Yes, that makes sense. I did some more digging around, and not all my custom column widths were changed, just those for any of the accounts that I actually opened while using version 3.903. Which happened to be quite a few as I was testing various transactions, etc.
*Mark Sattolo* *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 7:15 PM D. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Mark, > > If that's true, I imagine it's a mistake. At least I hope so! I trust the > devs will fix it, since I'd be pretty upset to have to reset column widths > on all my accounts... > > David > > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: mark sattolo <mh.sa...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thu Jun 04 19:07:27 EDT 2020 > To: gnucash-devel <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Feedback on GnuCash 3.903 > > Also fyi, I just noticed that version 3.903 overwrote all the custom column > width settings in my gcm file and changed all of them to a new default set > of widths, I presume the new defaults for Gnucash 4. These new default > widths give a very wide *description* column and every other column is very > narrow and especially for the *date*, *num* and *transfer* columns, too > narrow to fit the text they contain. Again, I had to restore my backup gcm > file to restore all my custom settings. > > So I guess since this will eventually be released as Gnucash version 4.xxx, > we are to expect breaking changes from the current version? And users will > be warned that they will be losing custom settings for column widths, saved > reports, etc when they switch over? > > > cheers, > > *Mark Sattolo* > *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:45 AM Christopher Lam <christopher....@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > Good luck. I've just verified that the old (3.x) balance-sheet date > > defaults to "end-of-accounting-period", so, the first few lines shouldn't > > be added. > > > > On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 15:41, mark sattolo <mh.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Thanks. I'll give it a try. I'll just update the source in my git folder > >> for tag 3.903 and rebuild if I can't figure out how to modify the > flatpak. > >> > >> *Mark Sattolo* > >> *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > >> *(613) 447-5385* > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:36 AM Christopher Lam < > >> christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Mark > >>> > >>> The reports for balance-sheet and income-statement were replaced with > >>> the multicolumn ones. See the release notes. This was described in > devel a > >>> few weeks/months ago. > >>> > >>> Try the following patch which will reduce the discrepancy in the > default > >>> options between old and new. You may be able to modify the patch from > >>> within the flatpak (but I'm not sure). > >>> > >>> modified gnucash/report/reports/standard/balsheet-pnl.scm > >>> @@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ also show overall period profit & loss.")) > >>> (gnc:options-add-date-interval! > >>> options gnc:pagename-general optname-startdate optname-enddate > "c") > >>> > >>> + (gnc:option-set-default-value > >>> + (gnc:lookup-option options gnc:pagename-general optname-enddate) > >>> 'today) > >>> + > >>> (add-option > >>> (gnc:make-multichoice-callback-option > >>> gnc:pagename-general optname-period > >>> @@ -1107,6 +1110,22 @@ also show overall period profit & loss.")) > >>> retained-earnings-fn)))) > >>> #:negate-amounts? #t) > >>> > >>> + (add-to-table multicol-table-right (_ "Liability and Equity") > >>> + (append liability-accounts > >>> + equity-accounts > >>> + (if common-currency > >>> + (list (vector (_ "Unrealized Gains") > >>> + unrealized-gain-fn)) > >>> + '()) > >>> + (if (null? income-expense) > >>> + '() > >>> + (list (vector (_ "Retained > Earnings") > >>> + > retained-earnings-fn)))) > >>> + #:negate-amounts? #t > >>> + #:show-title? #f > >>> + #:show-accounts? #f > >>> + #:show-total? #t) > >>> + > >>> (if (and common-currency show-rates?) > >>> (add-to-table multicol-table-right (_ "Exchange Rates") > >>> asset-liability > >>> > >>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 15:18, mark sattolo <mh.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am on Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. I started using Gnc 3.903 yesterday > >>>> morning. This is a version I built from git using tag '3.903' on June > >>>> 2. It > >>>> built without any problems, so I assumed it was good, but now it > occurs > >>>> to > >>>> me that all these problems may just be due to a problem with my build. > >>>> But > >>>> I thought i would report now anyway just in case there are general > >>>> issues > >>>> with this version. I was actually going to try a flatpak build of > 3.903, > >>>> but I couldn't tell from any of the build names in Gnucash flatpak > repo > >>>> <https://code.gnucash.org/builds/flatpak/> which one is for version > >>>> 3.903. > >>>> > >>>> Anyway, everything seemed fine with 3.903 until I opened one of my > saved > >>>> reports. The appearance of the report was essentially unrecognizable. > I > >>>> only ever use my saved reports and their appearance hasn't changed for > >>>> years, for any other Gnucash version (release or maint) until 3.903. > So > >>>> I > >>>> went in to the report *options* to see if I could restore the layout > to > >>>> what i was used to: > >>>> > >>>> Commodities tab: > >>>> there is a new Common Currency checkbox at the top, which was > unchecked, > >>>> and everything below was greyed out. But the two checkboxes 'Show > >>>> original > >>>> currency amount' and 'Show exchange rates' were both checked, even > >>>> though > >>>> in my original options, the previous two checkboxes on this tab: 'Show > >>>> foreign currencies' and 'Show exchange rates' were both saved as > >>>> *unchecked*. > >>>> So, checking the Common Currency box to ungrey the other options and > >>>> then > >>>> unchecking the currency and exchange rate boxes, restored the layout > of > >>>> the > >>>> report to basically what I was familiar with, as it no longer had long > >>>> lists of commodities under essentially every sub-total. > >>>> > >>>> General tab: > >>>> the report I was looking at, which I run often, is a balance sheet for > >>>> all > >>>> my accounts, for date 'Today'. The old options had a select list > titled > >>>> 'Balance sheet date' which was set to the relative date of Today. The > >>>> new > >>>> options have a Start Date and an End Date. The Start Date is greyed > >>>> out, so > >>>> I guess it is fairly easy to figure out that since it doesn't make > >>>> sense to > >>>> have two dates for a Balance, that the End Date is the active one. > >>>> Unfortunately, the date shown in 'End Date' was not 'Today' but had > been > >>>> changed to 'End of accounting period'... So I changed it back to > >>>> 'Today' to > >>>> get the proper balance date as it had been before. > >>>> > >>>> Other problems: > >>>> 1) There used to be a final total for the credit side of 'Total > >>>> Liabilities > >>>> and Equity', which would match the Total Assets line if the balance > was > >>>> done properly (sometimes it doesn't balance which means that I have > >>>> created > >>>> some new accounts in the meantime and have to update the saved > config), > >>>> but > >>>> this line was missing and I tried every option I could find to restore > >>>> it, > >>>> but nothing worked. Which means to ensure your balance is actually > >>>> working, > >>>> you have to add on your own the Total Liability and Total Equity lines > >>>> and > >>>> compare this to Total Assets. > >>>> So, just from looking, I could tell the actual totals were close, and > I > >>>> thought they would balance, but when I did the addition, the total of > >>>> Liability + Equity matched the expected total from previous Gnucash > >>>> versions, but the Total Assets was now reporting an amount different, > by > >>>> $0.03. Nothing I did to update the included accounts would resolve > this > >>>> difference. I'm pretty sure I don't have a renegade asset account > hidden > >>>> somewhere with $0.03 in it... Differences of this magnitude I find are > >>>> usually rounding errors. But not sure what this is or where it is > coming > >>>> from. > >>>> > >>>> 2) When I saw the changes in the report options of version 3.903, I > made > >>>> sure that I *didn't* press the 'Save Config' button so it wouldn't > >>>> overwrite my existing config for this report. Later, I opened the old > >>>> 3.10 > >>>> released version so I could see exactly how the options were set up in > >>>> the > >>>> previous Gnucash, and when I opened the saved report 'Balance Today', > >>>> all > >>>> the options had been changed to the incorrect ones that I had seen > with > >>>> version 3.903, e.g. the date was changed from Today to 'End of > >>>> accounting > >>>> period', the boxes for currency and exchange rates were now checked, > >>>> etc. > >>>> And in fact the file 'saved-reports-2.8' had been completely > >>>> overwritten by > >>>> v3.903 and all my dozens of saved reports now had incorrect settings. > >>>> Maybe > >>>> this is the expected behavior? But it was certainly unexpected to > me... > >>>> I > >>>> had to go into my Timeshift and get the most recent backup of > >>>> 'saved-reports-2.8' to restore all my settings. > >>>> > >>>> Hope all this is clear, and helpful. Let me know if you have any > >>>> questions. > >>>> > >>>> *Mark Sattolo* > >>>> *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > >>>> *(613) 447-5385* > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:05 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:51 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > wrote: > >>>> > > > >>>> > > The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 3.903, the first > >>>> testing > >>>> > release for what will soon be GnuCash 4.0. > >>>> > > >>>> > A further note for developers: This release begins Feature Freeze, > >>>> please > >>>> > commit only bug fix changes until we release 4.0. > >>>> > > >>>> > String freeze is in two weeks, so if you have any commits that will > >>>> > require new or changed translatable strings get them in ASAP! > >>>> > > >>>> > Regards, > >>>> > John Ralls > >>>> > > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>> > gnucash-announce mailing list > >>>> > gnucash-annou...@gnucash.org > >>>> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-announce > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> gnucash-devel mailing list > >>>> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > >>>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
