Hi,
What happens is that when I enter the description, the autofill tries to
find a match, but if it does not I am unable to continue typing the
description I want. As Michael D Novack, says , I can end up fighting with
GnuCash to get the description I want. Also, when I try to backspace and
delete letter by letter, that does not seem to work either.
It must be something unique to my installation, if it effects nobody else.
The suggested trick of putting in a wrong starting character does not seem
to work either, as then I cannot continue typing.
Thanks for any ideas.
David
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
Message-ID: <002c01d99d6a$3df6f7f0$b9e4e7d0$@usa.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I should have added that ignore the matcher matching and suggesting until
you have typed in fully what you want. If that happens to match an entry
than add a space or two to what you have typed in to make it unique which
will make that stick in the description. The trick he mentions of entering
an obvious wrong character
-----Original Message-----
From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 2:29 PM
To: 'stepbystepf...@comcast.net' <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>;
'gnucash-user@gnucash.org' <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: RE: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
Just continue to type out fully what you want in the description and if it
doesn?t match anything that it has then it will retain what you have typed
in exactly as-is.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 9:12 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
On 6/12/2023 12:06 AM, davidvernonl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> When entering a description into a transaction, I think GnuCash is
> trying to autofill, but it does not allow me to input the description I
wish to enter.
> Is it me, or is it a bug?
> Thanks
> David
This is unlikely to be a bug. Bugs don't just affect you.
However your description of the problem isn't clear enough for us to be of
much help. Try again. When you try to type in the description that you do
want, what prevents that? Because of "autofill" gnucash will try to enter
a "match" from the past << a previous description that starts the same way
>> I experience this. You might have to fight with gnucash a bit to get
what you want entered. Assuming you want to have autofill working for
other than the situation causing the problem, here is a trick you might
find useful;
Start entering the description that you do want (the one that is getting
caught by autofill) with an obvious wrong starting character. I usually
use "q" or "x:, etc. Once you have typed in the description that way (it
won't get caught by autofill) you go back and delete that starting
character. Of course this isn't a trick specific to gnucash.
Michael D Novack
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Today's Topics:
1. Hard-Copy Report Output (rsbrux)
2. Re: Hard-Copy Report Output (Vincent Dawans)
3. Re: Description input on a transaction difficulty (Kalpesh Patel)
4. Re: Hard-Copy Report Output (rsbrux)
5. Re: Description input on a transaction difficulty (Kalpesh Patel)
6. Re: Hard-Copy Report Output (Vincent Dawans)
7. Re: Hard-Copy Report Output (Vincent Dawans)
8. Re: Hard-Copy Report Output (John Ralls)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:02:10 +0200
From: "rsbrux" <rsb...@yahoo.com>
To: <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: [GNC] Hard-Copy Report Output
Message-ID:
<!&!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAExfBJ/fSBxAqM7oRtz1TdsBAMO2jhD3dRHOtM0AqgC7tuYAAA
AAAA4AABAAAAA3aynhDxomSqMN95BUlL2DAQAAAAA=@yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Adrien Monteleone
<adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
>Is this a completely custom report or just a saved configuration? If
completely custom, you may want to try the -dev list.
This is a report I assembled from the options available in the GC GUI
(like the pie chart you successfully tested).
Unfortunately, I am not competent to use the programming facilities behind
GC's report generation.
> On Jun 11, 2023, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
>It's most likely a javascript problem. Open the javascript console in
your browser and see if there's an error finding Chart.bundle.min.js.
>The correct location is
<prefix>/share/gnucash/chartjs/Chart.bundle.min.js where <prefix> is where
GnuCash is installed: /usr for a Linux package manager installation,
/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources for a macOS bundle,
C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash for Windows, etc.
>
>You can fix the link by editing the html file in your favorite text
editor.
I have tried opening the exported HTML reports in Firefox on Ubuntu and in
Edge and Firefox on Windows. Although the browser consoles show errors, I
don't see any pertaining to " Chart.bundle.min.js", nor do I find any
critical errors pertinent to the report content.
The new HTML reports are looking for Chart.bundle.min.js in
/app/share/gnucash/chartjs/, but no such directory exists on the Ubuntu
system where GnuCash is installed. In fact, there isn't even an /app/
directory. Perhaps this is due to GC being installed as a flatpak.
Chart.bundle.min.js does not seem to exist on either system, so I edited
the HTML as you suggested, replacing the local path with
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/4.3.0/chart.min.js"; but
this did not improve matters.
However, my previously saved HTML reports from GC 2.xx also don't display
correctly, even though they contain no references to Chart.bundle.min.js.
This suggests a more fundamental problem and reveals my presumption that
the HTML files could be used as archives as naive.
I have a previously saved PDF file, which is, of course still usable.
This will be my method going forward, although the lack of a "scale to
fit" option in the GC print dialog requires a bit of trial and error to
get a satisfactory PDF.
Many thanks to both of you for your support!
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:20:34 -0700
From: Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com>
To: rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com>
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Hard-Copy Report Output
Message-ID:
<calisao_cypdbazgeg7t3mgxdkosnxkj-ustmiq754xz5o+k...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Not that it might solve your underlying issue, but here is a reliable way
to locate Chart.bundle.min.js assuming it was installed correctly with the
rest of GC. This should work on any OS.
1. Open GC and go in menu Help - About
2. In that dialog window, look for the entry for GNC_DATA. It's the last
one in the list. It should point to a directory path, for instance on
Windows C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash but it will be
different on ubuntu, etc.
3. Navigate to that directory using whatever means your OS gives you to do
that (File Manager, console, etc). In that directory that GNC_DATA is
pointing to, you should find a subdirectory called chartjs. That is where
Chart.bundle.min.js should be located and if any html file is pointing to
it that ia what the path should be.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:03?AM rsbrux via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> > On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >Is this a completely custom report or just a saved configuration? If
> completely custom, you may want to try the -dev list.
>
> This is a report I assembled from the options available in the GC GUI
> (like the pie chart you successfully tested).
> Unfortunately, I am not competent to use the programming facilities
> behind GC's report generation.
>
>
> > On Jun 11, 2023, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >It's most likely a javascript problem. Open the javascript console in
> your browser and see if there's an error finding Chart.bundle.min.js.
> >The correct location is
> <prefix>/share/gnucash/chartjs/Chart.bundle.min.js where <prefix> is
> where GnuCash is installed: /usr for a Linux package manager
> installation, /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources for a macOS
> bundle, C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash for Windows, etc.
> >
> >You can fix the link by editing the html file in your favorite text
> editor.
>
> I have tried opening the exported HTML reports in Firefox on Ubuntu
> and in Edge and Firefox on Windows. Although the browser consoles
> show errors, I don't see any pertaining to " Chart.bundle.min.js", nor
> do I find any critical errors pertinent to the report content.
> The new HTML reports are looking for Chart.bundle.min.js in
> /app/share/gnucash/chartjs/, but no such directory exists on the
> Ubuntu system where GnuCash is installed. In fact, there isn't even
> an /app/ directory. Perhaps this is due to GC being installed as a
flatpak.
> Chart.bundle.min.js does not seem to exist on either system, so I
> edited the HTML as you suggested, replacing the local path with "
> https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/4.3.0/chart.min.js";
> but this did not improve matters.
> However, my previously saved HTML reports from GC 2.xx also don't
> display correctly, even though they contain no references to
Chart.bundle.min.js.
> This suggests a more fundamental problem and reveals my presumption
> that the HTML files could be used as archives as naive.
> I have a previously saved PDF file, which is, of course still usable.
> This will be my method going forward, although the lack of a "scale to
fit"
> option in the GC print dialog requires a bit of trial and error to get
> a satisfactory PDF.
>
> Many thanks to both of you for your support!
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:29:24 -0400
From: "Kalpesh Patel" <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>
To: <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>, <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
Message-ID: <003e01d99d5b$d88463c0$898d2b40$@usa.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Just continue to type out fully what you want in the description and if it
doesn?t match anything that it has then it will retain what you have typed
in exactly as-is.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 9:12 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
On 6/12/2023 12:06 AM, davidvernonl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> When entering a description into a transaction, I think GnuCash is
> trying to autofill, but it does not allow me to input the description I
wish to enter.
> Is it me, or is it a bug?
> Thanks
> David
This is unlikely to be a bug. Bugs don't just affect you.
However your description of the problem isn't clear enough for us to be of
much help. Try again. When you try to type in the description that you do
want, what prevents that? Because of "autofill" gnucash will try to enter
a "match" from the past << a previous description that starts the same way
>> I experience this. You might have to fight with gnucash a bit to get
what you want entered. Assuming you want to have autofill working for
other than the situation causing the problem, here is a trick you might
find useful;
Start entering the description that you do want (the one that is getting
caught by autofill) with an obvious wrong starting character. I usually
use "q" or "x:, etc. Once you have typed in the description that way (it
won't get caught by autofill) you go back and delete that starting
character. Of course this isn't a trick specific to gnucash.
Michael D Novack
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:10:11 +0200
From: rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com>
To: Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Hard-Copy Report Output
Message-ID: <f8566eba-0c2e-0919-143d-46844f4cf...@yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Thanks for? the ti?p, Vincent, but these things don't add up in the
flatpak installation.
In the Help - About dialog, GNC_DATA is shown as "/app/share/gnucash",
which is also the path used in the HTML file.
However, clicking on the link leads to
"/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/511cf18127561c55b5
999121c6b301ca1e90d6cc988a00701257606df7fae86f/files/share/gnucash/"
which does, in fact, contain a sudirectory "chartjs", which in turn
contains both "Chart.bundle.min.js" and "Chart.bundle.js".
Evidently the HTML generation doesn't take the possibility of a flatpak
installation into account.? I suppose I should file a bug for this, but I
wouldn't know where.
Thnaks for your help!
On 12.06.23 20:20, Vincent Dawans wrote:
> Not that it might solve your underlying?issue, but here is a reliable
> way to locate Chart.bundle.min.js assuming it was installed?correctly
> with the rest of GC. This should work on any OS.
>
> 1. Open GC and go in menu Help - About 2. In that dialog?window, look
> for the entry?for GNC_DATA. It's the last one in the list. It should
> point to a directory path, for instance on Windows?C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash but it will be different on ubuntu, etc.
> 3. Navigate to that directory?using whatever means your OS gives you
> to do that (File Manager, console, etc). In that directory that
> GNC_DATA is pointing to, you should?find a subdirectory called
> chartjs. That is where Chart.bundle.min.js should be located and if
> any html file is pointing to it that ia what?the path should?be.
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:03?AM rsbrux via gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Adrien Monteleone
> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >Is this a completely custom report or just a saved configuration?
> If completely custom, you may want to try the -dev list.
>
> This is a report I assembled from the options available in the GC
> GUI (like the pie chart you successfully tested).
> Unfortunately, I am not competent to use the programming
> facilities behind GC's report generation.
>
>
> > On Jun 11, 2023, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >It's most likely a javascript problem. Open the javascript
> console in your browser and see if there's an error finding
> Chart.bundle.min.js.
> >The correct location is
> <prefix>/share/gnucash/chartjs/Chart.bundle.min.js where <prefix>
> is where GnuCash is installed: /usr for a Linux package manager
> installation, /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources for a
> macOS bundle, C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash for Windows, etc.
> >
> >You can fix the link by editing the html file in your favorite
> text editor.
>
> I have tried opening the exported HTML reports in Firefox on
> Ubuntu and in Edge and Firefox on Windows.? Although the browser
> consoles show errors, I don't see any pertaining to "
> Chart.bundle.min.js", nor do I find any critical errors pertinent
> to the report content.
> The new HTML reports are looking for Chart.bundle.min.js in
> /app/share/gnucash/chartjs/, but no such directory exists on the
> Ubuntu system where GnuCash is installed.? In fact, there isn't
> even an /app/ directory.? Perhaps this is due to GC being
> installed as a flatpak.
> Chart.bundle.min.js does not seem to exist on either system, so I
> edited the HTML as you suggested, replacing the local path with
> "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/4.3.0/chart.min.js";
> but this did not improve matters.
> However, my previously saved HTML reports from GC 2.xx also don't
> display correctly, even though they contain no references to
> Chart.bundle.min.js.? This suggests a more fundamental problem and
> reveals my presumption that the HTML files could be used as
> archives as naive.
> I have a previously saved PDF file, which is, of course still
> usable.? This will be my method going forward, although the lack
> of a "scale to fit" option in the GC print dialog requires a bit
> of trial and error to get a satisfactory PDF.
>
> Many thanks to both of you for your support!
>
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user@gnucash.org
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------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:12:40 -0400
From: "Kalpesh Patel" <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>
To: <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>, <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
Message-ID: <002c01d99d6a$3df6f7f0$b9e4e7d0$@usa.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I should have added that ignore the matcher matching and suggesting until
you have typed in fully what you want. If that happens to match an entry
than add a space or two to what you have typed in to make it unique which
will make that stick in the description.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 2:29 PM
To: 'stepbystepf...@comcast.net' <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>;
'gnucash-user@gnucash.org' <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: RE: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
Just continue to type out fully what you want in the description and if it
doesn?t match anything that it has then it will retain what you have typed
in exactly as-is.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 9:12 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Description input on a transaction difficulty
On 6/12/2023 12:06 AM, davidvernonl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> When entering a description into a transaction, I think GnuCash is
> trying to autofill, but it does not allow me to input the description I
wish to enter.
> Is it me, or is it a bug?
> Thanks
> David
This is unlikely to be a bug. Bugs don't just affect you.
However your description of the problem isn't clear enough for us to be of
much help. Try again. When you try to type in the description that you do
want, what prevents that? Because of "autofill" gnucash will try to enter
a "match" from the past << a previous description that starts the same way
>> I experience this. You might have to fight with gnucash a bit to get
what you want entered. Assuming you want to have autofill working for
other than the situation causing the problem, here is a trick you might
find useful;
Start entering the description that you do want (the one that is getting
caught by autofill) with an obvious wrong starting character. I usually
use "q" or "x:, etc. Once you have typed in the description that way (it
won't get caught by autofill) you go back and delete that starting
character. Of course this isn't a trick specific to gnucash.
Michael D Novack
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:42:19 -0700
From: Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com>
To: rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com>
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Hard-Copy Report Output
Message-ID:
<CALisao-ddeDO-+j=5oza4dbzjby3b3sj5+59vxuikrqtnqu...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Thanks rsbrux for testing that. It's not working on Flatpak, you are
right.
I just tested on flatpak and indeed the link in the html file is wrong. As
soon as I update the html with the full path on my install then it works.
I'll open a bug report on that if there isn't one yet.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 1:10?PM rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the ti?p, Vincent, but these things don't add up in the
> flatpak installation.
>
> In the Help - About dialog, GNC_DATA is shown as "/app/share/gnucash",
> which is also the path used in the HTML file.
>
> However, clicking on the link leads to
>
"/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/511cf18127561c55b5
999121c6b301ca1e90d6cc988a00701257606df7fae86f/files/share/gnucash/"
> which does, in fact, contain a sudirectory "chartjs", which in turn
> contains both "Chart.bundle.min.js" and "Chart.bundle.js".
>
> Evidently the HTML generation doesn't take the possibility of a
> flatpak installation into account. I suppose I should file a bug for
> this, but I wouldn't know where.
>
> Thnaks for your help!
> On 12.06.23 20:20, Vincent Dawans wrote:
>
> Not that it might solve your underlying issue, but here is a reliable
> way to locate Chart.bundle.min.js assuming it was installed correctly
> with the rest of GC. This should work on any OS.
>
> 1. Open GC and go in menu Help - About 2. In that dialog window, look
> for the entry for GNC_DATA. It's the last one in the list. It should
> point to a directory path, for instance on Windows C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash but it will be different on ubuntu, etc.
> 3. Navigate to that directory using whatever means your OS gives you
> to do that (File Manager, console, etc). In that directory that
> GNC_DATA is pointing to, you should find a subdirectory called
> chartjs. That is where Chart.bundle.min.js should be located and if
> any html file is pointing to it that ia what the path should be.
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:03?AM rsbrux via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> > On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Adrien Monteleone <
>> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> >Is this a completely custom report or just a saved configuration? If
>> completely custom, you may want to try the -dev list.
>>
>> This is a report I assembled from the options available in the GC GUI
>> (like the pie chart you successfully tested).
>> Unfortunately, I am not competent to use the programming facilities
>> behind GC's report generation.
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 11, 2023, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> >It's most likely a javascript problem. Open the javascript console
>> >in
>> your browser and see if there's an error finding Chart.bundle.min.js.
>> >The correct location is
>> <prefix>/share/gnucash/chartjs/Chart.bundle.min.js where <prefix> is
>> where GnuCash is installed: /usr for a Linux package manager
>> installation, /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources for a
>> macOS bundle, C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash for Windows, etc.
>> >
>> >You can fix the link by editing the html file in your favorite text
>> editor.
>>
>> I have tried opening the exported HTML reports in Firefox on Ubuntu
>> and in Edge and Firefox on Windows. Although the browser consoles
>> show errors, I don't see any pertaining to " Chart.bundle.min.js",
>> nor do I find any critical errors pertinent to the report content.
>> The new HTML reports are looking for Chart.bundle.min.js in
>> /app/share/gnucash/chartjs/, but no such directory exists on the
>> Ubuntu system where GnuCash is installed. In fact, there isn't even
>> an /app/ directory. Perhaps this is due to GC being installed as a
flatpak.
>> Chart.bundle.min.js does not seem to exist on either system, so I
>> edited the HTML as you suggested, replacing the local path with "
>> https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/4.3.0/chart.min.js";
>> but this did not improve matters.
>> However, my previously saved HTML reports from GC 2.xx also don't
>> display correctly, even though they contain no references to
Chart.bundle.min.js.
>> This suggests a more fundamental problem and reveals my presumption
>> that the HTML files could be used as archives as naive.
>> I have a previously saved PDF file, which is, of course still usable.
>> This will be my method going forward, although the lack of a "scale to
fit"
>> option in the GC print dialog requires a bit of trial and error to
>> get a satisfactory PDF.
>>
>> Many thanks to both of you for your support!
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org
>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>> -----
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:55:06 -0700
From: Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com>
To: rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com>
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Hard-Copy Report Output
Message-ID:
<CALisao9riH-Z1mKQr_dnW-oBwskgLmK4WrXq7kkpaotFrM=o...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
For reference here is the bug report: 798956 ? On Flatpak, broken link to
Chart.bundle.min.js in chart report html (gnucash.org)
<https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798956>
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 1:42?PM Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks rsbrux for testing that. It's not working on Flatpak, you are
> right. I just tested on flatpak and indeed the link in the html file
> is wrong. As soon as I update the html with the full path on my
> install then it works. I'll open a bug report on that if there isn't one
yet.
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 1:10?PM rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the ti?p, Vincent, but these things don't add up in the
>> flatpak installation.
>>
>> In the Help - About dialog, GNC_DATA is shown as
>> "/app/share/gnucash", which is also the path used in the HTML file.
>>
>> However, clicking on the link leads to
>>
"/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/511cf18127561c55b5
999121c6b301ca1e90d6cc988a00701257606df7fae86f/files/share/gnucash/"
>> which does, in fact, contain a sudirectory "chartjs", which in turn
>> contains both "Chart.bundle.min.js" and "Chart.bundle.js".
>>
>> Evidently the HTML generation doesn't take the possibility of a
>> flatpak installation into account. I suppose I should file a bug for
>> this, but I wouldn't know where.
>>
>> Thnaks for your help!
>> On 12.06.23 20:20, Vincent Dawans wrote:
>>
>> Not that it might solve your underlying issue, but here is a reliable
>> way to locate Chart.bundle.min.js assuming it was installed correctly
>> with the rest of GC. This should work on any OS.
>>
>> 1. Open GC and go in menu Help - About 2. In that dialog window, look
>> for the entry for GNC_DATA. It's the last one in the list. It should
>> point to a directory path, for instance on Windows C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash but it will be different on ubuntu, etc.
>> 3. Navigate to that directory using whatever means your OS gives you
>> to do that (File Manager, console, etc). In that directory that
>> GNC_DATA is pointing to, you should find a subdirectory called
>> chartjs. That is where Chart.bundle.min.js should be located and if
>> any html file is pointing to it that ia what the path should be.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:03?AM rsbrux via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> > On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Adrien Monteleone <
>>> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>> >Is this a completely custom report or just a saved configuration?
>>> >If
>>> completely custom, you may want to try the -dev list.
>>>
>>> This is a report I assembled from the options available in the GC
>>> GUI (like the pie chart you successfully tested).
>>> Unfortunately, I am not competent to use the programming facilities
>>> behind GC's report generation.
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Jun 11, 2023, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
>>> >It's most likely a javascript problem. Open the javascript console
>>> >in
>>> your browser and see if there's an error finding Chart.bundle.min.js.
>>> >The correct location is
>>> <prefix>/share/gnucash/chartjs/Chart.bundle.min.js where <prefix> is
>>> where GnuCash is installed: /usr for a Linux package manager
>>> installation, /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources for a
>>> macOS bundle, C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash for Windows, etc.
>>> >
>>> >You can fix the link by editing the html file in your favorite text
>>> editor.
>>>
>>> I have tried opening the exported HTML reports in Firefox on Ubuntu
>>> and in Edge and Firefox on Windows. Although the browser consoles
>>> show errors, I don't see any pertaining to " Chart.bundle.min.js",
>>> nor do I find any critical errors pertinent to the report content.
>>> The new HTML reports are looking for Chart.bundle.min.js in
>>> /app/share/gnucash/chartjs/, but no such directory exists on the
>>> Ubuntu system where GnuCash is installed. In fact, there isn't even
>>> an /app/ directory. Perhaps this is due to GC being installed as a
flatpak.
>>> Chart.bundle.min.js does not seem to exist on either system, so I
>>> edited the HTML as you suggested, replacing the local path with "
>>> https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/4.3.0/chart.min.js";
>>> but this did not improve matters.
>>> However, my previously saved HTML reports from GC 2.xx also don't
>>> display correctly, even though they contain no references to
>>> Chart.bundle.min.js. This suggests a more fundamental problem and
>>> reveals my presumption that the HTML files could be used as archives
as naive.
>>> I have a previously saved PDF file, which is, of course still usable.
>>> This will be my method going forward, although the lack of a "scale to
fit"
>>> option in the GC print dialog requires a bit of trial and error to
>>> get a satisfactory PDF.
>>>
>>> Many thanks to both of you for your support!
>>>
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>>
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:37:53 -0700
From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us>
To: rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com>, gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Hard-Copy Report Output
Message-ID: <0da2153c-e2c1-4b89-a3b5-0745f587c...@ceridwen.us>
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/app is an alias for that long path when you're running inside the flatpak
shell, see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak#Using_Command_Line_Tools.
Unless you also run a browser in the same flatpak shell--installing the
browser with flatpak won't work, that will create a different
container--the browser can't see the alias. I don't know offhand if
there's a way for GnuCash to tell that it's running inside a flatpak or to
get the outside-the-flatpak path to /app, but even if it could the URI
would get invalidated the next time you update the GnuCash flatpak.
Regards,
John Ralls
> On Jun 12, 2023, at 1:10 PM, rsbrux via gnucash-user
<gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the ti?p, Vincent, but these things don't add up in the
flatpak installation.
>
> In the Help - About dialog, GNC_DATA is shown as "/app/share/gnucash",
which is also the path used in the HTML file.
>
> However, clicking on the link leads to
"/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/511cf18127561c55b5
999121c6b301ca1e90d6cc988a00701257606df7fae86f/files/share/gnucash/" which
does, in fact, contain a sudirectory "chartjs", which in turn contains
both "Chart.bundle.min.js" and "Chart.bundle.js".
>
> Evidently the HTML generation doesn't take the possibility of a flatpak
installation into account. I suppose I should file a bug for this, but I
wouldn't know where.
>
> Thnaks for your help!
>
> On 12.06.23 20:20, Vincent Dawans wrote:
>> Not that it might solve your underlying issue, but here is a reliable
way to locate Chart.bundle.min.js assuming it was installed correctly with
the rest of GC. This should work on any OS.
>>
>> 1. Open GC and go in menu Help - About 2. In that dialog window, look
>> for the entry for GNC_DATA. It's the last one in the list. It should
point to a directory path, for instance on Windows C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash but it will be different on ubuntu, etc.
>> 3. Navigate to that directory using whatever means your OS gives you to
do that (File Manager, console, etc). In that directory that GNC_DATA is
pointing to, you should find a subdirectory called chartjs. That is where
Chart.bundle.min.js should be located and if any html file is pointing to
it that ia what the path should be.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:03?AM rsbrux via gnucash-user
<gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Adrien Monteleone
>> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> >Is this a completely custom report or just a saved configuration?
>> If completely custom, you may want to try the -dev list.
>>
>> This is a report I assembled from the options available in the GC
>> GUI (like the pie chart you successfully tested).
>> Unfortunately, I am not competent to use the programming
>> facilities behind GC's report generation.
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 11, 2023, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> >It's most likely a javascript problem. Open the javascript
>> console in your browser and see if there's an error finding
>> Chart.bundle.min.js.
>> >The correct location is
>> <prefix>/share/gnucash/chartjs/Chart.bundle.min.js where <prefix>
>> is where GnuCash is installed: /usr for a Linux package manager
>> installation, /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources for a
>> macOS bundle, C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash for Windows, etc.
>> >
>> >You can fix the link by editing the html file in your favorite
>> text editor.
>>
>> I have tried opening the exported HTML reports in Firefox on
>> Ubuntu and in Edge and Firefox on Windows. Although the browser
>> consoles show errors, I don't see any pertaining to "
>> Chart.bundle.min.js", nor do I find any critical errors pertinent
>> to the report content.
>> The new HTML reports are looking for Chart.bundle.min.js in
>> /app/share/gnucash/chartjs/, but no such directory exists on the
>> Ubuntu system where GnuCash is installed. In fact, there isn't
>> even an /app/ directory. Perhaps this is due to GC being
>> installed as a flatpak.
>> Chart.bundle.min.js does not seem to exist on either system, so I
>> edited the HTML as you suggested, replacing the local path with
>> "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/4.3.0/chart.min.js";
>> but this did not improve matters.
>> However, my previously saved HTML reports from GC 2.xx also don't
>> display correctly, even though they contain no references to
>> Chart.bundle.min.js. This suggests a more fundamental problem and
>> reveals my presumption that the HTML files could be used as
>> archives as naive.
>> I have a previously saved PDF file, which is, of course still
>> usable. This will be my method going forward, although the lack
>> of a "scale to fit" option in the GC print dialog requires a bit
>> of trial and error to get a satisfactory PDF.
>>
>> Many thanks to both of you for your support!
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org
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