How difficult is it (really) to reorganize a Chart-of-Accounts after the fact?

[Liz]

On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 21:12:47 -0500
Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I buy groceries with a check, I want to "credit" my
> Assets:Checking account That will make the balance go down.  (Ouch --
> how long will it take for that to sink in?  A "credit" will make my
> checking account go down!?!? -- That is what has lead to my
> fundamental disconnect, over and over again.)
> 
> Since I want to track that expense, I must debit my Expenses:Food
> account That will make the balance go up.
> -- And here is where my view of the universe differs from everybody
> else's.
> 
> I want the balance in my *:Food account to go _down_ when I debit it.

[In our version]
the food account would be a subsidiary account of the same type as
checking.
then the money would go from Assets:Checking:food to
Expenses:Food:veges / meat / groceries

I use the plain language descriptors in the interface, so I avoid debit
and credit, which flip forwards and backwards with your point of view
(bank vs customer)

Liz