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

Adam Funk a24061 at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 20 16:01:35 EST 2006


On 2006-12-20, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> 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.

What I meant was that I would like it to enforce balance *even more*
rigorously by not allowing me to leave the half-baked transaction.


> To work around your issue, always balance your transactions.  

That's absolutely my intention!  My only issue was that it creates an
unwanted account instead of saying "You fool, we're not finished here!"


> Use 'tab' instead of 'CR' to move around.

Sound advice, thanks.



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