[Kmymoney] too many currencies same symbol as $

[Andy Chung]

thank you Thomas.  worked like a charm.


2014/1/5 Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>

> Hi,
>
> On Saturday 04 January 2014 18:53:16 Michael Berger wrote:
>
> > Hi Andy,
> > I am using myself quite a number of different currencies.
> >
> > KMM knows both, a Symbol and an ID as well for each of its currencies,
> > and despite the fact that a number of currencies use the same $ Symbol,
> > each currency is clearly distinguished.
> >
> > My Asset and Liabilities Summary shows the ID for some (e.g. IDR, SFr)
> > and the Symbol for others (e.g. EUR, $).
> > Yet, I must admit I have not even noticed this two-lane practice until
> > this moment.
>
> If you take a look at Tools/Currencies you see that distinction right away.
> Not for all, the symbol is known or available. So we stick with a copy of
> the
> ISO 4217 code. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217 for more
> details.
>
> Entering a $ in the search field shows the problem.  Double-Clicking on the
> symbol column opens the editor to change it. To save it, simply click on
> another item. This way, you can get rid of the $ sign by simply entering
> the
> ID again.
>
> I agree, it's a somewhat hidden feature and I think even undocumented.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> @Jack: do you have your notepad ready - here's another spot to be written
> about.
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> Thomas Baumgart
>
> GPG-FP: E55E D592 F45F 116B 8429   4F99 9C59 DB40 B75D D3BA
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Cheaper is more expensive -- thb
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>



-- 

cheers,

Andy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kmymoney/attachments/20140105/fec8bd0c/attachment.html>