It's been rumoured that Richard Wackerbarth said:
>
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > The 'action' field is meant to be a 'type'. It can have any
> > ascii-string value that you want. Currently, the action types are
> > limited to a the choice of 'buy', 'sell', 'dividend', 'cash', 'check'
> > 'electronic', etc. a sort-of random assortment of semi-meanigful
> > strings.
> >
> > All I'm suggesting is that we allow users to edit this list of choices,
> > add to it, and delete from it. Thus, they can set up their own
> > collection of transactin 'types' as they see fit. (But I still want
> > the 'type' to be a (short) enumerated list).
>
> Yes, the "Action" field serves this purpose.
> And I agree that the list needs to remain short (for any given installation)
>
> What I am suggesting is that there be a mechanism so that the user can
> not only add to the list, but provide a custom display for that new "Action".
>
> In particular, I would like to be able to automatically generate the various
> entries that make up a transaction.
>
> Perhaps I would like to have a transaction that recorded a capital gains sale
> and, automatically included je's to fund an income tax sinking fund.
> Think of it more as a MACRO rather than say a memorized transaction.
Ohhh I *like* that! It would be a bit of work ...
--linas
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