use of 'account codes'

[David Hampton]

On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 22:42 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:

> 2) After about 35 years of using a rather consistant chart of accounts, I know 
> the account numbers pretty well.  Instead typing in the name of an account, 
> or scrolling through about 100 accounts in a scroll box, or learning a new 
> way to describe the accounts ("a-shift-colon-c"), is there a way to enter an 
> account number ("1010").  When I did this, gc advised me that the account 
> does not exist.

Gnucash doesn't support selecting an account by the account code, only
by name.  There's an open enhancement request (no. 129099) somewhat
similar to what you are requesting.

David