The preference was added by Christian back in the 2.6 days. I'm not sure of the end goal of this feature but I believe it was indeed mostly meant to persistently add a few convenience buttons on the tool bar. I'm sure it doesn't manage the availability of the AR/AP accounts and it equally won't show or hide the Business releated menu options.
That may be an enhancement of its own at some point. Regards, Geert Op dinsdag 2 april 2019 09:03:59 CEST schreef Derek Atkins: > If this preference is added, it should also remove the A/R and A/P Account > type choices! > > -derek > > On Mon, April 1, 2019 11:21 pm, David Carlson wrote: > > Back in 2014 I used to think that going to Edit > Preferences > Business > > and checking Enable Extra Buttons was about enabling business features, > > but > > I was told then that it is only about adding some un-named buttons on some > > menus that were never documented. I agree that there should be a feature > > to turn off business features for those of us that don't use them, because > > sometimes they cause grief if accidentally or ignorantly activated. > > > > David Carlson > > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:55 PM Adrien Monteleone < > > > > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Thanks David, > >> > >> I was looking for that the other day and somehow glanced over it. > >> Indeed, > >> it is still there in 3.4. (about to install 3.5 shortly) I suppose, > >> then, > >> since preferences are user rather than book based that’s why the buttons > >> were already there. I didn’t try to start GC from a fresh user > >> perspective. > >> I’d have to try an old copy of 2.6, but I seem to recall this being > >> labeled > >> as ‘enable business features’ (which also added the special accounts and > >> added the Business menu) not just ‘enable extra buttons’, but my memory > >> could be faulty. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Adrien > >> > >> > On Apr 1, 2019, at 7:33 PM, David Carlson > >> > >> <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > >> > >> wrote: > >> > So far none of you have mentioned going to Edit > Preferences > > >> > >> Business > >> and checking Enable Extra Buttons. Back in the Release 2.6.xx days that > >> was necessary to even see the buttons to create invoices or whatever > >> that I > >> have never looked for because I was not using them. > >> > >> > David Carlson > >> > > >> > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:39 PM Adrien Monteleone < > >> > >> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> > > On Mar 31, 2019, at 3:35 AM, David T. via gnucash-user < > >> > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> > > Oh. Let me go to nabble to figure out that you're replying to my > >> > >> post... now, having closed all the spammy windows for super resume... > >> > >> > Or just use e-mail instead of Nabble? (or I’m sure something like > >> > >> uBlock > >> Origin could zap those windows before they come into existence) > >> > >> > > Having the new account assistant create a specific set of accounts > >> > >> IN > >> NO WAY is "enabling business features." It's just a bunch of accounts. > >> The > >> features are always "enabled." We might as well speak of "enabling" > >> double > >> entry features in Gnucash when we open a register in transaction view. > >> > >> > > It is convenient, to be sure, to have these accounts created for me, > >> > >> but this is in no way something in preferences, as was implied in the > >> message to which I was responding. > >> > >> > > There is NO special setting. To quote Monty Python, there is NO > >> > >> severed head beneath the bed. > >> > >> > > David T. > >> > > >> > I just opened a new file, chose the default ‘common accounts’ which > >> > >> did > >> not include A/R and A/P and sure enough, the “Business” menu is visible > >> as > >> was the “New Invoice” button. (I didn’t go through the trouble of > >> creating > >> an invoice or bill and seeing what would happen) > >> > >> > This was not always the case, certainly not at some point in the 2.6 > >> > >> series. I distinctly remember having to ‘enable business features’ to > >> both > >> get the Business menu as well as making the New Invoice button visible. > >> I > >> think doing so also created the special A/R and A/P accounts in my tree. > >> > >> > Perhaps the business features which were originally an add-on module > >> > >> were finally integrated into the main program at some point. > >> > >> > Regards, > >> > Adrien > >> > _______ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > > > -- > > David Carlson > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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