Re: [GNC] Gnu Cash stopped working 2 days ago.
Hello John, Thankyou for your help. I may have misinterpreted your instructions: alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --debug Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash (process:57211): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 12:06:37.791: [mac_set_languages()] Language list: en:en_GB:C Backtrace: 3 (apply-smob/1 #) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 2312:4 2 (save-module-excursion #) In ice-9/eval-string.scm: 36:6 1 (read-and-eval # #:lang _) In unknown file: 0 (read #) ERROR: In procedure read: In procedure string->number: Value out of range: 9739 Some deprecated features have been used. Set the environment variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the program to get more information. Set it to "no" to suppress this message. alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --debug Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash (process:57308): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 12:10:00.559: [mac_set_languages()] Language list: en:en_GB:C Backtrace: 3 (apply-smob/1 #) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 2312:4 2 (save-module-excursion #) In ice-9/eval-string.scm: 36:6 1 (read-and-eval # #:lang _) In unknown file: 0 (read #) ERROR: In procedure read: In procedure string->number: Value out of range: 9739 Some deprecated features have been used. Set the environment variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the program to get more information. Set it to "no" to suppress this message. alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % $TMPDIR/gnucash.trace zsh: permission denied: /var/folders/4z/9_58dccx62533wcvwb6t4jmcgn/T//gnucash.trace alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % find /var/folders -name gnucash.trace find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n12m8n/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n12m8n/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0b02r/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0b02r/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10r86/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10r86/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0sm6d/0: Operation not permitted find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0sm6d/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0sm6d/C: Operation not permitted find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n11m8d/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n11m8d/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0b42s/0/com.apple.pluginkit: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0b42s/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0b42s/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0y07h/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0y07h/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n1288k/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n1288k/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0c431/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0c431/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n11h8c/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n11h8c/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0300r/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0300r/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0s86_/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0s86_/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10c83/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10c83/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n08421/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n08421/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n1388t/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n1388t/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0tm6n/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0tm6n/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n1188_/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n1188_/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10w87/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10w87/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0y87k/0/com.apple.nsurlsessiond: Operation not permitted find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0y87k/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0y87k/C: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n10882/T: Permission denied find: /var/folders/zz/zyxvp
Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor
I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the possibility of moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of double-entry accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these terms. It allows students to create different types of accounts (asset/liability/equity), make journal entries for them using proper accounting terminology, and then create financial statements. You just have them choose the options "formal" (use debit and credit) and "journal entry mode" (otherwise just when entering "splits") Question: Do you know of a simple accounting primer that uses GnuCash and has many examples and some problem sets as well? If so, I would be very appreciative if you would share it with me. I'm no sure you'd need/want a specific primer EXCEPT the "how using gnucash part" (how do you choose "formal" and "journal view" and that you get to where you would enter in the journal from any ledger page (any account involved in the transaction). The problem sets would of course be useful. Note that this is a case where the gnucash tutorial might not be good for them as teaching all the shortcuts of "cashbook accounting" -- run before you walk. That's as far as I know (that the tutorial has no "formal accounting" section) Michael D Novack ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor
I had zero knowledge of accounting when I came across GnuCash. (I used to note down transactions and balances in a notebook.) I was skeptical about whether I could use a double-entry software package like GnuCash. I then came across a document titled "GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide". I found that it beautifully explained everything I needed to start using GnuCash. This was 2009, and I've never looked back. Santhosh On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 8:15 AM wrote: > Dear all, > > I teach a course in Corporate Valuation Theory that is taken by students > from a variety of disciplines. Many of them have not studied accounting, > and > while I devote two lectures and two homework assignments to the subject, it > is impossible to convey the depth of this vast subject and for students to > internalize why double-entry accounting is so extraordinarily powerful. > > > > I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the possibility of > moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of double-entry > accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these terms. > It allows students to create different types of accounts > (asset/liability/equity), make journal entries for them using proper > accounting terminology, and then create financial statements. > > > > Question: Do you know of a simple accounting primer that uses GnuCash and > has many examples and some problem sets as well? If so, I would be very > appreciative if you would share it with me. > > > > Sincerely and with many thanks in advance > > > > Thomas Philips > > ___ > 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. > -- Feather Touch Editing https://www.feathertouchediting.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/smp-editor/ Cochin Blogger https://cochinblogger.wordpress.com ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor
+1. Those two preferences will most closely resemble pen & paper and should greatly assist them learning accounting. Also turning on View > Notes, doesn't hurt as my own accounting text uses explanatory notes on some journal entries. Finally, if you prefer they enter transactions in a combined journal as a pen & paper method would, and then simply view them in each account, there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 days, but you can change that with 'View > Filter by...' Sadly, there is no way to turn off the filter by default, and it has to be reset each time the General Journal is opened if desired. *note, 'journal entry mode' is officially titled "Transaction Journal." (I use it exclusively, though some folks like "Auto-Split" which does the same but only for the currently focused transaction) Regards, Adrien On 9/10/23 9:13 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the possibility of moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of double-entry accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these terms. It allows students to create different types of accounts (asset/liability/equity), make journal entries for them using proper accounting terminology, and then create financial statements. You just have them choose the options "formal" (use debit and credit) and "journal entry mode" (otherwise just when entering "splits") ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Gnu Cash stopped working 2 days ago.
> On Sep 10, 2023, at 04:30, (Alan) David Smith > wrote: > I may have misinterpreted your instructions: [snip] > alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % $TMPDIR/gnucash.trace > zsh: permission denied: > /var/folders/4z/9_58dccx62533wcvwb6t4jmcgn/T//gnucash.trace > alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % find /var/folders -name gnucash.trace You did. The first is trying to execute the tracefile. It's a text log file that doesn't have execute permission (nor would it do anything if it did). Most of the files in /var/folders are restricted so you'd have to sudo to read them, hence the spew of Permission denied messages. Instead, copy the tracefile to your user directory, that's easier than trying to navigate to its location in Finder: cp $TEMPDIR/gnucash.trace . Then open a reply in your mail program (from the headers I guess that's Outlook) and use the attach button or menu selection and pick gnucash.trace from the chooser dialog. Send the reply. Regards, John Ralls ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor
Addendum to excellent advice given already. If you're offering a pedagogic approach to accounting principles, it's very likely that you'll have valuable and useful feedback about the usability of the software for learners, the correctness of its tools and reports. The software has improved a lot from previous educators and accounting professionals alike. On Sun, 10 Sept 2023, 10:45 am , wrote: > Dear all, > > I teach a course in Corporate Valuation Theory that is taken by students > from a variety of disciplines. Many of them have not studied accounting, > and > while I devote two lectures and two homework assignments to the subject, it > is impossible to convey the depth of this vast subject and for students to > internalize why double-entry accounting is so extraordinarily powerful. > > > > I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the possibility of > moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of double-entry > accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these terms. > It allows students to create different types of accounts > (asset/liability/equity), make journal entries for them using proper > accounting terminology, and then create financial statements. > > > > Question: Do you know of a simple accounting primer that uses GnuCash and > has many examples and some problem sets as well? If so, I would be very > appreciative if you would share it with me. > > > > Sincerely and with many thanks in advance > > > > Thomas Philips > > ___ > 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. > ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor
On 2023-09-10 09:01, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 > days, but you can change that with 'View > Filter by...' Sadly, there is > no way to turn off the filter by default, and it has to be reset each > time the General Journal is opened if desired. Not quite sure what you mean here, Adrien. In GC 2.x, General Journal was called General Ledger. The filter on General Ledger would not persist, even if you ticked Save Filter. Closing and reopening the General Ledger tab reverted to showing the past 30 days, even if you reopened General Ledger in the same GC session. In 4.14, the default is only to show the past 30 (or 31?) days. But when I set a filter to show everything from a particular date till today and tick Save Filter, that filter _does_ persist, even if I close and reopen GC. And there _is_ a way to turn the filter off once and for all: View » Filter, select Show All, tick Save Filter, and click OK. I've tried that just now, and it also persists through closing and reopening GC. There are other options to select a number of days or a date range. I don't have 5.x (waiting for 5.4's release), but II wouldn't think it likely that General Journal filtering was re-broken in 5.x. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor
It was renamed at some point. Indeed, saving the filter change now works as expected. Thanks! Regards, Adrien On 9/10/23 12:35 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: On 2023-09-10 09:01, Adrien Monteleone wrote: there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 days, but you can change that with 'View > Filter by...' Sadly, there is no way to turn off the filter by default, and it has to be reset each time the General Journal is opened if desired. Not quite sure what you mean here, Adrien. In GC 2.x, General Journal was called General Ledger. The filter on General Ledger would not persist, even if you ticked Save Filter. Closing and reopening the General Ledger tab reverted to showing the past 30 days, even if you reopened General Ledger in the same GC session. In 4.14, the default is only to show the past 30 (or 31?) days. But when I set a filter to show everything from a particular date till today and tick Save Filter, that filter _does_ persist, even if I close and reopen GC. And there _is_ a way to turn the filter off once and for all: View » Filter, select Show All, tick Save Filter, and click OK. I've tried that just now, and it also persists through closing and reopening GC. There are other options to select a number of days or a date range. I don't have 5.x (waiting for 5.4's release), but II wouldn't think it likely that General Journal filtering was re-broken in 5.x. ___ 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.
[GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?
Hi GC users, I am using GC (version 5.3) on Mac. I noticed that the log files are generated in the same directory of the GC data file (sqlite3). But I couldn't find the log files after switching to a remote database server. The info on the GC wiki on logging seems to be outdated, as I can't find the logs nor the log.conf file on my Mac following the wiki instructions. Thanks in advance! -- JC ___ 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.
