First, 1.2.0-rc5 has a serious sales tax handling issue. Please upgrade to a properly released version at your earliest convenience. We will not support it. Period.
On 4/12/07, David Tangye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to have all transaction dates default to a user selectable > preference of either: > - current date, or > - last transaction date entered in the session > The user could swap the default at any time in the user preferences. > This would be very handy for much of the data entry I do, which is when > I am entering/catching up on the books for the previous week/month/etc. > In this case current date is ALWAYS wrong. For those who are recording > transactions as they happen, current date is best. This poses a few issues. I don't think it is practical in the short term. You are welcome to submit a patch if you want, however. We have received some other cool patches heading for the 1.2.x branch. :-) > > The more you set up user preferences to handle this sort of thing, the > more powerful and useful the system will become to the greatest range of > users. > > There is no reason why each transaction type, eg invoice, sales order, > purchase order, etc could not have its own preference setting. > Furthermore, perhaps each preference could be set/changed from its > relevant transaction entry screen. > There is a saying, "Less is More." I think that each setting we add needs to have a case behind it. The last thing we want is a program that is as configurable as, say, Oracle. But hey, if you want to pay me to help you navigate the configuration options, who am I to argue, but it shouldn't be a requirement. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
