Well instead of being like bins it would be a set amount.
Ah, good, I
did understand you.
And I was imagining that this would be bidirectional (hence the "auto-collation" pseudocode, that could be applied to either side of the trading screen's list[1]).
I'm still sceptical that it would be a
big time-saver ("tap, cursor, tap, cursor, tap, cursor, tap, cursor-cursor (to miss an item), tap, cursor, tap..." Its as easy. as "tap, cursor-cursor-cursor-cursor-cursor...,tap the next 'chord' header") unless you're making it an 'atomic' unit of 20 logs/<N whatevers> that can't be sub-selected (like items-within-bins), which I
don't think should happen, because of the introduced inflexibility for the trader on a budget or for the frugal trader who only wants to trade
so much for the items he/she wants to exchange, and doesn't want to be tied to the entire multi-log quantity.
[1] Actually, "auto-binning" would be useful, as well, or at least the option to reorganise accordingly. I mean I
try to get my trade-goods into bins before sending them to trade (saves on hauling, traditionally), and I also don't tend to sell the bins themselves, but all those loose rock mugs
might be more handy to work with if you could group them together. Or (far more usefully) pre-binning
purchases (not already come in bins, which you bought as a wholesale unit) for easier carriage away from the depot once the trading session has concluded. In other words, I think you've got an interesting idea, but not necessarily towards solving the actually problem that you started off with. Styles of play varying, however, I'm only speaking for myself.