`Balance' dialog box.. what is it for.

[Josh Sled]

On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 22:51, Harry Putnam wrote:

> Well thanks for your patience and for teaching me something.  I never
> really considered the transaction is always equal to zero in the sense
> you show.  In fact, I'm not sure I see why that needs to be pointed
> out constantly.  At least for simple usage.  That aspect could as well
> be transparant to the user.

Well, that is what the "Basic Ledger" is supposed to do: if you're
editing the "Checking Account" ledger, then it's implicit that one of
the two splits is going to involve the Checking Account, and thus
doesn't need to be shown ... there's only one remaining question ...
what other account is involved.



> I guess for my use I will continue to check [x] let gnucash add a
> balancing split.  

You should *never* see this dialog in day to day usage.


> Or will all those notated `unbalanced USD' things
> cause me a problem down the line?

Yes, they will; you really don't want to have anything unbalanced,
especially without knowing why...


Look back at my examples, and specifically the lifecycle examples...

Income -> Assets
          Assets -> Expense

Note that there are no "Unbalanced" transactions anywhere, and all
monetary flows are accounted for.

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