David, The confusion as to which document you were in I think is that the link text says ‘gnucash-guide’. There are also several references scattered on the website/wiki that refer to the ‘Help Guide’ though it appears the Documentation page calls it the ‘Help Manual’. That folder name I should think is a bug.
How did you get to that /docs/v3 link? I can’t find any path to it from the website. The links I find are all /viewdoc links which don’t tell me where I am. (at least not in the URL, just as you discovered - which brings up another navigation bug, the pages have no indication of what document you are viewing) Also, I’ve changed the subject for you, and moved it to gnucash-devel. (I thought about doing the same on the last reply, I suppose the thread is officially hijacked now) In Gmail, in the reply box, there is a down arrow next to the reply left-pointing arrow. (just to the left of the recipient(s)) Click it for a context menu and use “Edit Subject” Regards, Adrien > On Aug 20, 2018, at 12:04 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Adrien, > > Thank you for your research and detailed response. 🙂 > I fully agree with your conclusions. > > > I got the reference to section 4.2 directly from > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/txns-register-oview.html#txns-regstyle1 > which I arrived at when I followed the link called " Tutorial and Concepts > Guide, Choosing a Register Style). " in > https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=help. Naturally, I thought I was > in the Tutorial... > > David C > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I’ve never seen any documentation on it. I only confirmed it’s there after I > read Derek’s comment and expanded the column myself to see it. > > I just did a search of the GnuCash site, wiki and html docs and I don’t see > anything on the column, other than a pair of IRC logs from 2009 where someone > asked what it was for, and a couple of hits (appears duplicated) documenting > commits from 2017-09-4. I didn’t read the commit itself, but it was > summarized by Robert Fewell as “Add a heading for the Rate column.” > > Concerning where to put the info, I’m not sure the Tutorial is the right > place. (there is no 4.2, for example) > > However, the help guide has 4.3.5 List of Transactions which documents the > column headings. I think if that section were more detailed with screenshots, > lots of questions could be answered or even avoided. > > Some things to add here: > > The ability to resize columns and an explanation of how the Description > column is special and how resizing works. > > An explanation with screenshots of the different types of registers showing > the respective columns. (unless they are all the same, save terminology > choices, then you’d only need one screenshot) > > An explanation of the formal vs. non-formal labels for each account type. (a > full listing of what the non-formal labels are for each type) > > Screenshots depicting each of the modes: single-line, double-line, > transaction journal. > > An explanation of what each cell in the transaction is for. (many don’t know > the utilit(ies) of NUM or Action for example.) Not everything is > self-evident. Perhaps here include a link to a special wiki page or to Using > GnuCash where the different ’tricks’ for using those and other fields to > accomplish user specific goals are (or should be) documented. > > I would be happy to get set up for editing and start on this unless you > already planned on running with it. > > Finally, “Tutorial & Concepts Guide” is a bit winded. Could it simply be > “Tutorial” or “Using GnuCash”? (and then incorporate any ‘official’ methods > from that wiki page into the document, with a link to that page for the > non-standard methods) > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:57 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I just tried to find reference to the rate field in the Tutorial and I > > found nothing. > > > > I think it should probably be mentioned in chapter 4 section 4.2. That > > section even fails to explain single line vs two line view or dragging > > around field widths, so it has a long way to go before it could describe > > the presence of the rate field and how to access it. > > > > Is this information posted elsewhere? > > > > David C > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 9:44 AM Adrien Monteleone > > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > It’s still there as of 3.2. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > > On Aug 20, 2018, at 9:17 AM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > > > > > > John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> writes: > > > > > >> Graham, > > >> > > >> "Transfer" is short for "Transfer Account" and is the field where the > > >> "other" account--other than the one in the current register--is > > >> set. It's often called the "account" field in casual use. > > >> > > >> I think GTI made a translation error, the "rate" field is probably > > >> "price" on a stock/mutual fund register, which has two more columns > > >> than the other registers. > > > > > > No, there is (unless it was removed) a "RATE" field to the right of the > > > balance column. It's a "hidden" column, with a default width of one > > > pixel, which is (was?) used for the exchange-rate handling of > > > multi-currency transactions/splits. > > > > > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > -derek > > > > > > -- > > > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > > > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > > > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > > > warl...@mit.edu PGP key available > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-u...@gnucash.org > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > > ----- > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-u...@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-u...@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
