[GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue

[Jack Slater]

I totally agree with your entire remarks! Seems like it worked everywhere
before (not cash bets!). I have seen the "reverse" when pasting into a card
account as well and just figured that was the logic somehow, intended to
eventually ask but it was not a big deal.

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 10:42 PM Liz Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500
> Jack Slater <theilliniguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and
> > Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the
> > original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction
> > but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column??
> >
> > I have screen captures of both if needed.
> >
> > I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem.
> >
> > Jack in Illinois
>
>
> I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another
> account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger
> and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would
> find a deposit instead of a withdrawal.
> I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but
> learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the
> transaction from there was more reliable.
> I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on
> Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this
> started.
> I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce
> the problem.
>
> Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems.
>
> Liz
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