balance and total in account window

[Chris Shoemaker]

On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 09:24:28PM -0400, don Paolo Benvenuto wrote:
> I can' understand what does the two column "balance (period)" and "total
> (period)" mean. I see that for some account they are different, but,
> what's precisely the meaning of the two?

All of the "balance" columns give the balance in that single account.
All of the "total" columns give the accumulated balance in that
account plus all subaccounts that have the same commodity.

-chris