Aha!

[keith]

It's not. I didn't know I could use the codes. Does RTFM apply? Someday 
I'll have to.

I do have a small issue with the codes. They did not display by default 
in my register (or did I turn them off some ages ago?) If they are my 
master sort order I'd like them to show as the leftmost column in the 
register. Now that I have made them visible and put them there, I'll use 
the hell out of them.

Live and learn ...

Derek Atkins wrote:
> I don't understand why it's any easier to type "1:xx" vs. "as:xx"
> or "5:xx" vs. "ex:xx"?  *shrugs*
>
> -derek
>
> keith <keith at bellairs.org> writes:
>
>   
>> I set up parents 1Assets, 2Liabilities, 3Equity, 4Income, and 5Expense.
>>
>> That way I can type "5:Gr" and get to my grocery expenses and 5:ga to 
>> get to gasoline. And the master accounts also sort to where they ought 
>> to be (since I had not figured out about using the codes to set up the 
>> sort order).
>>
>> Since gnucash already knows they are expense accounts, they would show 
>> up in the right place in an income statement. This way my account 
>> register already looks kind of like a trial balance with totals for the 
>> master accounts.
>>
>> Guess I'll have to try using the codes to give me a better sort of the 
>> subaccounts.
>>
>> Keith
>> Guelph, ON
>>
>> Mike or Penny Novack wrote:
>>     
>>> " But yes, that only changes the parent, there is no "move up" or "move 
>>> down" between siblings because they are sorted by code and name."
>>>
>>> ROFLOL
>>>
>>> I think what somebody should have said was "close the file, reopen it, 
>>> and then they will appear sorted by name".
>>>
>>> I see the chart of accounts sorted by name NOW. My question was because 
>>> I saw neither rhyme nor reason when I first created the chart of accounts.
>>>
>>> So I guess the "answer" is that when some specified order of appearance 
>>> in the charts is desired, rename with an unobtrusive prefix to control 
>>> sort order? Assign codes that aren't displayed?
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>   
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