Categorisation of transactions

[David Ryder]

On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 20:58 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 01:42:12PM +1100, David Ryder wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 15:30 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:41:43AM +1100, David Ryder wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 08:02 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 07:47:29PM +0100, Zdenek Muzik wrote:
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I am looking for a way to categorise transactions in GNUCash and cannot 
> > > > > > find anything on the topic in the documentation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think you are looking for the equivalent of what Quicken calls
> > > > > "classes". Arbitrary tags attached to txns that are completely
> > > > > independent of the chart of accounts. No such feature exists in
> > > > > gnucash, though it has been talked about several times. 
> > > > > 
> > > > "though it has been talked about several times"
> > > > Please, please don't go down that path ... I, for one, like gnucash
> > > > because it doesn't and that is why I understand it. I never grasped the
> > > > other methods and nearly went crazy.
> > > 
> > > I, for one, have no interest in doing it.
> > > 
> > > I was merely pointing out that people have discussed it in the past. I
> > > don't think you have anything to fear.
> > > 
> > > A
> > Dear Andrew,
> > Thanks for your post to the list - now I can cancel my pacemaker! :-)
> 
> but would it be deductible? ;-)
> 
> A
Hadn't thought of that. A heart transplant would ...:-)