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[Dave Peticolas]

Judd Maltin writes:
> Hey coders,
> 
> Got this bug down pat now.
> 
> Open a register that has entries without any splits.  For example, an 
> accounts receivable entry indicating an invoice was sent and we're 
> awaiting payment of say, $3.00.  If it just been invoiced, and payment 
> hasn't been received yet I  *won't* have the second line of the entry 
> indicating the checking account a potentially received check should be 
> deposited into.  When (if) the check arrives safely in my hands, and I 
> get it to the bank, the appropriate line must be added to the 
> aforementioned appropriate accts recvble entry, e.g. 
> "Bank:MyCompany:Checking".
> 
> Well, if I try to enter that second line of the entry without indicating 
> how much money was actually deposited, because I assume that I'll be 
> depositing all of that money, then when I click 'record' or hit enter, 
> the amount from the FIRST line disappears and my transaction is recorded 
> with NO AMOUNTS.  Then I have to go back to my bank statement or invoice 
> to see how much money I asked for and got.

GnuCash is trying to automatically rebalance the transaction.
Since you are effectively entering 0 as the amount of the split,
gnucash adjusts the other to 0 as well. The next major version
of gnucash will not do this. In the meantime, you can avoid the
behavior be entering the amount explicitly.

dave