chapter 3 tutorial and guide

Chris Lyttle chris at wilddev.net
Tue Jun 17 21:42:57 CDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 14:41, Jon Lapham wrote:
> I think it would be cleaner if instead we presented the GnuCash 
> recommended way first, and then compared it to other methods later (the 
> compoarison of accounts and categories).  Heck, maybe a separate 
> chapter.  It seems a bit less convoluted that way... to me.
> 
> Basically, this would just mean inverting the order of section 3.1 and 
> 3.2 and changing the introduction a little.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Do we really want to push the idea that it is *possible* to set GnuCash 
> up "the quicken way" with 2 main categories, income and expenses?  Since 
>   the reports heavily depend on the main 5 account types being present...

My thoughts? Do it whatever way makes sense to you. If you think the
above works better go for it!
Personally I don't feel we should push 'the quicken way' at all but
rather try to help users discover how much more flexible it is to use
the 5 main types.

Chris
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