multiple display of the same transaction

[Derek Atkins]

Stuart McGraw <smcg4191 at frii.com> writes:

[snip]
> Would there be any way, when this case occurs, of 
> displaying the transaction only once in the register?
> One would want the displayed value of the consolidated
> transaction to be the sum of the split values, so I 
> guess so you can't just pick one of the multiple views 
> to display and hide the rest. 

Yes, set your view mode to Journal mode and it will collapse all splits
into their respective transactions.

> I am just wondering if doing something like this would 
> be a reasonable enhancement request (perhaps it already
> is?), or if there is some architecture issue that makes 
> this impractical.

Perhaps.  The issue is a misconception that the register is actually
displaying transactions.  It is not.  The register is displaying splits.
This is why you see multiple entries from a transaction with multiple
splits into the same account.

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-derek

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