Default account counterpart

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Feb 18 16:56:31 EST 2009


Quoting Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com>:

>>>
>>> Where is this default account set? Can I change the name somehow? Or
>>> tell gnucash to use another as default account? (I tried to rename
>>> the account, but gnucash simply recreated it).
>>
>> It's hardcoded.  "Imbalance-<currency>" is hardcoded and you cannot
>> change it.  If you don't like this then just assign the Split properly
>> before you enter the transaction and then this wont get created.
>
> (I know I've complained about this before, but...)
>
> Is there any chance of adding an option to block this?  I would really
> like GnuCash to force me to balance the transaction before "finishing"
> it; I do not *ever* want it to create an account without asking for
> confirmation.

GREAT idea!  I'll commit the code as soon as you send it to me!

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-derek

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