> On May 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Mike or Penny Novack > <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> wrote: > HOWEVER -- you have raised a more general question, perhaps misunderstanding > something. The "built in default" accounts that come with gnucash CoA > skeletons are just for convenience satisfying the needs of many new users. > There is nothing magic about the types of accounts included, either that they > would be necessary or sufficient. If you find you need another category of > asset accounts (another sub tree under assets) simply add that. Same with > liabilities and equity (and thus for income and expense).
That’s not quite right. The account *types* are hard coded and control program behavior: For example, types STOCK and FUND have a different register display from the rest. There is neither UI nor API for adding types. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.