On Monday 01 September 2003 8:52 am, someone claiming to be Jon Lapham wrote: > I was reading through Chapter 2 of the GnuCash Concepts Guide, > specifically section "2.2.2 Double Entry", in which we define and give > an example of double entry accounting. > > see: > http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/basics_entry1.html#basics_ >dbentry2 > > I think the inclusion of the split transaction example (the paycheck) is > a little too much to chew for a new user this early in the Concepts > Guide. I like the other examples that involve 2 accounts (buying > groceries and the simple income example)... but I think that a split > transaction is something most new users need some time to understand. > And, in this section, I think we are really just trying to get people to > grasp the concept of double entry. > > So, I propose to remove the split transaction example. Comments? > Objections? > > I think we should still *reference* the fact that you can do multiple > account transactions, and give a link to a later part of the > documentation that explains split transactions in more detail (chapter 4). > > Nice side effect of this is to make this section shorter. It is pretty > long as it is.
As long as the reference uses the correct chapter/section whatever. Currently, the page says "You enter a transaction with multiple splits, which we will cover in section 4.3." Section 4.3 is "Choosing a Register Style", the section that relates seems to be 4.2.2, "Multi Account Transaction", which I'd like to see named "Spilt Transactions", whcih is what Gnucash calls 'em. Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:30am up 9 days, 15:27, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.07, 0.07 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
