[GNC] Error in "Close Book" help text

[David T.]

If you've ever filled out an online form before, you should be fine. I'd simply copy your original email and paste it in the description. 

David T. 



On Mar 24, 2023, 11:44 PM, at 11:44 PM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>Sigh. You're right, of course. I've never filed a bug report before, so
>I was hoping someone else would do it for me. But I'll figure it out --
>it's the least I can do in return for all the benefits I receive from
>using GnuCash.
>
>Stan Brown
>Tehachapi, CA, USA
>https://BrownMath.com
>
>On 2023-03-24 12:46, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>> Maybe file a documentation bug for tracking?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>> On 3/23/23 6:06 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
>>> In 4.13, the Close Book help text, which is the Close Book section
>of
>>> the installed manual, includes the following text under "How It
>Works",
>>> as the second paragraph under "Necessity":
>>>
>>> "In fact, closing the books reduces the usefulness of the standard
>>> reports because the reports don’t currently understand closing
>>> transactions. So from their point of view it simply looks like the
>net
>>> income or expense in each account for a given period was simply
>zero. "
>>>
>>> That paragraph doesn't seem to be accurate any more. I closed the
>books
>>> in 4.13 and the ran an income statement for the full year. The
>account
>>> totals were given just as they were before I closed the book.
>>>
>>> Can whoever is maintaining the book look at deleting that paragraph,
>>> please? (And please note: This is the installed manual, not the one
>on
>>> the website. I have GnuCash running in a virtual machine with no
>>> Internet.)
>>>
>> 
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