Suggestion for the help manual

David Carlson carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net
Fri May 27 12:14:39 EDT 2011


On 5/26/2011 4:45 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>
> On woensdag 25 mei 2011, David Carlson wrote:
>> Section 7.6 of the help manual should be expanded to indicate that if a
>> security exists but has no price, it will not be shown in the price list
>> until at least one price has been added.  Then it will be possible to
>> highlight an existing price and click the Add button and find the dialog
>> box that opens will be pre-filled with the data from the highlighted
>> transaction.  This speeds up the process of adding new prices and clears
>> up the question of why some securities may not be visible in the price
>> editor list (they do not have any prices yet).
>>
>> David Carlson
>>
> David,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Better yet would be if you could send a proposal 
> text ready to include. And ideal would be if you could check out the 
> documentation source, make the changes in there right away and send in a patch 
> [1].
>
> None is mandatory obviously, but this can be a good opportunity to feel the 
> joy of actively contributing GnuCash.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Geert
>
> [1] http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Update_Instructions
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Sounds like a dare to me!  I am a little busy right now but in a couple
of weeks I could give it a try.  If someone else beats me to it I be
able to live with my disappointment.

David
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