Unable to enter new account heirarchy setup

Jeff Kletsky gnucash at allycomm.com
Thu Mar 4 12:07:47 EST 2010


On 3/3/2010 7:18 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Jeff Kletsky<gnucash at allycomm.com>  writes:
>
>    
>> I'd second that! In contrast to other accounting programs I've used in
>> the past, GNUCash lets you not only rename accounts, but move then in
>> the hierarchy. This is HUGE -- and not immediately obvious from the
>> new-user documentation.
>>
>> On 3/2/2010 3:52 AM, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
>>      
>>> I'd like to suggest that it be made more clear to Newbies that the
>>> initial set of accounts aren't actually carved in stone, but are
>>> actually quite quick and easy to revise.
>>>        
> What text would you propose?  And where would you propose it gets
> displayed?  (An answer in the form of a patch to a .glade file would be
> best)  ;)
>
>    


Here's a shot at it...


$ git diff origin
diff --git a/src/gnome/glade/account.glade b/src/gnome/glade/account.glade
index 1f11a5c..5bb9963 100644
--- a/src/gnome/glade/account.glade
+++ b/src/gnome/glade/account.glade
@@ -1320,6 +1320,10 @@
<property name="title" translatable="yes">New Account Hierarchy 
Setup</property>
<property name="text" translatable="yes">This assistant will help you 
create a set of GnuCash accounts for yo

+You can pick a set of accounts here that seem close to your needs and 
easily modify it in the future.
+
+GNUCash lets you add, rename, modify, and remove accounts, even once 
transactions have been entered. You will also be
+
  Click 'Cancel'  if you do not wish to create any new accounts 
now.</property>
</widget>
</child>
@@ -1461,7 +1465,9 @@ Click 'Cancel'  if you do not wish to create any 
new accounts now.</property>
<child>
<widget class="GtkLabel" id="pickAccountsDescriptionLabel">
<property name="visible">True</property>
- <property name="label" translatable="yes">Select categories that 
correspond to the ways that you will
+ <property name="label" translatable="yes">Select categories that 
correspond to the ways that you thin
+
+Accounts can be added, renamed, moved, or removed, even after you start 
using GNUCash.</property>
<property name="use_underline">False</property>
<property name="use_markup">False</property>
<property name="justify">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>
@@ -2110,7 +2116,9 @@ Click 'Cancel'  if you do not wish to create any 
new accounts now.</property>
<child>
<widget class="GtkLabel" id="label8477407">
<property name="visible">True</property>
- <property name="label" translatable="yes">Select categories that 
correspond to the ways that you will
+ <property name="label" translatable="yes">Select categories that 
correspond to the ways that think yo
+
+Accounts can be added, renamed, moved, or removed, even after you start 
using GNUCash.</property>
<property name="use_underline">False</property>
<property name="use_markup">False</property>
<property name="justify">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>




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