Register colors & appearance

[Derek Atkins]

"Donald Allen" <donaldcallen at gmail.com> writes:

>> I'll point out that Auto-Split mode ONLY expands the "current" transaction.
>> So all the lines are single line except for the current cursor.
>>
>> Having said that, I agree that a new "smart split mode" would be nice
>> where it will be single-line for basic txns and multi-line for
>> split transactions...  And indeed I believe I filed an RFE for that
>> years ago.
>
> Suppose you wanted to go back and edit a previously entered
> transaction and add a split? If it didn't already have a split, you'd
> have to click the 'split' button. Otherwise not. That feels odd to me.
> I'm pretty happy with the current auto-split mode -- nice consistent
> behavior, and I see no harm in expanding a transaction with just two
> sides. So I hope that if this idea gets implemented, it is done as an
> option, as a previous poster said above. I wouldn't want to see this
> forced on us.

Who said anything about forcing it on you?  I said "NEW ... mode".
That doesn't mean removing any of the existing modes, or even
changing the default mode.  Relax, we're not taking away your
current happy interface.  I'd just like to see a new mode that's
"better" than all the ones that we currently have (IMHO) as a new
register view mode option.

> /Don

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-derek

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