Reconciliation window can't do basic math?!

[Wolfgang Faust]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:23 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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> On Feb 20, 2014, at 1:58 PM, Wolfgang Faust <wolfgangmcq at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'm not sure what a "single-split transaction" is. The two
>> transactions that were giving trouble were in fact splits, spread
>> across the main account and a sub-account.
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> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Use "reply all" or "reply-list" if your mail client supports it.
> I forgot to add it to the CC list on my earlier reply, so reply-all to this one.
Drat, I keep forgetting to do that. I wish Reply-To wasn't Considered
Harmful. Oh, well.

> In general, transactions must have at least two splits; a "split transaction" has three or more. GnuCash 2.6.0 has a bug that can create single-split transactions if you prematurely hit "return", and having created them, it hides them so that they're invisible, but still includes them in balance calculations. This is fixed in 2.6.1.
No, I don't seem to have done that at all.
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> So I take it that in this case the problem is that you have a transaction which has a split each in a parent and child account? Do you have "Include subaccounts" checked in the Reconcile Information Dialog?
Yes, exactly. I had "Include subaccounts" checked; the problem seemed
to be that it was double-counting the transaction. In other words, the
transaction would appear twice in the Reconciliation window
(potentially once on each side), and each checkbox that was checked
would cause it to count the entire transaction again.
Example:
[*] Transaction 1 $2.00 <- In main account, counted as $2.00 + $5.00
[*] Transaction 1 $5.00 <- In sub-account, counted once more as $2.00 + $5.00
Total: $14.00 <- ($2.00 + $5.00)*2, rather than just $2.00 + $5.00

Does that make sense at all?