> On 23 Jul 2019, at 16:42, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > I don't think that would work.
I’d already tried that, and it didn’t work. To be clear, I had an unbalanced transaction which had caused the creation of Imbalance-GBP. I saved the file, closed GC and then reopened it - generating the warning message about the use of the separator character in an account name. I edited the name of the account (Imbalance-GBP —> Imbalance_GBP), saved, closed and opened again and got no warning. I then created a further unbalanced transaction, which resulted in my having two Imbalance Accounts - Imbalance_GBP and Imbalance-GBP. My conclusion is that the creation of the Imbalance and Orphan account names is hard-wired into the code. Michael > 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.mich...@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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.