19. Januar 2004 16:20 Derek Atkins wrote: > "C. Gatzemeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> > 2) allow to switch register view to denominated commodity if it is not > >> > the report currency. [...] > I don't understand this request... Registers are already denominated [...] > Keep in mind that "currency" accounts are deprecated (see bug #128776) > and should not be necessary anymore. You should use "Cash" or "Bank" > as appropriate. Thank you for pointing that out! Oh, now I understand, I already was wondering about some account types and many things are getting clear... As the bug says opening new currency accouts should be disabled then. > As for your suggestion of making the ISO currencies editable -- that > would make it hard to save. Right now we don't save the ISO currencies > in the user database and that is done by: > > if (commodity->namespace == CURRENCY) skip; > > This logic would get MUCH more complicated otherwise which is why I > suggested a "USER CURRENCY" route. That is fine, we are not the ISO anyway ;-) I would not limit it to "USER CURRENCY" though as the code snippet also suggests it is just another commodity that has to be saved in file. 19. Januar 2004 16:22 Derek Atkins wrote: > > absolutely, it would be very elegant to be able to specify the > > commodity/user-defined currency for any type of account. > > We specifically limit it because we do NOT want to have (certain) > account types denominated in FooWidgets. The fact that certain > accounts are limited to currencies is NOT a bug. Which accouts are those and why? Please keep in mind currencies are just a type of commodity and in general they are all the same, just reporting needs _may_ vary. I will open a new thread concerning current commodity handling which I think is very good but might have some old "left overs". Christian _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
