The "Script Editor" found in the Applications->Utilities folder under Mac OS has some capabilities that might help. You can tell it to track a series of actions that turn into a script that can be edited for refinements and then used as a 'Macro'.
Will On 2021 May 26, at 05-26 17:56:16, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: Unfortunately that's a Windows app. I'm OSX or Linux user. On 5/26/21 12:04 PM, Fross, Michael wrote: > You could look into AutoHotkey. I use it to automate other non-GNUCash > things, but I don't see why it couldn't work, especially if you can do what > you need to do via keystrokes. > > Michael > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 10:15 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com > <mailto:de...@ihtfp.com>> wrote: > > HI, > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 11:09 am, Jack Frillman wrote: > > I have repetitive task I do every day and I would like to reduce the > > number of steps to do that task. > > > > More specifically I import stock/mutual fund and precious metal > prices > > from a CSV file. Currently I go through the multi-step process > the GUI > > walks you through. This is easy enough but I can be ultra lazy > at times > > and would like to execute that import process using a macro if > possible. > > Thank you for explaining what you'd like to do. Unfortunately, no, > there > is no way to automate those processes in the UI. The closest > thing you > can do is write some scripts (in Python) to do the work. > > -derek > > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com <mailto:de...@ihtfp.com> www.ihtfp.com > <http://www.ihtfp.com> > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <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. > -- Old Unix programmers never die, they just mv to /dev/null - Anonymous _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
