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Bug 383928 - Bad command name: "Remove transaction splits"
Bad command name: "Remove transaction splits"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Register
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: David Hampton
Chris Shoemaker
: 343236 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-12-09 01:58 UTC by Paolo Benvenuto
Modified: 2018-06-29 21:18 UTC
See Also:
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Description Paolo Benvenuto 2006-12-09 01:58:37 UTC 
When you are on a splitted tnx and you put the cursor in one of the splits, selecting in the menu Transaction -> Remove transaction splits presents a dialog where the text should be more accurate:

it says: "Remove the splits from this transaction?", and imho shoud say: "Remove all the splits from this transaction?", i.e. adding the word "all" for better understanding.
Comment 1 Paolo Benvenuto 2006-12-09 02:01:05 UTC 
Equally, the preceeding menu item should say "Delete transaction or split", because when you invoke it from a split of a txn it actually deletes the corresponding split, not the whole txn.
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2006-12-10 12:35:25 UTC 
*** Bug 343236 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Rolf Leggewie 2008-07-11 15:56:37 UTC 
see also bug 542537
Comment 4 Geert Janssens 2010-07-07 14:37:10 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Equally, the preceeding menu item should say "Delete transaction or split",
> because when you invoke it from a split of a txn it actually deletes the
> corresponding split, not the whole txn.

This issue is the body of bug #542537. Let's keep this bug specific to the "Remove Transaction Splits" menu item.

I agree the wording is confusing. Unfortunately your alternative wording is not really accurate either. Your other bug (bug #343236) gets to the heart of the issue: the "Remove Transaction Splits" really removes all splits except for the split in the current account.

We should find some wording the clearly and concisely conveys this.

Christian's "Remove other splits" (from bug #343236) comes closest for now.
Comment 5 David Tombs 2012-12-18 01:16:53 UTC 
I like "remove other splits". Can we go with that one?
Comment 6 Geert Janssens 2013-05-31 17:12:06 UTC 
"Remove Other Splits" it will be. Fixed in r23019. This change won't be backported to 2.4 because it alters translatable strings.
Comment 7 David Tombs 2013-06-03 23:52:10 UTC 
Thank you.
Comment 8 John Ralls 2018-06-29 21:18:19 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383928. Please update any external references or bookmarks.