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Bug 775582 - Change "Petrol" (or Gas if seen in USA) to "Fuel"
Summary: Change "Petrol" (or Gas if seen in USA) to "Fuel"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Unclassified
Component: User Interface General (show other bugs)
Version: 2.6.x
Hardware: Other All
: Normal minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: ui
QA Contact: ui
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Reported: 2016-12-03 16:39 EST by Dr. David Kirkby
Modified: 2020-07-25 10:08 EDT (History)
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Description Dr. David Kirkby 2016-12-03 16:39:16 EST
I'm in the UK, and see that one of the accounts is 

Auto -> Petrol

It would appear that bug #622271 got "Gas" changed to "Petrol" for UK accounts, so I'm guessing that "Gas" might appear in US accounts. 

There are a number of different fuels used for automobiles, and whilst I suspect most developers are in the USA, where "gas" is by far the most common, there are a lot of other fuels used elsewhere. Here in the UK, petrol and diesel are the most common, but 

* Hydrogen
* Electric
* Biodiesel 
* Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG / Propane) 

are a few rarer ones. 

IMHO, this account should just be renamed to "Fuel", and if someone wants to add child accounts for any particular type of fuel, they can do. 

I marked this as "low priority", as it's clearly not a show stopper. 

Dave
Comment 1 Frank H. Ellenberger 2020-07-25 10:08:18 EDT
> whilst I suspect most developers are in the USA
wrong, with the exception of Antarctica and Africa all continents are in some way present.

In commit c1bd4c0 I have
1. renamed the account in {C|en_GB}/{business|common|full}
to fuel,
2. extended the description by ", diesel, LPG …"
3. added a note "Create subaccounts for each used type, if desired."

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