import wizzard currency or security type

[Christian Stimming]

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On Wednesday 28 March 2001 06:49, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Gnucash currencies and securities (aka commodities) are stored with a
> reference to the commodity within a namespace (the "type").  The
> "ISO4217" you see is the namespace (type) for national currencies 
> -derek
>
> Ben Stanley <bds02@uow.edu.au> writes:
> > package: old file version import wizzard
> > version: cvs 2001-03-28
> >
> > The drop-down list box for 'type of currency or security' is confusing
> > in it's intent, and to fill in. It is not at all obvious to the novice
> > user what to fill in there.
> >
> > What is an ISO4217?

Thanks, Derek, for the short explanation here. However, I agree with Ben 
that this name is *not at all* intuitive or understandable for the novice 
user. Can't we come up with another label that is intuitive and 
unambiguous enough for the non-programmer user?

Christian
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