setting up asset account for precious metals

[Braindead]

I'm trying to setup an asset account for precious metals.  Not a mutual fund or otherwise, the cold hard metal  ;-).

I noticed in the source (due to a search) the following:

00519     g_object_class_install_property
00520         (gobject_class,
00521          PROP_COMMODITY,
00522          g_param_spec_object ("commodity",
00523                               "Commodity",
00524                               "The commodity field denotes the kind of "
00525                               "'stuff' stored  in this account, whether "
00526                               "it is USD, gold, stock, etc.",
00527                               GNC_TYPE_COMMODITY,
00528                               G_PARAM_READWRITE));


As of yet I've not figured out how to setup an account that holds gold in weight quantities.  Not even sure if it's possible, sure would be nice if I could update the value online as well.  I searched the mailing list archives for platinum, gold and other things with no luck.

Any thoughts on that?

I'm currently running v2.2.3, thanks.

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