[GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

[John Ralls]

David,

I think you're confusing View>Double Line with View>Basic/Autosplit/Transaction Journal. View>Double Line just enables the second transaction line to display the Notes field. It also shows the contents of the Split Action field from the "anchor" split for the open account.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Aug 1, 2019, at 1:52 PM, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Your description of the process you are using doesn't sound correct to me. 
> 
> In Double line mode you would need to enter the date and description. There
> is no place to enter an amount and no Split command available here. At this
> point you would either have to hit Enter to open up the line for the first
> split (which will be to the account of the register you have created the new
> transaction in which will appear in the Account column. You could also reach
> this point by using the Tab key.    You can then enter the amount in the
> appropriate column. You can also add appropriate information to the Memo
> field for that split if you wish
> 
> At this point you need to use the tab key to open the line for the second
> split. It is here that you select the account for the second split. Normally
> Gnucash will automatically place the amount you have entered in the first
> split in the other column. If you are not creating a transaction with more
> than two splits, you are done, just click anywhere in the rest of the window
> or in the line for entering another new transaction and your transaction
> will be recorded.
> 
> If your transaction has more than 2 splits, correct the amount for the
> second split and then tab or hit Enter. GnuCash will then open another line
> with the amount of the now third split in the appropriate column with an
> Ophan account displayed. Enter any Memo information and select the correct
> account. Again if you have further splits to add, correct the amount and
> repeat this procedure until your transaction is complete.
> 
> See the Help manual https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/help.html 
> Chapter 6 for detail on entering transactions.
> 
> This is how it works in V3.6  on Linux and AFAIK in should be the same under
> Windows 10.
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> 
> 
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