Dear GnuCash developers,
I am new to GnuCash and to this mailing list, so please excuse me if my
questions sound a bit stupid. And please excuse my english, it was MUCH
better 20 years ago...
First, I would like to say that I am actually a Quicken (Version 6) user and
that I would like to abandon this software for several reasons. As I am also
a Linux user, I have looked for something else and found GnuCash. After some
difficulties due to components which were not installed on my PC but needed
by GnuCash, I have managed to compile and run the version 1.4.0 of GnuCash.
GnuCash seems very interesting to me and I think it could, in the future,
replace Quicken for me. What I really would need in this case is support for
online banking, but that is another point.
There are mainly two reasons why I am writing this mail.
1) I have imported an account which I have created in Quicken about three
years ago and I am not sure if I understand the behaviour of GnuCash
correctly. When I look at the accounts which correspond to what Quicken
calls "categories", everything looks fine. But, if I look at the master or
parent account which also displays the categories, all that what should
appear under debit appears under credit and vice versa. Is this correct? Is
it perhaps due to the double entry accounting that uses GnuCash? Anyway, if
I change the account types, the problem remains the same.
2) I dont't have too much time, but to do something useful with my
computers, I would like to contribute to the project. How is this possible?
Could I work on any part of the project I like? Just for info: I am coming
from a mainframe system where I am responsible for two old applications
written in COBOL. Unfortunately I have no experience in programming for
Linux. During the past 5 years I have done a bit of experimental work under
OS/2 and Windows, just to see if and how it works. But I would like to do
something useful.
Thanks for your answer,
Ralf
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