Bug 687290

[Geert Janssens]

Looks good to me. And thank you working on improving oor documentation.

Geert

On 06-11-12 06:03, David T. wrote:
> Thanks for the input. My comment on the bug reinforces your ideas presented here. Although I would put the chapter on Transactions first, simply because understanding that is fundamental to all the rest. Budgets and Multiple Currencies would go after, since they are optional for many users.
>
> Restructuring as you suggest would, I believe, require a more substantial framework. I would want that framework to be more clearly delineated in the overall document structure, so that readers would see that the chapters are definitely using the equation as their overarching structure. I'm not sure how that would most effectively be achieved. Would we create new top-level chapters, and embed the existing chapters in these new chapters? That might be the best.
>
>
> Perhaps we would end up with a chapter structure like this:
>
> 1. Overview
> 2. The Basics
> 2.1 Accounts
> 2.2 Transactions
> 3. Asset Accounts
> 3.1 Checking Accounts
> 3.2 Investments
> 3.3 Other Assets
> 4. Liability Accounts
> 4.1 Credit Cards
> 4.2 Loans
> 4.3 Other Liabilities [to parallel 3.3]
> 5. Equity Accounts
> [mumble]
> 6. Income Accounts
> 6.1 [mumble]
> 6.2 Capital Gains
> 6.3 Other Income Accounts
> 7. Expense Accounts
> [mumble]
> 8. Multiple Currencies
> 9. Budgets
> 10. Business Features
> 10.1 A/R
> 10.2 A/P
> 10.3 Payroll
> 11. Extending Gnucash
> 11.1 Custom Reports
> 11.2 Python Extensions
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net>
> To: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Bug 687290
>   
> On 10/31/2012 4:40 PM, David T. wrote:
>> I have just put an initial draft chapter for the Tutorial on Bugzilla in the referenced bug, to cover expense accounts.
>>
>> I welcome suggestions for correction!
>>
>> David
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> I have added a couple of comments to bug 697290.
>
> These are my thoughts.   I think that expenses do deserve an entire
> chapter.  However, I would structure existing chapters five through
> nine, sixteen and expenses to fit into the framework suggested  by
> chapter two's reference to the five basic account types.  This would
> mean that chapters on asset account topics (Checkbook, Investments and
> Other Assets) be grouped together, liability account topics (Credit
> Cards and Loans) together, Income (Capital Gains) as a unit and Expenses
> as a unit.  Transactions, Budgets and Multiple Currencies apply to all
> account types, and should be after the account type sections.
>
> Business topics should be separate as they are now.
>
> David C
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