Re: edits to chapter 6

> On Thursday 09 July 2009 17:14:46 Jack wrote:
>
> > Here is the patch for details-accounts.docbook.  I have also  
> attached
> > the new newinst.png.
> >
> > The issues in my previous mail (IBAN vs BIC) still need to be  
> addressed.
>
> Please see response in other thread.

>
> > Is there any reason this section does not explicitly describe  
> setting
> > up checking or savings accounts?
>
> Hmm, maybe because there is only this one page and for credit cards  
> you see a
> second one?
>
> > In the section on loan accounts, there is a sentence "Compounding is
> > where the interest is added to the amount owed on the loan so that  
> when
> > the interest is next calculated there will be more interest paid on  
> the
> > interest."  I'm not sure I follow this - should it be "... there  
> will
> > be less interest paid on the principle, since it has decreased." ??
>
> No. It's about interest to be paid on interest. Assume you have a  
> loan and you
> will be charged interest every month, but only pay principal every  
> three
> months. Then for the first and second month your dues rise and thus  
> your
> interest for the next month. Only after the third month when the  
> principal is
> lowered it will be less than in the beginning (hopefully).
>
> > My final questions are about editing accounts.  The last sentence  
> under
> > editing accounts says "Alternatively the account details can be  
> changed
> > through the Ledgers view via the Account Details button in the  
> command
> > frame."  This is only one of two places in the entire manual that
> > mention "command frame" which is not defined anywhere.  I assume the
> > command frame is the area in the view below the main display, but in
> > the ledger, I don't see any Account Details button.  Am I missing  
> it,
> > or has it been removed?
>
> It has been removed. There's only the account edit button and the  
> menu entry.
>
> > My other issue about editing is that the description of editing  
> account
> > details seems not to apply to loans.  When I try to edit a loan
> > account, I get the loan wizard, not a dialog with the account  
> details.
>
> Yes. That's right.
>
> > A few weeks ago, I spent a lot of time just trying to find out what
> > interest rate I had used to set up a loan.  Should this section at
> > least mention this issue?
>
> That certainly would be helpful.