Commodities initialization list

[Geert Janssens]

On Tuesday 11 August 2015 17:49:32 John Ralls wrote:
> > On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Herbert Thoma
> > <herbert.thoma at iis.fraunhofer.de> wrote:> 
> > Am 11.08.2015 um 16:18 schrieb Derek Atkins:
> >> Phil Longstaff <phil.longstaff at gmail.com> writes:
> >>> I recently found the need to add a new stock which is traded on
> >>> the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange). Why do we hard-code commodity
> >>> sources? I don't want to have to recompile to use a new exchange.
> >> 
> >> You don't.. It's a user-defined field with a set of pre-defined
> >> initial entries.  But it's a*free-form user-enterable text field*.
> >>  So just add "TSX" in the field to create a new namespace.
> > 
> > Argh, please ignore my previous mail. I just looked for something
> > like "new commodity source". It did not occur to me to just enter a
> > new string to the drop-down list ...
> Phil’s use of “commodity source” was confusing. If Derek and he are
> talking about the same thing then it’s really “commodity namespace”
> or “commodity type” depending on where in the GUI you look.
> “Namespace” is a better description, since it exists solely to make
> pick lists shorter.
> 
> “Source” implies to me “quote source”, and that’s dependent upon what
> Finance::Quote provides.
> 
That's probably me who first used "Source". Sorry for the confusion.

Geert