[GNC] Confusing language of money direction in headers of Scheduled Transaction Editor Template Transaction

[R Losey]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 2:10 PM Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:22:03 -0600
> R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > They do in accounting circles.
> >
> > But I also remember getting confused in the scheduled transactions
> > editor. I have to double-check them when they go off (at least the
> > first time) to ensure that I have the debits & credits entered
> > properly.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:36 PM Chandler Sobel-Sorenson via
> > gnucash-user < gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Guys, this is funny because literally no one speaks like this.  I've
> > > also been using GnuCash for years and never been confused like this
> > > before.
> > >
> > --
>
> Here I agree, the language used in the scheduled transactions editor is
> confusing to some (me included).
> So I recommend making all new scheduled transactions by making a
> transaction in a register and then scheduling that transaction.
>
> Someone who is affected by the use of "funds in" and "funds out", like
> Chandler, could file a Request For Enhancement (RFE) on the bugtracker,
> to put some alternate terms.
>
> Before Derek gets a chance, "patches are welcome".
>
> Liz
>

Yes, I tend to create scheduled transactions from existing transactions.


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