Reports chapter in guide

[Geert Janssens]

(Again I removed gnucash-user. No need to cross-post)

On Monday 22 February 2016 18:32:03 Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
> Hi Geert, all
> 
> I'll think about a way to contribute more widely as soon as I solve my
> "local" problems. But I most certainly don't want to raise a huge
> discussion about the merge.
> 
Don't worry. I value new opinions (though I may not always agree). Your merge proposal 
actually lines up with a discussion we already had in August last year. I wrote more about it in 
my other reply

> I'm trying to follow John's advices, after what I'll translate my idea
> and submit it as a bug. Starting there, we'll see how (or if) can I
> be useful.
> 
> Thank you for the encouragement.
> 
I'm looking forward to it.

Geert

> Regards,
> Pedro.
> 
> Seg, 2016-02-22 às 10:11 +0100, Geert Janssens escreveu:
> > On Sunday 21 February 2016 08:21:16 Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
> > > Hi again,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I read the bugs you mentioned David, and all other bugs and
> > > 
> > > attachments related. And the wiki articles, and several Internet
> > > 
> > > pages John, thank you for pulling my ears. ;-)
> > > 
> > > Of course, I'm not aware of the new platform discussion, nor
> > > should
> > 
> > I
> > 
> > > worry about that, according to Geert Janssens. Makes sense, for a
> > 
> > non
> > 
> > > developer.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > So, not being neither a developer nor an experienced Gnucash user,
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > > not even an accountant, I can only speak as a regular computer
> > > user.
> > > 
> > > Hope I'm not bothering to much.
> > > 
> > > Platform independently speaking, I would rather have the help
> > > manual
> > > 
> > > and the guide merged into one single document and then split in
> > > two
> > > 
> > > again, one for personal finances and another for business
> > > finances.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > One reason for this choice of mine and following up on a recent
> > > 
> > > discussion on the users list, there are countries where GC can't
> > > be
> > > 
> > > used for most businesses, so a separate document for businesses
> > 
> > would
> > 
> > > make sense to me, living on one of those.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > As for the merge, I think we all know that users seldom read the
> > > 
> > > documentation (me included), so having to jump between two
> > > documents
> > > 
> > > could eventually discourage them even more.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Either way, thank you for this excellent software. Took me some
> > > time
> > > 
> > > to choose it but I'm glad I did. It's now fully translated into my
> > > 
> > > language and I will finish just saying that I can spare some time
> > > to
> > > 
> > > help, if you want.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Pedro.
> > 
> > Hi Pedro,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for your great contribution. I'm very happy it is now
> > fully
> > translated in Portuguese.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > And of course it would be great if you are willing to help out some
> > more in the spare time you have.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Several people agree with you that merging all documentation into
> > one
> > would be a good thing. Perhaps you can contribute to this goal (at
> > any level, like: coming up with a strategy or effectively doing the
> > work).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Other than that there are several documentation bugs which you may
> > be