12-30 at 13:06, Stephen Walton wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> Since I have 3 charge cards and a checking account and don't update them
> as frequently as I should, I often find myself with an unsorted stack of
> receipts to enter into GnuCash that are from multiple accounts.  The
> General Ledger would seem to be ideal for this, except that every
> transaction seems to require manually entering the amount twice in both
> the "to" and "from" accounts.  Am I missing some shortcut which would
> automatically copy the amount from one entry to the other?
>=20
> What about split transactions in the general ledger (and elsewhere)?  Is
> there some way to denote a "main" transaction whose total would
> automatically be updated to reflect the other parts?  That is, suppose I
> have a Discover receipt which has clothes and CD's on it.  Is there some
> way to enter the Expenses:Clothing and Expenses:Records amounts and have
> the Liabilities:Discover total automatically become the sum of those two
> amounts?
>=20
> Providing either of these capabilities if they do not exist would go a=20
> long way to making GnuCash easier to use, IMHO.

They don't currently exist, but they are good suggestions, thanks.

dave


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