Yup!

Edit -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Use formal accounting labels

(Which I found by tracing the code from the table of debit strings upwards,
and found a test against GNC_PREF_ACCOUNTING_LABELS)

Ross

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 12:26 PM David Warren <da...@warren1.net> wrote:

> Chris's actual question was important to me.
>
> Does the code actually do something different for different 'types' of
> assets/liabilities?  If so, what?
> Given the answer, is there a way to turn off all of that Increase/Decrease
> stuff and have gnucash simply say Debit/Credit in all headings instead, for
> those of us who don't want the 'assistance'/user presentation.
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 7:42 PM Chris Miller via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi 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").
> >
> > ... and Klaatu lands his ship and asks, "What is reason for the
> > difference? They are both human.".
> >
> > "Cash", Bank" and "Asset" are all assets and I don't know why it is
> > worthwhile to make that distinction among different "sexes" of assets,
> so I
> > asked. The question is less ridiculous than your response.
> >
> > > What do you mean by "differently"? Just by having different
> sub-classes,
> > they
> > > are treated "differently"?
> >
> > If I wasn't clear, the question was, "Cash is an asset. What makes it a
> > special kind of asset, justifying a special type of account?" The answer
> > is, "Nothing". It is not a special type of account; it is a special case
> of
> > user presentation.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Where did you note this? My first encounter was from Ross Reedstrom, and
> > it is actually the answer to my question. They are treated differently to
> > compensate for users with little or no accounting sophistication
> > --
> > Chris.
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