Re: lots

2017-05-18 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
> On May 18, 2017, at 4:40 PM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > >> On May 17, 2017, at 9:45 PM, David T. via gnucash-user >> wrote: > >> >> >> P.S. -> To the Wiki gurus: I have suggested in the past that having these >> “Draft Guide” pages on the Wiki can be problematic and cause troubles,

Re: lots

2017-05-18 Thread Robert Hoogendoorn
David, Thanks for your info, as I did not realized this was obsolete information, I leave it as it is for now. Kind regards, Robert On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:45 PM, David T. wrote: > Robert, > > I will note two points about the page to which you refer: 1) this page is > a section of the wiki

Re: lots

2017-05-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 17, 2017, at 9:45 PM, David T. via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > P.S. -> To the Wiki gurus: I have suggested in the past that having these > “Draft Guide” pages on the Wiki can be problematic and cause troubles, but > was told that they are not linked directly in the main Wiki. Appar

Re: lots

2017-05-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Robert, I will note two points about the page to which you refer: 1) this page is a section of the wiki that contains an old, *non-current* draft of the User Guide which was created in 2007, and, 2) the section that you quote is, I believe, intended as as proposal to improve the lots features (

Re: lots

2017-05-17 Thread Robert Hoogendoorn
Thanks David for your quick reply, 1. I read about the marking of lots on this site, http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Concept_of_Lots under the header Refining the concept of lots, lot transfers which read; "An account is marked as "lots account" or not. If it is a account in which lots should be trac

Re: lots

2017-05-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Robert: 1) I believe you are confusing “Lots” and “Trading Accounts”, but I could be wrong. I am not aware of needing to change any settings to use lots. Lots technically aren’t necessary, since a user can manage the gains aspect manually. To use the lots feature, select Actions->View Lots in a