Cap gain split recording process from gnucash guide no longer valid?

[David Reiser]

On 22 Jul 2007, at 7:55:17 PM, Oliver Iberien wrote:

> Using the MacPorts 2.0.5 version, and trying to follow the example at
>
> http://gnucash.org/docs/v2.0/C/gnucash-guide/invest- 
> sell1.html#invest-sellexample2
>
> I find that this does not work at all.  Gnucash does not let me enter
> "Profit" as a zero-share, zero-price transaction any longer (it  
> used to
> let me in version 2 on FreeBSD).  In general, this version of Gnucash
> seems inclined to do a lot of not-helpful recalculating when I follow
> this model, so Profit keeps getting reinterpreted to figures which  
> throw
> off the number of shares actually sold.  Could someone tell me what  
> the
> accepted method is now? Thanks.

I've found that I have to specifically enter 0 in each of the shares  
and price columns (can't leave them blank, even though they'll turn  
blank after you enter 0) in order for the split to work correctly. I  
use the fink versions, so my gnome pieces are probably several  
versions older than yours.

Dave
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David Reiser
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