On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:23 PM Chris Miller via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> Hi Stephen and R, > > >> Isn't that just a bit like stating that "your brother is a person, and > your > >> wife is a person, so what's the difference? They are all persons?" I > would > >> suggest that there is a difference <grin>. > > Yes. Exactly. What is it? -- not your biology ridicule, but the original > question I asked. Does GnuCash treat "Cash", "Bank", and "Asset" > differently, or are these just "shortcuts" for users that don't realize > that, as far as accounting is concerned, assets are assets? > My point is that your brother and your wife are a sub-category of the higher class "person" (or "human"). What do you mean by "differently"? Just by having different sub-classes, they are treated "differently"? As I noted, the column headings are different (if you are not using formal accounting labels) and the list of types are different -- those are "differences", but perhaps not quite what you're looking for. > > > > >> I hope this is helpful. > > Not really ... > > > > > I think you missed the thrust of his question -- namely, how does > > GnuCash treat these differently? > > Yes. Thanks for the clarification. > -- > Chris. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
