[GNC-dev] Cookbooks

Christopher Lam christopher.lck at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 10:35:50 EDT 2020


I'm not convinced the generic Guide is an appropriate location for such
country-specific recipes. The wiki is fine but has poor organisation.

Hence my original query above.

Contrast: https://beancount.github.io/docs/

On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 13:52, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Perhaps it would be better to format it as an appendix with reference(s) in
> appropriate places in the body of the Guide.  This would allow more detail
> for those who are interested without boring those who do not need the
> information.
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 8:36 AM D. via gnucash-devel <
> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > I agree with Frank's suggestions. The Guide would be the best spot
> > (probably in the Business Setup area of chapter 13). And you do need to
> > expand abbreviations at the first instance.
> >
> > From an editorial perspective, I think a little more explanatory
> > background would help users understand the purpose here. Also, full
> account
> > hierarchies are important (unless the GST account is a top level
> account?).
> >
> > David T.
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Mon Sep 28 09:20:21 EDT 2020
> > To: Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com>
> > Cc: gnucash-devel <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
> > Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Cookbooks
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > in theory the Guide is the right place, but if you think it still needs
> > improvement, you can put it in the wiki.
> >
> > Note on your draft: Abbreviations should be defined on the first usage
> > or, if they are used in different places in the glossary and linked from
> > the first occurrence in each page.
> >
> > Regards
> > Frank
> >
> > Am 28.09.20 um 14:05 schrieb Christopher Lam:
> > > Devel,
> > > Is there a suitable place where we could direct users to use recipes to
> > get
> > > going quickly?
> > > See draft, attached.
> >
> > >
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