Thanks John, i have to admit to not having read the Guide in full for a long time now. If not up front, perhaps links to the glossary definitions from the basics section. I think Victor's comment has some value as most people are unlikely to do a cover to cover read, even when starting out. I certainly didn't, I just went in looking for information about how to do specific tasks. That may have been because I was doing a masters in accounting at the time and I was using GnuCash to do the accounting exercises and thesis work. Cheers
David On Fri, 2026-01-02 at 08:30 -0800, John Ralls wrote: > Dave, > > It’s not up front, but it’s > there: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/gnc-gloss.html > > I don’t think I’ve ever seen a book with a glossary anywhere but as > an appendix at the back. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jan 1, 2026, at 22:02, David Cousens <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > It would be nice to have a glossary of Gnucash terminology with > > appropriate definitions up front possibly after or before the > > basics > > section in the guide and then move towards a consistent use of that > > terminology throughout the documnetation as a whole. That however > > is a > > large task and as the documentation is maintained by a fairly > > diverse > > group, not necessarily going to be easy to get consistent agreement > > on > > terminology or to co-ordinate such an effort. > -- David Cousens _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
