[GNC] Import CSV Multi-currency

[John Ralls]

> On Nov 26, 2018, at 11:26 AM, GTI .H <gti9070h at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Em dom, 25 de nov de 2018 às 21:26, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us>> escreveu:
> Meh. The word “split” may not be in your accounting textbook, but the concept of it is. Every transaction requires an entry in each of at least two account ledgers (hence “double entry”). GnuCash calls those entries “splits”. You can argue about the name if you want, but the concept is the foundation of formal accounting.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
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> I see you're attentive and will not let me talk bullshit!
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> Out of GnuCash, in double-entry accounting in a transaction of two accounts, if you look at one side you will see for example 10 and if you look at the other side you will see 10, there is nothing splitted but rather balanced.
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> GnuCash has appropriated, modified and expanded the concept of the split word, so within GnuCash it has been "split" that may have the same concept of left side and right side, top line, bottom line, and also the same concept that accounts, yes, now belongs to accounting.
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> When the concept of "split" is left side and right side, top line, bottom line I'm right, when the concept is accounts, you're right.

;-)

English overloads words a lot, and we often come up with new overloads. That sometimes makes it tough for non-native speakers. 75 years ago a "computer” was a person who was skilled at doing arithmetic in (usually) her head. Now it’s a square centimeter of dirty silicon.

Regards,
John Ralls