[Hudlug] a problem with gnucash

[Tim Schofield]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hudlug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:hudlug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson
> Sent: 14 March 2007 12:16
> To: HudLUG - Huddersfield Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Hudlug] a problem with gnucash
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 14 March 2007, MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> > I think it says something about needing to create a parent 
> account or 
> > something like that. It just won't let me add more than one account.
> > I think that might be the bug I was told about on the 
> Ubuntu Users list.
> >
> Michael, I may not be understanding you properly, but here 
> are my thoughts.
> 
> I used Gnucash for a good while, but it's a couple of years 
> ago, and I can't 
> remember details.  However, the basic idea is that the 
> overall account 
> represents your personal wealth (or otherwise :-) ).  Your 
> bank accounts, 
> expense accounts, cash in your pocket, credit card bills 
> etc., are all 
> sub-accounts of the master account.  It's into these that you 
> enter the 
> details.
> 
> Does that help?
> 
> Anne
> 

I agree that this is probably the best method of working with Gnucash, and would by the sound of it suit what Michael is trying to achieve. 

However it is still possible to have multiple top level accounts (on v 2.0.4 on my gentoo machine anyway), which is what Michael was trying to achieve.

Thanks
Tim