[GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue

[Jack Slater]

Not that I'm in any way wanting to go back to Quicken but I'm thinking that
it was never an issue to Copy/Paste To/From any type of account.

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:46 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Liz,
>
> I think the issue really boils down to "what exactly is getting copied and
> pasted?"
>
> I don't know the specifics, but as far as I understand it, a transaction
> in GnuCash looks unitary to the end user, but actually consists of a
> strange hybrid: a Transaction entry with (at least) two subsidiary splits.
> Each element has its own interconnected data that may or may not make sense
> when moved into another account. What happens when you change the context
> of a transaction will be unpredictable.
>
> David T.
>
> On August 19, 2022 6:42:15 AM GMT+03:00, 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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