Double-entry explanation

[Tim Wunder]

On Monday 01 September 2003 10:05 am, someone claiming to be Jon Lapham wrote:
> Tim Wunder wrote:
> > As long as the reference uses the correct chapter/section whatever.
> > Currently, the page says "You enter a transaction with multiple
> > splits, which we will cover in section 4.3." Section 4.3 is "Choosing
> >  a Register Style",
>
> I think we should definitely use the correct reference.  :)  In fact, I
> wish I knew how to put a link there, so you could just click and go
> immediately to the reference...
>

I guess you mean  within the docs themselves and not the webified docs...

> > the section that relates seems to be 4.2.2, "Multi Account
> > Transaction", which I'd like to see named "Spilt Transactions", which
> > is what Gnucash calls 'em.
>
> Hmmm, don't know about this.  To a user with no GnuCash experience,
> isn't "multi account transaction" the logical thing to follow "simple
> two account transaction"?
>

It'd seem that "complex" would follow "simple", so maybe "Complex (Split) 
Transaction" as a title, or "Complex Mutliple Account Transaction". Also, 
perhaps renaming "simple two account transaction" to just "Simple 
Transaction" would work, too.

> Maybe the first thing to say in section 4.2.2 is "In GnuCash a
> transaction involving more than 2 accounts is called a split
> transaction" and never use the term "multi account transaction" again.
> Better?
>

Yes. But, to a virgin GnuCash user, aren't two account transactions 
multi-account transactions, multi being more than 1. The more I think about 
it, the more I like the use of just "Simple Transaction/Complex (Split) 
Transaction."

> But, I'll change the title of the section if there are others that agree
> with you, I'm not set in stone on my position.

You're the doc's guru, and have been doing a great job thus far, don't let me 
stand in the way of you doing what you think is right (but I really dislike 
the phrase "multi account")....

Regards, 
Tim

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