Is it really the case that the _only_ impact of account type is to change the headings in the GUI?
Cheers, Brook > On Oct 2, 2024, at 9:29 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <stan...@fastmail.fm> > wrote: > > Thanks for this, Ross. I asked a similar question in July, but your look > into the code gave a much better answer than I got. > > It would be very nice if this information can be added to section 2.8.2 > of the Tutorial and Concepts manual. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrownmath.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cbrook%40biology.nmsu.edu%7C4b705d077b4e4fd6e86708dce2f70ea9%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638634797952949749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FZfS2v%2BkUjHKAXXXRpevKzz30kumTnp5oXhJO28ce1A%3D&reserved=0 > > On 2024-10-01 10:54, Ross Reedstrom wrote: >> So, answering the question. Internally, GnuCash has an enumeration >> GnuAccountType, which that drop down is populated from. There are >> conditionals all over the code that switch based on the account type. One >> significant one for answering your question (Cash vs. Bank or any other >> Asset account, Credit vs. generic Liability) is that there are two >> mappings for human friendly column names for "debit" and "credit" actions. >> >> Cash uses "Receive" and "Spend". Bank uses "Deposit" and "Withdraw". Asset >> uses "Increase" and "Decrease". On the other side of the ledger, Credit >> uses "Payment" (debit) and "Charge" (credit), generic Liability uses >> "Decrease" (debit) and "Increase" (credit). Helps get past the >> non-accountants "Wait, I debit the cash account when I put money in my >> wallet???" confusion. >> >> There are probably other differences, but that's what I found with a quick >> search through the code. Note that the code is well structured, and >> heavily commented with good comments, for example: >> >> /* The type field is the account type, picked from the enumerated >> * list that includes ACCT_TYPE_BANK, ACCT_TYPE_STOCK, >> * ACCT_TYPE_CREDIT, ACCT_TYPE_INCOME, etc. Its intended use is to >> * be a hint to the GUI as to how to display and format the >> * transaction data. >> */ >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Ross >> >> On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:24 PM Chris Miller via gnucash-user < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7Cbrook%40biology.nmsu.edu%7C4b705d077b4e4fd6e86708dce2f70ea9%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638634797952949749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E5KraKJqm4YtxXo8Y2LOXr3vvxQmaSrYW%2F6%2FCFYnBmE%3D&reserved=0 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
