accts_examples1.html "clean GnuCash file" means what?

[David T.]

That's http://code.gnucash.org/docs/guide/

There have been some changes in various areas of the concept guide, which are not yet on the live site. Suggestions from new eyes are really appreciated!

David

--- On Sat, 11/27/10, Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> From: Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm>
> Subject: Re: accts_examples1.html "clean GnuCash file" means what?
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 6:11 PM
> 
> David,
> 
> Thank you. What is the url for the Concepts guide? I mean
> the document that I can read (and work) through to get a
> good foundation in GnuCash.
> 
> Jake
> 
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, David T. wrote:
> <snip>
> > You should probably take a little more time with the
> Concepts guide and grok the double entry stuff a little
> more. Gnucash handles transactions in ways that differ from
> Quicken.
> 
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, David T. wrote:
> 
> > Jake--
> >
> > Take a look at http://code.gnucash.org/docs/help/acct-hierarchy.html
> >
> > For some reason, you're looking at docs for 1.8, and
> you want the more current ones. That page points out that
> File->New File will get you a "Clean" file, and the
> opening set of account dialogs.
> >
> > Gnucash automatically tries to open the last file you
> had open, so that is why you keep getting the old one.
> >
> > You generally won't want to create another Assets
> account if there's one there already.
> >
> > HTH,
> > David
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 11/27/10, Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm>
> >> Subject: accts_examples1.html "clean GnuCash file"
> means what?
> >> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> >> Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 5:47 PM
> >>
> >> The manual at http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/accts_examples1.html
> >> says:
> >> "Start with a clean GnuCash file (do not select
> any
> >> predefined accounts)
> >> and build this basic starting account structure
> (File ->
> >> New
> >> Account...)."
> >>
> >> If I have already been messing with GnuCash (as
> instructed
> >> in
> >> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/basics_together1.html)
> >> and therefore have saved a file, how do I start
> with a
> >> clean GnuCash
> >> file?
> >>
> >> If I continue with the stuff from
> >> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/basics_together1.html,
> >> and then do "File -> New Account..." and then
> "Account
> >> name Assets
> >> (account type Assets, parent account New top
> level
> >> account)", I get two
> >> things called Assets or Asset: the one from the
> previous
> >> page and this
> >> new one. Is this what we are supposed to do? The
> two things
> >> (accounts?)
> >> with identical names are confusing.
> >>
> >> In an attempt to "start clean", I closed GnuCash
> and
> >> reopened. But then
> >> it automatically opened the previous file. So in a
> second
> >> attempt to
> >> "start clean" I moved all the previous GnuCash
> files and
> >> backup and log
> >> files to a different directory on my hard drive.
> But then
> >> when I opened
> >> GnuCash, there was no way to do "File -> New
> >> Account...".
> >>
> >> This is shown in the attached screen shot.
> >>
> >> What exactly should one do to follow the
> instructions in
> >> accts_examples1.html?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Jake Wegelin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>