gnucash-docs maint: Multiple changes pushed
John Ralls
jralls at code.gnucash.org
Thu Nov 17 15:04:58 EST 2016
Updated via https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/3d979026 (commit)
via https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/d62968a8 (commit)
from https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/c32ae27e (commit)
commit 3d9790267ccedfbce1a2a1f3ce310c25a663f01a
Merge: c32ae27 d62968a
Author: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Date: Thu Nov 17 12:03:22 2016 -0800
Merge suplementary account-setup change from Dave T.
commit d62968a8a79c9a5f06e35749b016caf583d36198
Author: David T <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Nov 16 09:57:50 2016 +0500
Bug-397145 - Second change on this bug, as I overlooked issue noted in comment 6 on Bugzilla.
diff --git a/help/C/Help_ch_Account-Actions.xml b/help/C/Help_ch_Account-Actions.xml
index bac3d0a..817acb5 100644
--- a/help/C/Help_ch_Account-Actions.xml
+++ b/help/C/Help_ch_Account-Actions.xml
@@ -372,38 +372,43 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Notes:</guilabel> Free form text box. This is used for any additional notes about
+ <para><guilabel>Notes:</guilabel> This is a free form text box that can be used for any additional notes about
the account.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para>Below the panes are check-boxes: one to show if the account is <guilabel>Tax
- Related</guilabel> (which is set through the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Tax Report
- Options</guimenuitem></menuchoice> dialog), and
- two to mark the account as a <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel>, and/or a
- <guilabel>Hidden</guilabel> account.</para>
+ <para>Below the panes are 3 check-boxes: one to show if the account is <guilabel>Tax
+ Related</guilabel>, one to mark the account as a <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel>, and one to
+ mark an account <guilabel>Hidden</guilabel>.</para>
- <para>The <guilabel>Tax Related</guilabel> check-box means that this account has been
+ <para>The <guilabel>Tax Related</guilabel> check-box means that an account has been
flagged to be included in the Tax Schedule Report. This flag is only displayed on the <guilabel>Edit
Account</guilabel> dialog and is set in the <guilabel>Income Tax Information</guilabel> dialog
(<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Tax Report Options</guimenuitem></menuchoice>).
See the Tax Schedule Report and <acronym>TXF</acronym> Export section in Reports Chapter (<xref linkend="report-general"></xref>).</para>
- <para>The check-box <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel> marks this account as solely a placeholder in the
- hierarchy, it is used to enable a hierarchy or chart of accounts to be setup.</para>
+
+ <para>The <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel> check-box sets an account to read-only status and
+ prevents the addition of transaction data to the account.</para>
<note id="accts-placeholder">
- <para>A <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel> means this
- account is not used for transaction data. Transactions may not be posted to this account, only to
- sub-accounts of this account not marked themselves as <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel>.</para>
+ <para>Setting an account to <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel> will also hide that account in the pop-up
+ account list in a register. Sub-accounts to the placeholder account will still display
+ in the pop-up, however.</para>
</note>
- <para>The check box <guilabel>Hidden</guilabel> marks this account (and any sub-accounts) to be hidden in
- the account tree and not appear in the pop-up account list in the register. To reset this option, you will
+ <para>The <guilabel>Hidden</guilabel> check box hides an account (and any sub-accounts) in
+ the account tree. To reset this option, you will
first need to open the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filter By...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- dialog for the account tree and check the <guilabel>show hidden accounts</guilabel> option.
+ dialog for the account tree and check the <guilabel>Show hidden accounts</guilabel> option.
Doing so will allow you to select the account and reopen this dialog.</para>
+
+ <note id="accts-hidden">
+ <para>Hidden accounts still appear in the pop-up account list in a register.
+ To remove an account from this pop-up account list as well, check the
+ <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel> check box.</para>
+ </note>
- <para>The next pane contains a list of <guilabel>Account Types</guilabel>. Select a type from the
+ <para>Below these checkboxes is a pane that contains a list of <guilabel>Account Types</guilabel>. Select a type from the
descriptions in <xref linkend="acct-types" />.</para>
<para>The next pane contains an account tree to choose a <guilabel>Parent Account</guilabel>. To create a
Summary of changes:
help/C/Help_ch_Account-Actions.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
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