Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-03-01 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, FYI: we had some discussion in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421766 – support "Passive" account type (able to contain both Liability and Equity accounts) and I came to the same result as Mike: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573663 – Accounts have the wrong sort orde

Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-24 Thread Derek Atkins
writes: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:12:33 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: >> Adding new account types is... challenging... Mostly it's a >> problem because of backwards compatibility.. You need to make sure >> that you add the logic for the new account well before you add the >> code to support using

Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-23 Thread marcus.wolschon
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:12:33 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > Adding new account types is... challenging... Mostly it's a > problem because of backwards compatibility.. You need to make sure > that you add the logic for the new account well before you add the > code to support using it. Just to cla

Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-23 Thread Mikael Andersson
Thanks for the comments. I discovered yet another account group (8) in the BAS account plan that comprises two types. What I have to do at the moment is to abandon the account groups of multiple types and rather let their child accounts be on the root level in gnucash. This is OK, I guess, but it

Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-23 Thread Derek Atkins
writes: > I recon it would be easier to add an account-type "placeholder" that is > not restricted in the type of children it can have. > Any comment on this? Well, we already have one account of this type, called 'root'. But it's not in the UI and can only be a top-level account. Adding new a

Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-23 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
>I am quite sure I have read a discussion a while ago about the >constraint of not being able to set more than one account type for an >account. The thing is that the standard BAS account plan, which is being >used in Sweden, has a top account (placeholder) which holds both equity >and liabilities

Re: Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-23 Thread marcus.wolschon
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:08:56 +0100, Mikael Andersson wrote: > I am quite sure I have read a discussion a while ago about the > constraint of not being able to set more than one account type for an > account. The thing is that the standard BAS account plan, which is being > used in Sweden, has a to

Support for multiple account types for an account placeholder

2009-02-22 Thread Mikael Andersson
I am quite sure I have read a discussion a while ago about the constraint of not being able to set more than one account type for an account. The thing is that the standard BAS account plan, which is being used in Sweden, has a top account (placeholder) which holds both equity and liabilities. Its