Aha!

[Derek Atkins]

I don't understand why it's any easier to type "1:xx" vs. "as:xx"
or "5:xx" vs. "ex:xx"?  *shrugs*

-derek

keith <keith at bellairs.org> writes:

> I set up parents 1Assets, 2Liabilities, 3Equity, 4Income, and 5Expense.
>
> That way I can type "5:Gr" and get to my grocery expenses and 5:ga to 
> get to gasoline. And the master accounts also sort to where they ought 
> to be (since I had not figured out about using the codes to set up the 
> sort order).
>
> Since gnucash already knows they are expense accounts, they would show 
> up in the right place in an income statement. This way my account 
> register already looks kind of like a trial balance with totals for the 
> master accounts.
>
> Guess I'll have to try using the codes to give me a better sort of the 
> subaccounts.
>
> Keith
> Guelph, ON
>
> Mike or Penny Novack wrote:
>> " But yes, that only changes the parent, there is no "move up" or "move 
>> down" between siblings because they are sorted by code and name."
>>
>> ROFLOL
>>
>> I think what somebody should have said was "close the file, reopen it, 
>> and then they will appear sorted by name".
>>
>> I see the chart of accounts sorted by name NOW. My question was because 
>> I saw neither rhyme nor reason when I first created the chart of accounts.
>>
>> So I guess the "answer" is that when some specified order of appearance 
>> in the charts is desired, rename with an unobtrusive prefix to control 
>> sort order? Assign codes that aren't displayed?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>   
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