12:13 PM
> To: Thomas Bullock
> Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Terminology Clarification requested
>
>
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Thomas Bullock wrote:
>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.
vel@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Terminology Clarification requested
>
> Thomas Bullock writes:
>
> >> > My formation long ago as a young accountant contained this
> >> understanding of a transaction: it was the accounting expression of
> an
> >> activi
Thomas,
I think the way you show your 'accounting transaction' example is part
of the confusion; see my comments below:
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Thomas Bullock
> To: John Ralls
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:34:46 -0500
> Subject: RE: Terminolog
On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Thomas Bullock wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:37 PM
>>
>> So we have a data structure called a "transaction" that includes a
>> variable number (but at least 2) of
Thomas Bullock writes:
>> > My formation long ago as a young accountant contained this
>> understanding of a transaction: it was the accounting expression of an
>> activity that happened in the physical world, which the accounting
>> ledgers were tracking in their own notation. For example, supp
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> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:37 PM
> To: Thomas Bullock
> Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Terminology Clarification requested
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Thomas Bullock wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using this excerpt as a conte
On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Thomas Bullock wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using this excerpt as a context:
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:33:58 -0800
> From: John Ralls
> Subject: Re: close books
> To: Derek Atkins
> Cc: devel gnucash
> Message-ID: <2b1f2747-854c-430c-8aaa-05637e30a...@ceridwen