On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 11:40:42AM -0700, Rob Walker wrote:
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> >>>>> On 16 May 2000 16:36:00 -0500, Bill Gribble
> >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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> Bill> "Jon A. Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> >> Eliminating single-entry would be a mistake IMHO. Who wants to
> >> learn a new system of accounting just to balance their checkbook?
>
> Bill> But my question was, WHAT is it about double-entry that's new?
> Bill> It doesn't change the way you use gnucash AT ALL, except that
> Bill> you are required to have a "category" for every transaction.
> Bill> Are you seriously saying that that's too much for you?
>
> Maybe there could be an option which was "default all categories to
> misc", which would keep people from having to do the "categorize every
> transaction" thing when they don't want to.
>
Better yet, make the optional default category configurable, so that one person
could have it as misc, while another could have it as Uncategorized, still
another as Expenses:Miscellaneous. There would be a default category, but
allow the user to change it to what they want.
-Scott
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