On Tuesday 11 August 2015 17:49:32 John Ralls wrote: > > On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Herbert Thoma > > <[email protected]> wrote:> > > Am 11.08.2015 um 16:18 schrieb Derek Atkins: > >> Phil Longstaff <[email protected]> writes: > >>> I recently found the need to add a new stock which is traded on > >>> the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange). Why do we hard-code commodity > >>> sources? I don't want to have to recompile to use a new exchange. > >> > >> You don't.. It's a user-defined field with a set of pre-defined > >> initial entries. But it's a*free-form user-enterable text field*. > >> So just add "TSX" in the field to create a new namespace. > > > > Argh, please ignore my previous mail. I just looked for something > > like "new commodity source". It did not occur to me to just enter a > > new string to the drop-down list ... > Phil’s use of “commodity source” was confusing. If Derek and he are > talking about the same thing then it’s really “commodity namespace” > or “commodity type” depending on where in the GUI you look. > “Namespace” is a better description, since it exists solely to make > pick lists shorter. > > “Source” implies to me “quote source”, and that’s dependent upon what > Finance::Quote provides. > That's probably me who first used "Source". Sorry for the confusion.
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