It's been rumoured that Jan Schrage said:
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>
> Hi everyone,
>
> from a number of discussions during the last two or three weeks I am
> getting the impression that a number of people don't bother to read the
> docs accompanying gnucash, whatever the reason. Personally I suspect
> that as long as the clicking works people tend to think they're getting
> their accounts right, too, which in general seems not to be the case.
>
> Now my proposal would be to=20
> 1) rename Help->Help to Help->Documentation in the menus to make it
> clear that this is not a sort of last resort help facility.
> 2) Check if ~/.gnucash exists and if not, pop up a box right at the
> beginning that suggests to people to actually read these docs before
> they start fiddling around.
I like the ideas ...
I'd add
3) a 'did-you-know/hint-of-the-day' dialogue.
the gimp pops up one of these, every time you start it up.
real handy. after a few doxen start ups, you can really start
learning stuff ...
--linas
