I have been using gnucash for almost 10 years now. I have downloaded the source code and even made some changes to it that I consider improvement. There are other changes that I think would be a good idea. If this is not the place to share such comments, I apologize.
1. I use gnucash on a computer with a large screen, I have a source code modification that adds including the Assoc and Notes fields to the single-line Basic Ledger view. For me, those fields are too important to require going double-line (which cuts in half the entries in the window) and there is plenty of room on a desktop monitor to accommodate the extra width needed. I think this would be a nice option for many users. 2. Add a new Generic and INC+EXP account. No doubt this violates basic accounting rules but for an amateur like me, it is useful to have a single book in which I can separate sections like reserves, retirement, and operating items. Accounts of type Generic could have sub-accounts of any type. Accounts of type INC+EXP would act as an Income account and as Expense account. For example, if there were a mixture of Income and Expense accounts under a INC+EXP account, a search in the tax system for Income accounts would find them and a search for Expense accounts would find them. As it stands now, that top level account must be either Income or Expense and Income accounts are not found if the top-level account is Expense and vice-versa. (With an INC+EXP type, it would also permit restricting subaccounts under Income to be just Income and under Expense just Expense.) 3. Sorting occurs in many different places: in register displays, in reports, in the listing of accounts in the transfer field, etc. If the natural sort organization for my accounts is by account code, I find it confusing inconvenient when that is not the default sorting used in reports, budgets, transfer menu, etc. 4. Give the users the ability to create new "currencies". There are a number of occasions where I have assets which have a dollar value but the accounting of that asset uses a different measure. Some examples include airline loyalty points, miles driven that have a tax deduction value, etc. Doing this through FUND or NYSE does not work because those things cannot be used in account types where Currencies can be used. -- ---- Dr. J. A. Harris _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
