[GNC] Online Help manual CSV import section is out of date

davidcousens49 at gmail.com davidcousens49 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 27 05:46:15 EDT 2022


Frank

That sounds like a good way to deal with it. I will try and put an appropriate
patch  in place in the next week or two.

David

On Wed, 2022-07-27 at 10:12 +0200, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> perhaps you can do it slightly different. I agree to remove all the
> technical details.
> 
> But you should insert a small tutorial with:
> Import in small chunks.
> Assign the proper account while importing to teach teach Bayes.
> Verify your data after each import.
> Save often!
> Other user misunderstandings and mistakes watched here on the list.
> 
> Regards
> Frank
> 
> Am 21.07.22 um 08:34 schrieb davidcousens49 at gmail.com:
> > David,
> > 
> > I had a look at both Chapter 3 in the Tutorial and GUide on Importing and
> > Ch6 in
> > the Help Manual. What has happened was the decision was made to move the
> > importing section into the help manual a couple of years ago when I rewrote
> > the
> > Ch6 in the Help manual so I created the rewritten section in the Help manual
> > and
> > the original remains in the  Tutorial and Concepts Guide. It should have
> > been
> > removed but I neglected to do it at the time. There is no reference to
> > category
> > in the Ch6 of the Help manual. 
> > 
> > I will submit a patch to remove Ch3 in the Guide and will simply add a note
> > that
> > information on importing data is now in the Help manual.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > David Cousens



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