multiple display of the same transaction

[Stuart McGraw]

On 04/01/2012 11:12 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 4/1/2012 10:06 PM, Stuart McGraw wrote:
>> When a transaction that has more than one split for the 
>> same account is viewed in that account's register, one 
>> sees the transaction displayed multiple times.
>> 
>> Three cases I've encountered when this may happen (I'm 
>> sure there are more):
>> * The recommended way of selling stock has one enter 
>>   the stock account in two splits in the same transaction.
>> * To change the basis cost of a stock, such as in a spinoff
>>   transaction, it is convenient to sell it and buy it back
>>   at a different price in two splits in one transaction.
>> * When consolidating multiple previous transactions into
>>   one: eg, a "receipts" account for incoming checks.
>>   When they are deposited, it is convenient to structure 
>>   the deposit transaction as a split, one for each of 
>>   the checks.
>> 
>> I find seeing multiple representations of the same 
>> transaction distracting, wasteful of space, and when
>> one is not awake, dangerously confusing (in that it is 
>> possible to think they are two separate but duplicate
>> transactions and delete one of them, with the effect 
>> of deleting the one-and-only transaction.)
>> 
>> 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. 
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> If you choose the Auto-Split Ledger View for that account you will see
> the entire transaction with all the splits when you click on a
> transaction. I have chosen that option as the default view for my files.
> 
> You could go to
> http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request and search
> for "Use a separate window for transaction edits".
> 
> Vote for that feature.

It looks like an interesting feature request but I 
don't see how that would help with the issue I am 
talking about.  Even without editing anything, if I 
have a single transaction like:

  Assets:Receipts         $150.00 
  Assets:Receipts         $200.00
  Assets:Bank:Checking              $350

and I am in the Assets:Receipts register, the transaction
will be shown twice, even in Basic Ledger view.