On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:06 AM, Kevin Hoctor wrote:
> > On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Christopher Larson wrote: > >> I'd like to request a little feature for the spending plan. The >> ability to add a Note on each bucket, either globally (seen on mouse >> over of the buckets in the main screen, as well as in the spending >> plan), or just in the spending plan. It would be useful to take note >> of the breakdown of certain buckets. For example, I use my Debt >> Repayment bucket for a few things, including extra principal payments >> on my mortgage (debt snowball) and repayment of personal debts. >> Being >> able to see, at a glance, -why- I'm allocating $X to a bucket every >> month would be a useful thing. >> > Chris, > > You can already add notes to a bucket using the Memo field on the > bucket detail. I just need to show that information in more places. A > tooltip on the spending plan is a great idea. > >> Of course, right now I still keep track of such things, using a >> spreadsheet, but I think a note field would be useful. The You >> Need A >> Budget windows application (not unlike MoneyWell in scope, enveloope >> style budgeting there also) gained the note feature after it was >> requested by numerous users, so they could keep track of how much in >> each bucket was going to future expenses vs current. >> >> Of course, one could create a new bucket for each item, but that >> would >> make it very hard to see all one's buckets at a glance, and I >> dislike, >> conceptually, the idea of creating buckets for something that might >> be >> temporary. > > > Let me know if the memo works for you and I'll make sure it has a way > to be seen in more places. Thanks. Ah! I didn't realize. Thanks :) -- Chris Larson clarson at kergoth dot com clarson at mvista dot com Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus Maintainer - Tslib Software Engineer MontaVista Software, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
