Suggestion for the help manual

[David T.]

--- On Fri, 5/27/11, David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for the help manual
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Friday, May 27, 2011, 9:14 AM
> 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. 

I looked into this, and I see the problem you indicate. However, I also see that the Concepts & Tutorial Guide *does* indicate this requirement in section 8.6.1 Initial Price Editor Setup.

In looking over the two sections, it seems to me that clarifying these sections might take a good bit of writing. It also seems to me that the Concept Guide in this case is much better fleshed out. I added bug 651498 just now to address one clarification, but I think more could be done here.

David

> 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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