multiple display of the same transaction

[David Carlson]

On 4/4/2012 7:27 PM, Dustin Henning wrote:
> 	When I accidentally choose the account I'm in as the account I'm
> transferring to/from, it shows up as two lines like this.  I believe I
> messed up and try to delete the one that is wrong and both disappear.  This
> has happened multiple times.  However, if these were combined to one, it
> would show the same amount on both columns and as such, be much more obvious
> what was wrong.  OTOH, I actually use a separte split for capital gains on
> securities (as opposed to the recently discussed method apparently in the
> documentation).  I believe my reply on that post had transaction and split
> backwards, but that is beside the point.  I want my capital gains to show up
> in what I consider as a transaction, as opposed to being split between the
> lots being sold in that transaction.  If I didn't want to see an extra line,
> I would expect to be able to combine it into a "split transaction" (this
> term is what makes the words get confused for me), and be disappointed that
> the capital gain was showing in a separate, but not identical line.  Does
> that make number of affected users a 200% increase, or an additional 50%
> increase?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user-bounces+the00dustin=gmx.net at gnucash.org
> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+the00dustin=gmx.net at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of
> Stuart McGraw
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 20:17
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: multiple display of the same transaction
>
> On 04/04/2012 12:39 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>> On 4/4/2012 1:20 PM, gnucash-user at rainbowdreams.com 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.
>>> My frequently used scenario for this is for detailed expense 
>>> tracking. Say I spend $100 at my local purveyor of music and video 
>>> and I buy 5 DVD's for $20
>> [...]
>> Now we have two users who actually go to the 'child' account and are  
>> disappointed by what they find there.  That is a 100% increase.
> The 100% increase is in users who have recently posted about it.
> A subtle but important distinction. :-)
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I am actually happy to see that other users are finally making
contributions to this thread.  This lends support to Stuart's assertion
that he is not alone.  I knew that he wasn't. 

If you want to discuss the issue of actions in stock accounts, I suggest
starting another thread.  In fact, I will do that for you after I send
this email.

David Carlson
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