gnucash-docs maint: Improve readability of "Credit does NOT decrease ..." Patch

Frank H. Ellenberger fell at code.gnucash.org
Thu Aug 28 13:38:03 EDT 2014


Updated	 via  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/b37228aa (commit)
	from  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/1d1c4893 (commit)



commit b37228aa0bf44ea4ed3cb87cb252cd0a4acfa23c
Author: Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 28 19:37:11 2014 +0200

    Improve readability of "Credit does NOT decrease ..." Patch
    
    http://lists.gnucash.org/logs/2014/08/2014-08-28.html#T12:34:28

diff --git a/guide/C/ch_basics.xml b/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
index fc614d5..902bdc4 100644
--- a/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
+++ b/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
@@ -184,9 +184,10 @@
         <para>Common use of the words <emphasis>debit</emphasis> and <emphasis>credit</emphasis> 
         does not match how accountants use these words. In common use, 
         <emphasis>credit</emphasis> generally has positive associations; in accounting,
-        <emphasis>credit</emphasis> means <emphasis>affecting the right side of an account</emphasis>
-        and is associated with decreases in asset and expense,
-        but increases of income, liability and equity accounts.</para>
+        <emphasis>credit</emphasis> means
+        <emphasis>affecting the right column</emphasis> of the ledger sheet of an account.
+        This is associated with a <emphasis>decrease</emphasis> in asset and expense,
+        but an <emphasis>increase</emphasis> of income, liability and equity accounts.</para>
         <para>For more details see <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debits_and_credits"></ulink>.</para>
       </warning>
 



Summary of changes:
 guide/C/ch_basics.xml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)



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