[GNC] Register column sizing

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 1/6/2023 12:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> I feel that the register column sizing is complicated by the fact that the
> register  view is constrained by the requirement that the data input window
> has to appear to blend in to the rest of the register view.  If the data
> input area was separated from the register view each of the areas could be
> optimized for it's respective purpose.
>
This is essentially an artifact of being able to enter transactions in 
"register view" rather than in "journal view".

In the traditional journal entry (old days) there would be a header line 
with date (and check number in case a payment). Then indicated by a 
specified indentation a line for each debit account, then at a further 
indentation, a line for each credit account, then at a still further 
indentation, as many lines as wanted for the description. In other 
words, the indication that a debit account line, a credit account line, 
or description line indicated by the amount of indentation. This imposed 
no size limit on description. Now a bookkeeping app COULD have been 
coded to mirror that (and then when the transaction complete, auto-post 
to the ledger)

But people would miss the shortcut of being able to enter directly into 
the ledger as >90% of transactions only affecting two accounts and not 
having long descriptions.

Michael D Novack