Would it cause you any pain to enter the interest transaction in the register before clicking reconcile instead?
Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 12, 2020, at 11:49 AM, w...@theprescotts.com wrote: > > I actually use the interest payment box to add a monthly interest transaction > when I reconcile my accounts. I never use the credit card payment box that > comes up when you finish reconciling a credit card account.. > > Will > > On 2020 Jul 12, at 07-12 13:32:08, jean laroche <rip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Personally, I don't find this feature useful and indeed, it would simplify > the code to just remove it... > Jean > > > On 7/12/2020 11:07 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >>> On 12 Jul 2020, at 17:38, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> >>> Frank and I have both opined on >>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 that the whole interest >>> payment as part of reconciling is stupid. I want to add to that opinion >>> that so is the payment transfer that optionally pops up when one finishes >>> reconciling a credit card account. It's a lot of program complexity that >>> relieves the user of very little work indeed: Those interest and payment >>> transactions can just as easily--maybe more easily--be created in the >>> register before and after reconciling, and in the case of interest they're >>> an obvious candidate for a scheduled transaction. >>> >>> But that's a UI change and UI changes tend to generate heated disagreement. >>> I want to get that out of the way up front: Who here objects to removing >>> the interest and payment transfer automatic popups and the interest payment >>> button on the reconcile info dialog, and what compelling reason do you have >>> for objecting? >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >> I don’t use the interest feature, as I have the credit card paid off every >> month by direct debit, and have never paid interest. >> >> I do use the automatic payment feature (from bank to credit card), and find >> it helpful, but not essential. If it were withdrawn I expect it would take a >> while to get out of old habits (ten years since I first started using GC!), >> but I’d cope. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@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-user@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-user@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-user@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.
