Scheduled transactions documentation

[Trevor Barton]

Phil wrote:
> oops, forgot to hit reply-all.
> 
>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:52:11 -0300, Jon Lapham 
>> <lapham at extracta.com.br> wrote:
>>
>>> Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll just note that there are a LOT of bugs in the Scheduled 
>>>> Transaction
>>>> (SX) code.  You have been warned....
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>
>>> So, should I hold off on putting it into the docs?  Maybe, I should 
>>> even say that it isn't very stable to use?
>>>
>>> -Jon
>>>
>>
>> FWIW, I use scheduled transactions for my paycheck and recurring 
>> expenses that are always the same amount and charged to my credit card 
>> automatically.
>>
>> Phil

Yes, I held off using GnuCash (from Quicken) until 1.8.1 because of the lack of 
SX's.  I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in the UK direct debit 
of generally fixed amounts is very common to pay for all sorts of things from 
mortgages to the electricity bill and society membership.  I guess I have about 
fifteen or twenty going out from my account each month with a few more quarterly 
and annually.  Sadly, most out, and only salary coming in!

Still, I've not yet encountered a showstopping bug, but then I'm really only 
doing fixed amount forever transactions, and adjusting some of them manually in 
the register if they vary.

Trev

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