Chapter 8 - investment accounts

[David Carlson]

On 1/31/2015 7:34 PM, Wm wrote:
> Sun, 1 Feb 2015 00:24:04
> <1062828035.348692.1422750244918.JavaMail.yahoo at mail.yahoo.com>  David
> T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
>
>> Wm,
>> As noted in the thread, the "duplicate" entries in the register
>> result from multiple splits in the same account. This is an
>> unfortunate aspect of the interaction between the GnuCash interface
>> and the underlying (split-based) data structure. There is, however,
>> only *one* sales transaction represented.
>> David
>
> I don't get that artefact here using 2.6.5
>
> if your (both DavidC and DavidT) gnc is showing the same as the
> problem picture then I'm baffled.  Because it doesn't here looking at
> matching accounts with Buy, Buy, Buy and Buy, Sell, Sell.
>
> What do I need to do wrong to reproduce the cock-up everyone else is
> so proud of?
>


First sleep it off then look at a correctly formed closing transaction
with a profit from the perspective of the security account.

David C