[GNC] Question about sub accounts

[Wm]

On 29/10/2018 16:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote:

> We’ve discussed envelope budgeting quite a bit here on the list. Do a list restricted search to find the threads. I’ve tried it myself in the past, and currently have the account tree set up to use, but honestly, it is probably better to use an outside piece of software to manage the budgeting and just use GnuCash for the actual real accounting. (GnuCash has a budget module, but it is not envelope based) There are several methods and lots of pitfalls. The least of which is nearly double the work in entering transaction splits.

I think it is a envelope budget hangover.

> Finally, there are plenty of good standard accounting textbooks online for free. Here’s one I’ve found pretty useful as a quick reference: https://www.principlesofaccounting.com/ (I have a college textbook I kept that is probably better, but that copy is on paper and this is at my fingertips)
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> All of your questions though were not accounting questions, but GnuCash mechanics questions. We don’t give accounting advice here, but can offer some basic generic example help and can point you in the right direction, but if the question is “how do I do ‘x’ with GnuCash” like you’ve asked, that’s what we’re here for.

You are sort of right and sort of wrong, the OP wants something that gnc 
can do with effort but if you have brains you don't bother with.

Envelope budgeting is, oddly, something Trump voters pay for.  Weird.

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Wm