How to handle closed accounts

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:25:04AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quoting Arla <fireflys_98 at yahoo.com>:
> 
> >
> >Using GNUCash, but with rolling CD's (and interest rates changing with
> >different banks every other day) I need to be able to close accounts, is
> >that possible?
> >
> >Within Microsoft Money once I hit 0 balance I was able to "close" the
> >account, and not have it show up on the account list, unless I specifically
> >looked for closed accounts.
> >
> >I guess the alternative would be to create a closed accounts high level
> >account and then just change the account position of the closed account to
> >under the closed accounts?
> 
> Sure!
> 
> Edit the account and mark it as hidden.

So if you ask for a report for, say, two years ago, the account will be 
mysteriously absent?

-- hendrik