> If I have one account with 2 subaccount of 2 differents currencies, the
> total is not good. It could never be good because gnucash don't know the
> exchange rates
Yes, the totals right now don't make much sense with multiple
currencies.
> In the french version, in the column balance and total, there is the
> symbol F (I suppose in the english version, it is $). That have no
> sense, if you have an other currency. If you have an account in DEM, you
> don't want to see 20$. I think that if you create a new account, you
> should choose the currency in a drop-down list. If gnucash know all the
> currencies, he can also know the symbols
The next version will print the currency symbols correctly, at least
in most places. Gnucash doesn't 'know all the currencies', it just
uses the locale information provided by the C libraries to print
the currency symbol.
A drop-down list for currencies would still be useful, though.
> I have try to transfert money between 2 accounts of different
> currencies (one bank account and a currency account like it's explain in
> the doc), but that does'nt work. I have an error message that say I
> cannot transfert money between two accounts of differrent currencies
In the currency account, you need to set the 'security' value to
be the currency of the other account.
> I have read in the doc that I can modify the properties of an account,
> but there is no button or menu to do that.
Choose the 'edit' button on the main window when you have the account
selected. As an alternative, select the Account->Edit Account menu
item.
> 2 accounts can have the same name !! Is that normal. a check should be
> implemented. If it's a functionnality, how can I choose the good account
> in the drop-down menu of the register
It's allowed, but not 'normal'. A check here would be useful, too.
thanks,
dave
