Transfer window appears when it should not - further information

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:16 AM, Ken Heard <kenslists at teksavvy.com> wrote:
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> On 2015-02-17 13:16, I wrote:
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>> On occasion, when I need to change amounts in a split transaction 
>> GnuCash will not let me change one or more of them.  Instead the 
>> transfer window appears and wants me to enter exchange rate
>> information.
>> 
>> Since whenever this situation arises -- seemingly at random -- all
>> of the accounts are in the same currency; consequently there is no
>> need to enter exchange information.  However GnuCash will not let
>> me make the changes I need to make unless I do enter exchange
>> information.
>> 
>> I tried closing GnuCash and opening it again, but it made no 
>> difference.  I am using GnuCash 2.6.4 with Debian Wheezy.
>> 
>> 
>> How do I stop this situation from occurring?
> 
> Since I wrote the above I have further information as to what
> happened.  Originally all the entries in the transaction were in
> Canadian dollars.  I needed to change one of the amounts.  After I
> changed it the difference was assigned to an imbalance account.
> 
> I expected the imbalance to be in account Imbalance-CAD, but it was
> assigned to account Imbalance-THB instead.  Why I cannot imagine.
> Although I am presently in Thailand, all the accounts used in the
> transaction were in CAD.  It would consequently make sense to me that
> GnuCash would use the CAD imbalance account instead of the THB one,
> specifically the currency of the account anchoring the transation.
> 
> When I discovered this error I changed the imbalance account to CAD
> from THB.  Nevertheless, GnuCash *still* opened the transfer window
> and asked for a CAD-THB rate -- or enter an amount I would choose for
> the other currency and let GnuCash calculate the rate.  I tried once
> again to close and open again GnuCash to no effect.
> 
> Furthermore, I discovered the same phenomenon happens in other
> transactions once having an account in a currency different from the
> currency of the account anchoring the transaction, but which had since
> been removed.
> 
> I am unsure as to how to stop this phenomenon. Can be stopped, or is
> it simply a bug?

Is the default currency on that book set to THB?

Regards,
John Ralls