[moneydance] Deleting some transactions doesn't work...

[David Emme]

On May 30, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Sean Reilly wrote:

> I've fixed this issue for the next release but maybe not in the  
> preferred way.  I changed it so that deleting a transaction would  
> delete the entire transaction, including all splits, even if the  
> transaction being deleted was just one of several splits.

Nope, please don't nuke my whole transaction if I'm just deleting one  
of the splits (from either "side").

>
> I think the preferred behavior may be to:
>  a) If the transaction is not split, delete both sides
>  b) If the transaction is a split and you are in the register in  
> which it was entered, delete the transaction, including all splits
>  c) If the transaction is one of many splits (in the non-entry  
> register) only remove that one split

Yes, please. This is what I would like to see. But now the  
transaction is "unbalanced". For example, suppose I have expense  
transaction in Account "Visa" which is split into 3 pieces in  
Categories "C1", "C2", and "C3". Now I go into the "other side", say  
"C2", and delete that split. What to do? I should at least be  
notified that I'm corrupting the transaction in "Visa". And maybe the  
software can somehow automatically take me over there to fix the  
problem. Hmmm, maybe if I try to delete the split in "C2", the  
software should *only* take me over to the "Visa" side of the  
transaction, with appropriate explanation, and force me to delete the  
split from that side. Then it's obvious what's going on and that I  
need to figure out how to make things right again.

That's just off the top of my head. Others may have better ideas...

Cheers!
-Dave

-- 
To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler, and  
no trouble.
    - Mark Twain

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