On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Jack <ostrof...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On 2011.06.29 18:02, Jack wrote: > .... >>> Next, someone on the kde-doc-english list said he was translating >>> the manual (didn't say what language) but was having problems with >>> the budget section. In fact, it does appear that there have been >>> changes in the budgets interface that are not reflected in the >>> manual. >>> - if you have not created any budgets, the default budget list is >>> empty. The default empty budget called "Budget <year>" is not >>> created until you actually create a new budget. >>> - the manual says there are five buttons above the list of budgets, >>> but the UI only shows three. It appears revert and save buttons >>> have been removed. IT appears that you are prompted to save when >>> the budget in the budget list loses focus by switching to another >>> budget or another area of the program. I assume reverting is done >>> by switching without saving and then switching back. >>> >> I see that the save and revert buttons have just moved to under the >> list of accounts/categories, next to the collapse and expand buttons >> and the checkbox to hide unused categories. However, I'm not >> completely sure what the entry box to the right of that does. It >> seems to be a filter/search on account/category name - keeping any >> that match, plus their parents in the hierarchy. I was initially >> confused because I tried typing numbers in it - and I still can't >> figure out what that does. Also - if you type enough in that box so >> that no categories are listed, when you clear that box, the >> categories come back, but completely collapsed, no matter if they >> were fully expanded before. Is this the intended (or at least >> expected) behavior? >>
Sorry for the delayed answers. > 1) The text box to the right of the "hide unused" does seem to be a > text filter - is there any reason it has no label at all? Yes, mainly the available space. Once you type something there it's pretty obvious what it does. > 2) In the accounts list, there are columns for Total Balance, and Total > Value. The Balance is always 0 for categories - but this list only > shows categories, never regular accounts? (or am I wrong?) If this is > the case, what is the point of that column, which will always be empty? I've already answered this in the other thread. > 3) In the accounts list, if a category is collapsed, the Total Value is > the sum for all subcategories. However, if a category is selected, and > thus displayed in the assignments section below, if it has > subcategories, the assignment values are always 0, even if all > subcategories are collapsed in the accounts list. This does make sense > to me, but I wanted to confirm it, because it is potentially confusing > enough that I plan to explicitly mention it in the handbook. That's the way it should work and there is nothing wrong in explicitly stating this behavior in the user manual. Regards, Cristian >>> Would someone please confirm these assumptions? >> >> Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > KMyMoney-devel mailing list > KMyMoney-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel > _______________________________________________ KMyMoney-devel mailing list KMyMoney-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel
