How to do this ?

[Frederic LESPEZ]

On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 01:12, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 10:43, Frederic LESPEZ wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have just started to use Gnucash.
> > But I don't understand how i can manage the following situation under
> > Gnucash :
> > I have a checking account and a savings account.
> > My Girlfriend has also two accounts.
> > And we have two joint accounts
> > Thatis to say :
> > Assets
> > |-Current Assets
> > |  |-My accounts
> > |  |  |- Checking account
> > |  |  |- Savings account
> > |  |
> > |  |-My Girlfriend account
> > |  |  |- Checking account
> > |  |  |- Savings account
> > |  |
> > |  |-Joint accounts
> > |  |  |- Checking account
> > |  |  |- Savings account
> > |  |
> > ...
> > 
> > How can I do the following : Keep track of what amout of money each one
> > has used for shared expenses (flat rent, food, electricity bills, phone
> > bills, etc.).
> > We can contribute to shared expenses by using our accounts to pay bills
> > for example, or transfering money from our acounts to one af the joint
> > accounts.
> > 
> > I really don't know how to do this. So any advice will be welcomed !
> > 
> 
> Doug's suggestion is probably easiest to track, supposing your
> girlfriend goes for it. Otherwise, the "Find Transactions" dialog may be
> of some use.  You can find transactions that affect multiple accounts,
> etc.  It's quite handy, actually.  It lives under the Tools menu in
> 1.6.x.
First of all, Thanks Doug and Matthew for your ideas.

Doug, your suggestion is easy but I won't do it because it is to much
constraint. My finance manager must be adaptable to my way of life 
because I won't live the way my finance manager works :-)

Matthew, your suggestion works well. That's what i was using with my old
finance manager, but i think that with Gnucash and its sub-accounts i
could do something better.

Fred.