> > I have this problem too. I'm using multi-line mode.
> >
> > Terminology:
> > proto-transaction: a transaction which is being entered in the register
> > window onto a blank transaction, and is still in one line mode (or has one
> > blank split displayed below...).
> >
> > In gnucash 1.3.7, the transfer field is labelled `Transfer From'. Now,
> > I find this label confusing, because it is only right when you receive
> > money, not when you spend it... (talking about a cash account) but, let's
> > keep going.
> > In gnucash 1.3.8, this column is labelled `transfer to'. Entering an account
> > into this column on a one-line proto-transaction causes the transaction to
> > be moved to that account, and to have no connection with the originating
> > account. This breaks the way I usually enter transactions.
> >
> > In version 1.3.7, the first line of a multi-line transaction contained the
> > source account, which is always the one you are in. The other lines
> > displayed the to accounts for the various splits. I found this quite
> > understandable. When the transaction was displayed in one line (while
> > entering the first part), the transfer field represented the destination
> > account of the first split. This was convenient.
> >
> > I must admit that all this would be very difficult to explain to a newcomer,
> > so, if you are trying to clean this up, you are to be commended. However, I
> > don't understand how 1.3.8 is supposed to work, and I've gone back to 1.3.7.
>
> Well, it is pretty confusing, so we may just be better off taking
> it out for 1.4. It actually works exactly the same as in 1.3.7,
> with the exception that, in multi-line mode, where there used to
> be a blank space in the transaction line, there is now a field
> you can use to move the transaction to another account. As before,
> the transaction line refers to the current account. This is reflected
> by the fact that this field starts with the current account already
> filled in. Other than the new field, multi-line mode works exactly
> as before.
No need to take it out for 1.4. Just label it properly.
In multiline mode, the title for the 'transfer' column
should just be a 'account'. Each line then describes
what happens to a specific account, and what could be
more natural than to edit the account name to move the
entry to another account?
But in single-line mode, where the column has a very different meaning,
it's just fine to label it 'transfer'.
-- hendrik.
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