[GNC] Use of "dash" as a Separator Character

[Derek Atkins]

I don't think that would work.
If you change a name of the created accounts, GnuCash will just create a
new one.  I think it specifically looks for the name.
I also don't think you can *move* those accounts, either.
-derek

On Tue, July 23, 2019 11:38 am, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> While the creation of those accounts on the fly is probably hard coded to
> use a dash, what if you created them yourself and used a different spacer
> in the name, then change your separator character of choice?
>
> Options might be ‘Imbalance_GBP’ or 'Imbalance–GBP’ or ‘Imbalance—GBP’.
>
> Those last two might look exactly like ‘Imbalance-GBP’ depending on your
> e-mail client’s text settings, but they are an en-dash and em-dash
> respectively, not hyphens. If your keyboard layout is set to ‘Macintosh’
> you should be able to generate those by using OPT- and SHIFT+OPT-
> respectively.
>
> First change the account separator back to the default, then edit the
> names of those accounts, then change the separator to what you want.
>
> Then create a test transaction that should attempt to create the Imbalance
> or Orphan accounts and see if it uses the ones you renamed, or creates new
> ones with dashes instead.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
>> On Jul 23, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I’ve tried using “dash” as account separator, as it’s easily accessible
>> with my left little finger without the need for me to press the shift
>> key (as is the case with the colon).
>>
>> Unfortunately, when I create and unbalanced or orphan transaction,
>> GnuCash creates a new account (Imbalance-GBP or Orphan-GBP) which breaks
>> the rule that the separator can’t be used as part of an account name.
>>
>> This is OK until the account is closed and re-opened, when GnuCash
>> appears to have hung, with the Gnucash title-bar bereft of any menu
>> options, and the Main Window unresponsive.
>>
>> I discovered accidentally that the GnuCash splash screen and a dialogue
>> box warning of the use of the separator character had been obscured by
>> the Main GnuCash window.
>>
>> The latter may be a Mac OS issue (I’m using GC version 3.5 on an iMac
>> with OS X High Sierra.
>>
>> I haven’t found reference to these issues in the bug list - are they
>> sufficient to warrant notification?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
>
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