"Edit exchange rate" has stopped working (2.2.9)

[Adam Funk]

On 2010-02-08, Derek Atkins wrote:

>>> Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I opened the price editor, deleted all the entries for EUR in January
>>>> 2010 (they all had source "user:xfer-dialog"), and closed the price
>>>> editor.  Then I tried edited the exchange rate in the EUR100 =
>>>> GBP89.36 withdrawal again ("to amount" 100); that created an entry in
>>>> the price editor
>>>>
>>>>  EUR  GBP  20/01/20  user:xfer-dialog  0.893600
>>>>
>>>> but the amount in the Cash EUR account *still* shows 96.48 instead of
>>>> 100!  I'm baffled.
[snip]
> Because the transaction already exists.
>
> Note that I said "you cannot change the amount **FROM THE EDIT EXCHANGE
> RATE BOX**" (emphasis mine).  I did NOT say that you cannot change the
> amount.  You can most certainly change the amount from the register.

I'm really not trying to test your patience, but I'm honestly
convinced that the procedure I've been using successfully for several
years stopped working after the upgrade.

How do you recommend that I keep the amount in GBP the same but change
the amount in EUR for the same split in different registers?  I have
tried changing the EUR96.48 to EUR100.00, but when I do that, the
GBP89.36 in the bank account register increases proportionally
(because the exchange rate is now, AFAICT, "locked").


[Adam]
>> Have these things been changed between 2.2.6 and 2.2.9?
>
> I don't remember; 2.2.6-2.2.9 was years ago.  You can look at the change
> history as easily as I can.

Well, this bug reminds me of my problem, but doesn't match exactly
(and it's been fixed).  I'll try creating a test account set from
scratch over the next few days to see what works and what doesn't.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580968