Adrien, Thank you for your research and detailed response. đ I fully agree with your conclusions.
I got the reference to section 4.2 directly from https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/txns-register-oview.html#txns-regstyle1 which I arrived at when I followed the link called " Tutorial and Concepts Guide, Choosing a Register Style <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/txns-register-oview.html#txns-regstyle1>). " in https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=help. Naturally, I thought I was in the Tutorial... David C On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Iâve never seen any documentation on it. I only confirmed itâs there after > I read Derekâs comment and expanded the column myself to see it. > > I just did a search of the GnuCash site, wiki and html docs and I donât > see anything on the column, other than a pair of IRC logs from 2009 where > someone asked what it was for, and a couple of hits (appears duplicated) > documenting commits from 2017-09-4. I didnât read the commit itself, but it > was summarized by Robert Fewell as âAdd a heading for the Rate column.â > > Concerning where to put the info, Iâm not sure the Tutorial is the right > place. (there is no 4.2, for example) > > However, the help guide has 4.3.5 List of Transactions which documents the > column headings. I think if that section were more detailed with > screenshots, lots of questions could be answered or even avoided. > > Some things to add here: > > The ability to resize columns and an explanation of how the Description > column is special and how resizing works. > > An explanation with screenshots of the different types of registers > showing the respective columns. (unless they are all the same, save > terminology choices, then youâd only need one screenshot) > > An explanation of the formal vs. non-formal labels for each account type. > (a full listing of what the non-formal labels are for each type) > > Screenshots depicting each of the modes: single-line, double-line, > transaction journal. > > An explanation of what each cell in the transaction is for. (many donât > know the utilit(ies) of NUM or Action for example.) Not everything is > self-evident. Perhaps here include a link to a special wiki page or to > Using GnuCash where the different âtricksâ for using those and other fields > to accomplish user specific goals are (or should be) documented. > > I would be happy to get set up for editing and start on this unless you > already planned on running with it. > > Finally, âTutorial & Concepts Guideâ is a bit winded. Could it simply be > âTutorialâ or âUsing GnuCashâ? (and then incorporate any âofficialâ methods > from that wiki page into the document, with a link to that page for the > non-standard methods) > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:57 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I just tried to find reference to the rate field in the Tutorial and I > found nothing. > > > > I think it should probably be mentioned in chapter 4 section 4.2. That > section even fails to explain single line vs two line view or dragging > around field widths, so it has a long way to go before it could describe > the presence of the rate field and how to access it. > > > > Is this information posted elsewhere? > > > > David C > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 9:44 AM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Itâs still there as of 3.2. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > > On Aug 20, 2018, at 9:17 AM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > > > > > > John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> writes: > > > > > >> Graham, > > >> > > >> "Transfer" is short for "Transfer Account" and is the field where the > > >> "other" account--other than the one in the current register--is > > >> set. It's often called the "account" field in casual use. > > >> > > >> I think GTI made a translation error, the "rate" field is probably > > >> "price" on a stock/mutual fund register, which has two more columns > > >> than the other registers. > > > > > > No, there is (unless it was removed) a "RATE" field to the right of the > > > balance column. It's a "hidden" column, with a default width of one > > > pixel, which is (was?) used for the exchange-rate handling of > > > multi-currency transactions/splits. > > > > > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > -derek > > > > > > -- > > > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > > > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > > > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > > > warl...@mit.edu PGP key available > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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