[GNC] Default View - Was Re: Random Payment To: field and For: field -- without creating invoice?

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Can you review primarly the help part of the docs and create a pull
request to improve it?

Regards
Frank

Am 10.06.20 um 19:55 schrieb Adrien Monteleone:
> The Notes field is quite useful. I see a fair amount of requests for extra fields. I wonder how many don’t know about it. I also wonder how many people use each view option. Do most just stick with Basic and Single Line?
> 
> As I noted in the other thread, I didn’t discover this option until about 4 years into using GnuCash. And I like to poke around apps for the most part. (not sure how I missed it honestly)
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2020 w24d162, at 10:30 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This brings up the idea that it might be worthwhile to change the default view to Double Line View.
>>
>> David Carlson
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 8:47 AM Fran_3 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>  Well I'll be darn'd... I can't beleive I am just discovering the view "Double Line" option !
>>
>> That is the answer I needed Adrien. Thank you!
>>
>>     On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 1:55:06 PM EDT, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:  
>>
>>  Personally, I consider “Description” to always be “Payee” no matter the transaction.
>>
>> “For” would be more appropriate for the “Memo” line on the relevant split.
>>
>> If you have more than one debit split, use the “Notes” field. You’ll need to turn on View > Double Line to be able to see it. With that, if you really want to use "Description" for ‘For’ then you can use “Notes” for ‘Payee’
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>>> On Jun 9, 2020 w24d161, at 12:37 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> When making a routine random payment ... is there a way to have 2 fields...
>>> To:For:
>>> I have a number vendors that are routinely used but that are paid on the spot without them submitting, or us creating an invoice...
>>> If I just go to the bottom of the check register I only get a Description field... 
>>> So unless I am very careful in how the entry is made... 
>>> I may not be able to run easily a transaction report to get the total spent at a specific vendor.
>>> I try to enter vendor first and then what it was for... but consistency can be elusive.
>>> Yes, assigning it to an account gives me another tool but that is not vendor specific.
>>> thanks any help.
> 
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