On 08/05/2017 16:30, Derek Atkins wrote: > "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> Am 03.05.2017 um 02:11 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: >> 8X--- >>> I'll stipulate that Stock and Mutual Fund behave exactly the same, as do >>> Bank and Cash, so those four should be collapsed into two. >> >> In theory the is a difference, but currently not implemented in GnuCash >> between Bank and Cash: > > IMNSHO, the main different between the various sub-types is the > displayed header in the register. E.g. Cash is Spend and Receive, > whereas Bank is Deposit and Withdrawl, Credit Card is Charge and > Payment, etc. The underlying functionality is the same otherwise, but I > think it's still useful to users, especially new users, to have the > commonplace headings.
Hmmmn, somewhere along the way gnc made commonplace headings (which I agree are useful labels versus + and - or Dr and Cr) immutable. I think when it is put that way most people will see the new found immutability as a problem not to be solved. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel