> On May 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Mike or Penny Novack 
> <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> wrote:
> HOWEVER -- you have raised a more general question, perhaps misunderstanding 
> something. The "built in default" accounts that come with gnucash CoA 
> skeletons are just for convenience satisfying the needs of many new users. 
> There is nothing magic about the types of accounts included, either that they 
> would be necessary or sufficient. If you find you need another category of 
> asset accounts (another sub tree under assets) simply add that. Same with 
> liabilities and equity (and thus for income and expense).

That’s not quite right. The account *types* are hard coded and control program 
behavior: For example, types STOCK and FUND have a different register display 
from the rest. There is neither UI nor API for adding types.

Regards,
John Ralls

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