[GNC] Error in "Close Book" help text

[Stan Brown]

Sigh. You're right, of course. I've never filed a bug report before, so
I was hoping someone else would do it for me. But I'll figure it out --
it's the least I can do in return for all the benefits I receive from
using GnuCash.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com

On 2023-03-24 12:46, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Maybe file a documentation bug for tracking?
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> On 3/23/23 6:06 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
>> In 4.13, the Close Book help text, which is the Close Book section of
>> the installed manual, includes the following text under "How It Works",
>> as the second paragraph under "Necessity":
>>
>> "In fact, closing the books reduces the usefulness of the standard
>> reports because the reports don’t currently understand closing
>> transactions. So from their point of view it simply looks like the net
>> income or expense in each account for a given period was simply zero. "
>>
>> That paragraph doesn't seem to be accurate any more. I closed the books
>> in 4.13 and the ran an income statement for the full year. The account
>> totals were given just as they were before I closed the book.
>>
>> Can whoever is maintaining the book look at deleting that paragraph,
>> please? (And please note: This is the installed manual, not the one on
>> the website. I have GnuCash running in a virtual machine with no
>> Internet.)
>>
> 
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