CREDIT CARD OPENING BALANCE

[Xeena Wallington]

I wonder if you can help with this one.

When I withdraw cash from the bank for expenses, I want to record that 
withdrawal, but then allocate the various things I buy, e.g. R400 petrol, 
R300 groceries, etc.  I am finding it difficult to do this and still see the 
amount of the cash withdrawal in the register, without looking at the 
splits, so when it comes to reconciling with the bank statement I have to 
look at the splits each time.

Is there an easier way of managing cash withdrawals that are spent on 
various items which need to be recorded separately.  I read somewhere that 
Gnu Cash is more user friendly than Quicken, but in this instance I have to 
disagree.

Perhaps I am doing it wrong.

Thanks
Xeena Wallington
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Atkins" <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To: "Xeena Wallington" <xeena at tiscali.co.za>
Cc: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: CREDIT CARD OPENING BALANCE


> Hi,
>
> "Xeena Wallington" <xeena at tiscali.co.za> writes:
>
>> Thanks, but I don't know what LC_COLLATE means and where to find it -
>> sorry for my ignorance!
>
> LC_COLLATE is an environment variable.  You set it like you'd set
> any other environment variable --- in your environment.  man bash(1)
>
>> If you could let me know how to carry out this procedure it would be
>> appreciated.
>
> bash% env LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF8 gnucash &
>
>> I have put the opening balance as a payment as you suggested and the
>> register seems to look ok.  Will reconcile and see if it works.
>> Thanks again.
>> Xeena
>
> You're welcome.
>
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> -derek
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