Tutorial and concept guide chapter 9

[Geert Janssens]

On dinsdag 17 mei 2011, Md. Aminul Islam Khan wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:45 PM, jomali <jomali3945 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I suggest you re-read Chapter 9.3 and see that it asks you to set up some
> > Fixed Asset accounts as well.
> 
> Thank you. I went through it again.
> 
> Chapter 9.3 says: "Below is a generic account hierarchy for tracking the
> appreciation of 2 assets, *ITEM1* and *ITEM2*. The *Assets:Fixed
> Assets:ITEM1:Cost* accounts are balanced by the*Assets:Current
> Assets:Savings Account* account, the *Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Unrealized
> Gains* accounts are balanced by the *Income:Unrealized Gains* account
> (similar for*ITEM2*).
> -Assets
>     -Current Assets
>         -Savings Account
>     -Fixed Assets
>         -ITEM1
>             -Cost
>             -Unrealized Gain
>         -ITEM2
>             -Cost
>             -Unrealized Gain
> -Income
>     -Realized Gains
>     -Unrealized Gains
> Then in Chapter 9.4 it says: Start with an account hierarchy similar to
> than shown in Section 9.3, “Account
> Setup”<http://code.gnucash.org/docs/guide/capgain_accounts1.html>,
> but replace “ITEM1” with “Degas” and you can remove the “ITEM2” accounts.
> The following paragraphs and table of Chapter 9.4 asks to:
> transfer to .....Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account.
> 
> That created the confusion.
> 
> aikhan
> 
> 
Ah, thank you. Those paragraphs indeed mix up the account names. I have 
committed a fix that will be in the nightly built documentation as of 
tomorrow.

Geert