> On Jul 8, 2020 w28d190, at 7:02 AM, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > From: Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> > > Most people in recent times are using a webmail client (eg GMail, Yahoo, AOL, > Hotmail, etc.), so they are reading E-Mail in a webbrowser, just as they > would > be reading postings in an actual webforum. The idea of an "E-Mail List" as > something separate from a forum is actually foreign to these people. And yes > many people would prefer a web-forum (not me -- I hate web forums and avoid > them whenever possible). > > Thank you, Robert. Yes, it is foreign to me. > Unfortunately, I do not save the messages. I needed to reinstall my OS and > all my applications. They do offer gnucash version 1:2.6.19-1. They also > offer flatpak which is currently 4.0-3. > After reading the difficulties, I was going to wait until it smoothed out > before installing but, in this case, had no choice but to upgrade. Now, I > have a couple of nits to pick: > > I started bookkeeping BC (before computer) so I'm familiar with debits and > credits. Unfortunately. I couldn't find where to use formal accounting rules.
Preferences > Accounts > Labels > Use Formal Accounting Labels The ‘rules’ of GnuCash are double-entry. You still have to know how to structure your transactions though. It won’t do that for you. (the ‘business features’ can handle this somewhat) > I recently made an entry, (I work in the general ledger.) and, as usual > double checked it in the account register where it looked wrong. So I > corrected it and looked at it in the other account where it again looked > wrong. After 3 corrections, I finally realized the the accounts were > different from what I was used to. What were you seeing that you think looked wrong and what are you used to? > I had heard several express difficulty with column widths. The Help manual covers this. It is a matter of dragging the header separator as needed. For the moment, this has to be done per account, though Invoices/Bills can now (as of 4.0) have a layout ‘remembered’. > I usually work with two or more windows open at once. But now, GNC requires > me to use full screen. No it does not. I don’t use it full screen. And while opening two instances with two different books side-by-side isn’t ‘usual’, it can be done. Each OS may be a bit different in how you accomplish it though. You can also specify Preferences > Register Defaults > Other Defaults > Register opens in a new window. > In both of those cases, I had read there was a solution. With a mailing > list, I can't browse through the previous posts to find the answers to my > issues. There is an archive of the list here: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/ The search feature is currently broken, but you can use ’site:lists.gnucash.org search terms’ in your favorite search engine to search only the mailing list server for ’search terms’ Regards, Adrien _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
