> On Oct 10, 2016, at 10:26 AM, Chris Good <chris.g...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us] >> Sent: Sunday, 9 October 2016 8:07 PM >> To: Chris Good <chris.g...@ozemail.com.au> >> Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >> Subject: Re: Lots In Account >> >> >>> On Oct 9, 2016, at 2:51 AM, Chris Good <chris.g...@ozemail.com.au> >> wrote: >>> >>> I'm (still) doing some documentation re using lots for investment >>> capital gains. >>> >>> I'd like to also briefly mention that the Lots in Account window is >>> used for business functions for the links between invoices and >> payments/credits. >>> >>> >>> >>> Can some-one please confirm that in the business functions, the Lots >>> in Account window is used ONLY for viewing links between invoices and >> credits? >>> >>> I assume any actual linking should only be done by the business >>> functions, not this window? >> >> Chris, >> >> Your PR60 on gnucash-docs affects (so far) only ch_invest.xml and is >> convoluted and confusing enough without adding more material that's >> extraneous to the topic of investing. If you want to mention that the >> business features also use the Lots functionality, say *exactly that and > no >> more* in ch_invest. If you want to explain the interaction of lots and the >> business features, do so in one of the business chapters, maybe in a new >> one. That should be a separate PR, meaning that you need a feature branch >> for it if you start on it before finishing PR60. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls > > Hi John, > > In PR60 you asked that I move the description of the screen elements of the > Lots in Account window from the Guide to the Help. > The best place I can find for that in the Help is in the Tools and > Assistants chapter. > As this window can be used for both investments and business features I > think I should at least briefly mention the business features use there. > I'll put these mods to the Help in a separate feature branch and pull > request. I'm just getting ready for that which I'll do after I finish PR60. > > I don't intend at this stage to go into much detail about using this window > for the business features. As Geert has kindly advised, this window is only > used to update lot data in rare data fix cases, and I think the use of the > screen elements as described for investments will give most people enough > info to enable them to use the screen to inquire on payments linked to > invoices.
Chris, That makes perfect sense. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
