Preventing the "Imbalance-*" accounts from getting used.

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Adam Funk <a24061 at yahoo.com>:

> Sometimes when I over-enthusiastically hit CR or click the mouse in
> the wrong place, gnucash (2.0.1) balances the transaction I'm editing
> by creating an Imbalance-GBP account.  I would prefer for it to force
> me to balance the transaction properly instead of creating this
> account, and I'm under the impression that I had 1.8 configured to
> force this but I can't find the option now.
>
> Is this possible?  (Am I imagining that it used to be?)

It is not possible.  2.0 is much more rigorous about forcing balance.
1.8 didn't scrub the transactions like 2.0 does, which is why you didn't
see this in 1.8.  There is no way to turn it off, nor do I think we
should even entertain an option to turn it off.  This is a FEATURE,
not a bug.

To work around your issue, always balance your transactions.  Use 'tab'
instead of 'CR' to move around.

> Thanks,
> Adam

-derek


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