Just set up a Stock or Mutual account, which will help you keep track of the amount of the commodity in addition to the value of said commodity. A stock/mutual account is a type of asset. Why do you feel you need an account of type "asset" specifically?
-derek bruno schwander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > A quick suggestion for the assets accounts, that I think would be a first > for an accounting software and very in-line with > open-source/alternative/free/privacy etc. mentality of the open-source > movement: > > It should be possible to define an asset account in a different unit than > just some national currencies. For example, precious metals. This is > probably not very common in the US, but it is possible in some countries > to have gold or silver-denominated accounts. Of course balances have to be > tracked in terms of mass of the given metal in the account, and a national > currency value could be derived from online quotes (just like stocks). > > This would also make it much easier for those who use precious metals > backed e-currencies (e-Gold, etc.) > > If this can already be managed by some asset/stock account scheme, then > I'd be glad id someone can point it out, thanks ! > > bruno > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
