Two reasons: 1- the dev team tries to minimize stored settings, and 2- no one has written the code.
On Jun 1, 2021, 11:56, at 11:56, s310...@gmail.com wrote: >hi, >why not make it configurable (either nag or create a dummy >account/entry) >as a settings option? > >Shay > >On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:30 PM <men...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> David, thank you for taking the time to fill me in the thought >process. >> Laura >> >> ----- Original message ----- >> From: "D." <sunfis...@yahoo.com <mailto:sunfish62%40yahoo.com>> >> To: men...@fastmail.fm <mailto:menace%40fastmail.fm> >> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: >> gnucash-user%40gnucash.org>> >> Subject: Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST >CURIOUS >> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 2021 9:23 AM >> >> Laura, >> >> Welcome to gnucash. >> >> The question about imbalance entries goes back a long ways in >GnuCash, and >> you can find discussions about it in the lists over the years. >> >> Essentially, the debate boils down to this: is it better to allow a >user >> to enter an imbalanced transaction and automatically create the >balancing >> entry in a dummy account (Imbalance-XXX generically speaking), or >should >> the program nag the user to balance the transaction every time? >Gnucash >> choose the former many years ago, and has stuck with that model >since. >> >> David >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.