Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing
I have a similar problem. It occurs in both 4.10.x and 4.11. I think it
also occurred in 4.9 but can't remember. I encountered it on windows 10
and windows 11. I run Gnucash monthly. Importing CSV bank and credit card
statements always works. I don't import investment transactions as
massaging the data to import as a CSV would be more work than just entering
them directly. Typically, I either start typing a transaction and then
accept the suggested description and transfer account, or I duplicate an
existing transaction and modify the amounts. Most of the transactions are
automatic dividend/interest reinvestments for stock/bond funds.
Here is the problem. I will enter several investment transactions, then
type ctl-s or click the save button. Sometimes Gnucash exits without
saving and without deleting the lock file. This will happen roughly 3
times over the course of entering 25 or so transactions. Some subset of
unsaved transactions are lost. I've developed the habit of saving after
each transaction so that I never have more than one unsaved transaction
when it crashes. I haven't been able to detect any pattern with respect to
which accounts, what types of transaction or other factors may be
involved. Restarting Gnucash and reentering the lost transaction exactly
as before works fine.
I will enable the logging (-debug and -extra? I'll read the Wiki on how to
turn that stuff on) and check the trace file next time I run Gnucash to see
whether it captures anything useful when and if it crashes again.
Regards,
-Arthur
On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:16 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> I apologize if my response seemed testy. It's extremely frustrating to be
> working on a large data set with lots of complex transactions ("How exactly
> should the capital gains for a stock position with multiple purchase lots
> and an intervening split be tracked?"), finally work out how those complex
> transactions get recorded, enter them, go to save the result, only to have
> the program crash out.
>
> I will certainly try closing at least the one report I have open, as your
> idea that the report derives information from that reconciled account seems
> a reasonable possibility.
>
>
>
> On July 20, 2022 12:42:42 AM GMT+03:00, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >I wasn't trying to cause you work, just offering ideas on tracking down
> the cause. Eliminating variables is part of that process. Lots of tabs and
> especially reports open = variables.
> >
> >I'm going to hazard there is a report that feeds off one of those
> registers (likely the one you are reconciling) that is a good candidate,
> thus closing everything but that register should reveal if that is the case.
> >
> >But perhaps an upgrade to 4.11 would suit you better. You'll end up there
> most likely anyway.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Adrien
> >
> >On 7/19/22 1:41 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> >> Adrien,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions.
> >>
> >> It would seem to me that Finish/Ctrl-S is pretty reduced.
> >>
> >> I currently have about 12 tabs open. 10 registers, the CoA, and one
> report (granted, it's a multicolumn report).
> >>
> >> Saving after every edit is a remarkably annoying idea, especially given
> how long each save takes. I won't be doing that.
> >>
> >> As for a backup, I'm not sure why I'd go to a backup. The problem
> doesn't always happen, so I don't believe it's a problem with data
> corruption. I'm trying to move forward with my books, not backward.
> >>
> >> Nothing is holding me back from 4.11.
> >
> >
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Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing
John,
Thanks for the pointer on how to get a stack trace. I will see whether I
can find anything useful.
Either way, I will try the Sqlite3 backend eventually. I do have File
History turned on and I actually did use it to recover a file once. I'll
have to learn more about how to recover from potentially catastrophic user
mistakes before I try the database (e.g. increase frequency of File History
saves). Some years ago before the CSV importer allowed saving of
configurations, I imported a large number of transactions but forgot to
change the date format from the default to the U.S. format. The dates of
the imported transactions were sprayed all over the timeline. Fortunately,
I had done a save before that and quit Gnucash without saving
the erroneous data.
-Arthur
On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 1:57 PM john wrote:
> Remember that you can get automatic save on each transaction by switching
> to the Sqlite3 backend by using File>Save As... and selecting Sqlite3 from
> the drop-down at the top of the dialog box.
> Note that Sqlite3 changes the file in place so there are no GnuCash
> backups. Set up File History or some other automatic backup program instead.
>
> That's not to suggest that you shouldn't figure out as much as you can
> about the cause of the crashes and then file a bug report. The absolute
> best information is a stack trace, but that can be a bit challenging on
> Windows. See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace#Windows for
> instructions.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 8:47 AM, A Harvey wrote:
>
> I have a similar problem. It occurs in both 4.10.x and 4.11. I think it
> also occurred in 4.9 but can't remember. I encountered it on windows 10
> and windows 11. I run Gnucash monthly. Importing CSV bank and credit card
> statements always works. I don't import investment transactions as
> massaging the data to import as a CSV would be more work than just entering
> them directly. Typically, I either start typing a transaction and then
> accept the suggested description and transfer account, or I duplicate an
> existing transaction and modify the amounts. Most of the transactions are
> automatic dividend/interest reinvestments for stock/bond funds.
> Here is the problem. I will enter several investment transactions, then
> type ctl-s or click the save button. Sometimes Gnucash exits without
> saving and without deleting the lock file. This will happen roughly 3
> times over the course of entering 25 or so transactions. Some subset of
> unsaved transactions are lost. I've developed the habit of saving after
> each transaction so that I never have more than one unsaved transaction
> when it crashes. I haven't been able to detect any pattern with respect to
> which accounts, what types of transaction or other factors may be
> involved. Restarting Gnucash and reentering the lost transaction exactly
> as before works fine.
>
> I will enable the logging (-debug and -extra? I'll read the Wiki on how to
> turn that stuff on) and check the trace file next time I run Gnucash to see
> whether it captures anything useful when and if it crashes again.
>
> Regards,
> -Arthur
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:16 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> I apologize if my response seemed testy. It's extremely frustrating to be
> working on a large data set with lots of complex transactions ("How exactly
> should the capital gains for a stock position with multiple purchase lots
> and an intervening split be tracked?"), finally work out how those complex
> transactions get recorded, enter them, go to save the result, only to have
> the program crash out.
>
> I will certainly try closing at least the one report I have open, as your
> idea that the report derives information from that reconciled account seems
> a reasonable possibility.
>
>
>
> On July 20, 2022 12:42:42 AM GMT+03:00, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
> I wasn't trying to cause you work, just offering ideas on tracking down
>
> the cause. Eliminating variables is part of that process. Lots of tabs and
> especially reports open = variables.
>
>
> I'm going to hazard there is a report that feeds off one of those
>
> registers (likely the one you are reconciling) that is a good candidate,
> thus closing everything but that register should reveal if that is the
> case.
>
>
> But perhaps an upgrade to 4.11 would suit you better. You'll end up there
>
> most likely anyway.
>
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 7/19/22 1:41 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
>
> Adrien,
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
&g
Re: [GNC] Advice on investment accounts
Calculating the performance of an investment is not simple if cash/shares/etc. are added to and/or removed from the account during the period of interest. For example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_rate_of_return. -Arthur On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 12:39 PM Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > hi Steve > > Gnucash supports pension funds tracking fully. and i handle the pension > investment as a mutual fund and register my monthly contribution as units > invested by the pension operator. (not sure how it is done at your place). > The fund prices are always published by companies and you can use the Price > database under tools to update the pricing. > > You can use the Advanced Portfolio Report to view your fund performance. > if you want for a specific date, you can click on opitons and choose the > date you want to view the results. > > > The loss or profit on the fund is always un realised and should not be > taken to Income or Expense account unless you are drawing down any units. > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > > > From: gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Steve Hill > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 8:32 AM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: [GNC] Advice on investment accounts > > > At the moment, I handle investments (e.g. my pension) as normal bank > accounts. At the end of each year I receive a statement and I add a > transaction into the account such as "Interest (5.05%)" which transfers > the interest from an Income account (or to an Expense account in the > event of a loss). I calculate the interest rate that I have received > and add it into the transaction description (e.g. "5.05%" in the example > above). > > This means that I can easily see how the account has performed, > irrespective of how much I have deposited over the year by looking at > the % interest rate that I have noted in the description. I can also > see how much (in my currency, GBP) the account was worth at the end of > each year. > > I want to switch over to using Gnucash's "Mutual Fund" and "Stock" > account types. But there doesn't seem to be equivalent functionality: > > 1. Since the security isn't actually being bought/sold at the end of > each year, the gains/losses for the year are unrealised so there won't > be an "Interest" transfer. I guess I could add a blank transaction to > note down the % interest that they year's gains/losses equates to, but > is there a better way? > > 2. I can't see an easy way to see what the account was worth (in GBP) at > a specific point in the past. I can add a "Total (GBP)" column to the > main accounts page, which would tell me how much it is currently worth, > but not how much it was worth in the past. It seems that an extra > column in the account itself showing its total value at the time of each > transaction would be a solution, but there doesn't seem to be a way of > doing this? > > I presume this functionality is buried somewhere in reports - seems > significantly more clunky and hard to use than it just being available > on the account's own tab? > > Many thanks. > > -- > - Steve > ___ > 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. > ___ 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] Build 4.8 docs issue
Just a nit. I don't think Kindle devices support ePub, at least not in recent models. I'm not sure whether the apps they have for PCs and phones. I have a book in LPR format (whatever that is) that works on Kindle for PC and Phone but not Kindle devices. >From the Amazon site: Content Formats Supported Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP through conversion; Audible audio format (AAX). On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 6:07 PM john wrote: > It hasn't been a while since I last built mobi-formatted documents with > Cmake because I do so with every release and we just did one on Tuesday. It > works fine. > *However* the mobi format was a proprietary format devised by Amazon.com < > http://amazon.com/> for their Kindle-branded readers that they deprecated > in 2019. We're planning to remove it from the build system soon. You should > be able to load the ePub documents into your Kindle. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 2, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > > > Please remember to send replies to the list rather than individual > users. > > Particularly if you are soliciting for answers from "anyone" ;) > > > > As to your problems, can you provide more details ? > > > > It's been a while since I tested the mobi format. Back then it worked > fine, > > also with cmake. You have to enable it explicitly though by passing > > '-DWITH_MOBI=ON' to the cmake call. > > > > I wouldn't spend too much effort on it though. We're currently > considering to > > drop that format. It has been abandoned by Amazon as well. > > > > Regards, > > > > Geert > > > > Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 19:40:30 CEST schreef Giuseppe Foti: > >> I am fighting with it too, trying to create a gentoo ebuild for it. > >> > >> At now I can build, html and epub. > >> > >> With pdf I have a sandbox access violation issue, > >> > >> Can anyone confirm that "mobi" can be built both for "help" and "guide" > ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Il 02/10/21 18:51, Geert Janssens ha scritto: > >> > >> Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 18:14:02 CEST schreef Mike Commissaris: > >> > >> Installing past versions of docs (ver 4.4) went smoothly. > >> With ver 4.8 docs build, starting the install from my script file ./ > >> gnucash-docs-4.8.sh > >> I get an error at line 11: ./configure: No such file or directory > >> Sure enough, there is no configure script file in my 4.8 docs build > >> directory. > >> I have searched for answers but have not figured out how to build docs > in > >> ver 4.8. > >> Any suggestions or pointer to documentation? > >> > >> The autotools based build system for gnucash-docs has been deprecated in > >> favor of the cmake based build system. > >> > >> In gnucash-docs 4.8, the bits to use autotools have been fully removed. > >> > >> The new way of building is summarized as follows: > >> > >> - create a build directory (eg 'build') next to your source directory > >> - cd build > >> - cmake ../ > >> - make > >> > >> If you used to set an installation prefix while running configure you > may > >> want do to the equivalent for your cmake run. > >> The syntax is "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=" > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Geert > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> 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. > > ___ > 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 r
Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue
John, Big difference, to me at least. I don't know the correct terminology or internal details, but I can tell you what happens if one tries to read a MOBI or PDF format. With MOBI, the Kindle will reflow text to fit the screen. For example, if I use a font size such that 10 words of a page fit on the first line of the screen, the 11th word displays at the beginning of the next line. Change the font size and the device adjusts the number of words on each line to fit so that the screen is always filled with text and nothing is cut off at the edges. PDF specifies exactly where every letter, or other mark, appears on a page. The Kindle displays an entire page at a time on the screen. If the document was created for an 8.5" by11" page size, then the text is very puny on the display. One can zoom in on a section of the page, but the person reading must constantly drag the image around since only part of a line fits on the screen when zoomed. If the PDF was generated to fit on a Kindle, 3.5" by 4.75", then it would be okay. Not the normal case. I don't know whether my explanation was clear, but the short answer is that reading a PDF on a Kindle is not fun, while MOBI is comfortable. -Arthur On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 12:32 AM john wrote: > Interesting, thanks. > > Do you know if there's a discernible difference between how a Kindle > displays a PDF and a MOBI? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 2, 2021, at 7:55 PM, A Harvey wrote: > > Just a nit. I don't think Kindle devices support ePub, at least not in > recent models. I'm not sure whether the apps they have for PCs and > phones. I have a book in LPR format (whatever that is) that works on > Kindle for PC and Phone but not Kindle devices. > From the Amazon site: > Content Formats Supported > Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC > natively; HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP through conversion; Audible > audio format (AAX). > > > On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 6:07 PM john wrote: > >> It hasn't been a while since I last built mobi-formatted documents with >> Cmake because I do so with every release and we just did one on Tuesday. It >> works fine. >> *However* the mobi format was a proprietary format devised by Amazon.com >> <http://amazon.com/> for their Kindle-branded readers that they >> deprecated in 2019. We're planning to remove it from the build system soon. >> You should be able to load the ePub documents into your Kindle. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> > On Oct 2, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Geert Janssens >> wrote: >> > >> > Please remember to send replies to the list rather than individual >> users. >> > Particularly if you are soliciting for answers from "anyone" ;) >> > >> > As to your problems, can you provide more details ? >> > >> > It's been a while since I tested the mobi format. Back then it worked >> fine, >> > also with cmake. You have to enable it explicitly though by passing >> > '-DWITH_MOBI=ON' to the cmake call. >> > >> > I wouldn't spend too much effort on it though. We're currently >> considering to >> > drop that format. It has been abandoned by Amazon as well. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Geert >> > >> > Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 19:40:30 CEST schreef Giuseppe Foti: >> >> I am fighting with it too, trying to create a gentoo ebuild for it. >> >> >> >> At now I can build, html and epub. >> >> >> >> With pdf I have a sandbox access violation issue, >> >> >> >> Can anyone confirm that "mobi" can be built both for "help" and >> "guide" ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Il 02/10/21 18:51, Geert Janssens ha scritto: >> >> >> >> Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 18:14:02 CEST schreef Mike Commissaris: >> >> >> >> Installing past versions of docs (ver 4.4) went smoothly. >> >> With ver 4.8 docs build, starting the install from my script file ./ >> >> gnucash-docs-4.8.sh >> >> I get an error at line 11: ./configure: No such file or directory >> >> Sure enough, there is no configure script file in my 4.8 docs build >> >> directory. >> >> I have searched for answers but have not figured out how to build docs >> in >> >> ver 4.8. >> >> Any suggestions or pointer to documentation? >> >> >> >> The autotools based build system for gnucash-
Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue
Flywire and D. Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them tonight and report back. The Kindle has what Amazon calls the "Experimental Browser". I have tried it a few times in the past just to see what it's like. What it's like is pouring molasses, but it works. I will try entering the link in the Kindle browser. I will also try to display an HTML document loaded to my Kindle to compare the speed. I assume that would be much faster. To get an HTML document to a Kindle, I either have to email it to an address that is unique to my account which will store it with the rest of my docs on an Amazon server, or plug my Kindle into a PC and copy the document from the PC to the Kindle. With respect to downloading an app, I don't think the Kindle supports apps of any kind. I should say I have never seen any downloadable apps on Amazon or on the web. I have seen a few grumbles about Kindle not having downloadable games. -Arthur On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:29 AM D. via gnucash-user wrote: > If Arthur can load the html in your link on his Kindle, he could install > an epub app (such as Overdrive) and get his flow going using that. > > > Original Message > From: flywire > Sent: Sun Oct 03 07:25:44 EDT 2021 > To: Gnucash Users > Subject: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue > > Arthur, that's a nice summary of a > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflowable_document > > The issue has been raised and > https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html was > offered as a format. Does it work on a Kindle? > ___ > 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. > ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue
Addressing the messages in reverse order. I should have been more precise. All my comments have assumed the user has an Kindle e-reader, i.e. "Kindle", "Kindle Paperwhite" or "Kindle Oasis". I thought the "Kindle Fire" was or is a tablet, not just an e-reader. I know very little about the Fire. I think it has a color display and does stuff one might expect a tablet to do including download and run apps. With respect to how to get documents onto a Kindle, either of the methods I briefly described will work for any format supported by the Kindle. I have a bunch of books I bought from a non-Amazon site that lets one download a purchased book in multiple formats. This site offers PDF, ePub and MOBI. I uploaded books in all 3 formats (including ePub) from my PC to my Amazon account by emailing the books, as attachments, to the email address supplied by Amazon for that purpose. My Kindle will display all of these in the list of documents for my personal library. WiFi connection required, of course. If I want to read them, I can download them from my library at Amazon to my Kindle device over the network. They remain stored on the device until I decide to remove them. I can read the PDF version, with some pain as I mentioned. I can read the MOBI version without any trouble. If I try to read the ePub, I get an error essentially telling me it can't decipher that. I have also loaded various format docs from my PC to my Kindle via a USB cable. I find the email method to be much easier and faster than connecting the device to my PC. Also, I can load the books from my library to the Android Kindle app and to the Windows app in the same way as I do for the Kindle device. With respect to handling HTML as a document, it works fine if there is only a *single* HTML file with no other files required. I don't think this would work very well for the GNC documentation if it requires any other files of any type including HTML or a directory structure. I think Amazon has a section on its web site with information for authors. I have not looked at this and don't know if it has suggestions that would help for the GNC documentation. Regarding Amazon dropping MOBI, I hadn't heard about Amazon dropping MOBI support from their readers. There would be a large number of pissed-off people who bought content from Amazon in MOBI years ago. I'm guessing they require any new books that are sold through Amazon to be one of the AZW formats as I think they have better formatting capabilities and make it harder to remove DRM. I haven't investigated that carefully so don't quote me. I tried the link from flywire https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html in the "Experimental Browser" (I'm thinking that the browser has been around maybe 10 or more years. An endless experiment). I was happy that it loaded more quickly than I expected. Most of my time was spent trying to correctly type the url. Using links to navigate worked fine. One must remember that the Kindle display is black and white only so everything is grayscale. Also, it has the same size issue as does PDF. The entire page is loaded and the only way to enlarge text is by zooming in. No reflow of that document. I also loaded a single HTML document to the device and displayed it as I would any other book . It works fine. Text reflows and it follows links to locations that are within the document. Hope some of this information proves useful. -Arthur On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 7:24 PM D. wrote: > The app question depends on the type of Kindle you're using. The Fire has > supported apps in the past, but more bare bones Kindles don't. > -- > *From:* A Harvey > *Sent:* Sun Oct 03 15:30:50 EDT 2021 > *To:* "D." > *Cc:* flywire , Gnucash Users > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue > > Flywire and D. > Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them tonight and report back. > > The Kindle has what Amazon calls the "Experimental Browser". I have tried > it a few times in the past just to see what it's like. What it's like is > pouring molasses, but it works. I will try entering the link in the Kindle > browser. I will also try to display an HTML document loaded to my Kindle > to compare the speed. I assume that would be much faster. To get an HTML > document to a Kindle, I either have to email it to an address that is > unique to my account which will store it with the rest of my docs on an > Amazon server, or plug my Kindle into a PC and copy the document from the > PC to the Kindle. > > With respect to downloading an app, I don't think the Kindle supports apps > of any kind. I should say I have never seen any downloadable apps on Amazon > or on the web. I have seen a few grumbles about Kindle not having &g
Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue
A Harvey 4:49 PM (1 minute ago) to john All, I have a couple of questions. 1) Do you think it is important that the documentation be easily readable on a Kindle e-reader? If not, then no problem. 2) Do the documents need to be published on Amazon? If not, then I would think that a MOBI version of the documentation created by the GNC team would work on a Kindle. I buy books that are not published on Amazon, that are in MOBI format (and have no DRM protection) and they work fine on my Kindle (e.g. https://www.ebooksbridge.com/}. I think the only relevance of Amazon dropping MOBI for authors wanting to sell new books through Amazon is that they cannot submit them to Amazon in MOBI format unless there is no reflow needed. I don't see how Amazon can afford to drop MOBI support from the Kindle e-readers in the near future, if ever, because they have sold tons (metaphorically speaking) of books *with DRM protection* in MOBI format to customers. If the Kindle stops supporting MOBI, those books can never be read again because the DRM will only let them be read on a Kindle device or app that is registered to that user's account. If Amazon wanted to try to put pressure on other e-book vendors by not supporting books that have no DRM protection, Amazon would only hurt themselves as there are plenty of free apps that support MOBI books without DRM. Amazon would be giving potential customers a reason not to buy a Kindle and not to buy e-books from Amazon because they could drop support for other formats from their e-readers in the future. Thanks, -Arthur On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 3:02 PM john wrote: > That seems to be about the formats that are accepted through their KDP > publishing service, not the readers themselves, and that if one wants one's > book to be usable on e-ink Kindles like Arthur's the choices are now plain > text or PDF. > > We don't use that service so it's a bit irrelevant, isn't it? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 4, 2021, at 8:16 AM, Dale Alspach wrote: > > > > An explanation of the *conversion process* used by Amazon for kindle is > > given here https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634390. > > Note that MOBI is not supported for new documents. > > > > Dale > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:32 PM A Harvey wrote: > > > >> Addressing the messages in reverse order. > >> I should have been more precise. All my comments have assumed the user > has > >> an Kindle e-reader, i.e. "Kindle", "Kindle Paperwhite" or "Kindle > Oasis". > >> I thought the "Kindle Fire" was or is a tablet, not just an e-reader. I > >> know very little about the Fire. I think it has a color display and > does > >> stuff one might expect a tablet to do including download and run apps. > >> > >> With respect to how to get documents onto a Kindle, either of the > methods I > >> briefly described will work for any format supported by the Kindle. I > have > >> a bunch of books I bought from a non-Amazon site that lets one download > a > >> purchased book in multiple formats. This site offers PDF, ePub and > MOBI. > >> I uploaded books in all 3 formats (including ePub) from my PC to my > Amazon > >> account by emailing the books, as attachments, to the email address > >> supplied by Amazon for that purpose. My Kindle will display all of > these > >> in the list of documents for my personal library. WiFi connection > >> required, of course. If I want to read them, I can download them from my > >> library at Amazon to my Kindle device over the network. They remain > stored > >> on the device until I decide to remove them. I can read the PDF > version, > >> with some pain as I mentioned. I can read the MOBI version without any > >> trouble. If I try to read the ePub, I get an error essentially telling > me > >> it can't decipher that. > >> > >> I have also loaded various format docs from my PC to my Kindle via a USB > >> cable. I find the email method to be much easier and faster than > >> connecting the device to my PC. Also, I can load the books from my > library > >> to the Android Kindle app and to the Windows app in the same way as I do > >> for the Kindle device. > >> > >> With respect to handling HTML as a document, it works fine if there is > only > >> a *single* HTML file with no other files required. I don't think this > >> would work very well for the GNC documentation if it requires any other > >> files of any type including HTML or a directory structure. I think > >> Amazon h
Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 209, Issue 49
Could be confusion between Windows 10 behavior and common browsers. In Firefox and Chrome, CTL + and CTL - increase and decrease size of everything displayed within a browser tab. This is independent of the magnifier function and of what other applications may provide. -Arthur On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:15 PM David H wrote: > It also works fine on my Win 10 Pro laptop. > > Not sure why you keep talking about CTRL + & - as my version of Windows 10 > says to use the Windows logo key as per attached. You can also change the > increment steps and press and hold Ctrly + Alt and use the mouse wheel to > zoom in or out ... > > Regards David H. > > > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 02:39, Fred Bone wrote: > > > On 17 August 2020 at 10:25, nor said: > > > > > Hello,With "Magnifier" I failed to magnify the screen precisely. > Normally > > > I use CTRL + & - to magnify view in steps of 10% for all apps. in case > > > the fonts are small. But with app GNU it seems not possible. I am on > WIN > > > 10.However, A fonts customization in preferences will be the suggestion > > > for the developers .nor > > > > Magnifier works fine on my Win10 machine. > > ___ > > 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. > ___ 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.
[GNC] Crash attempting to import transactions from CSV on W10
Hi, I'm getting a crash when I try to import transactions from a CSV and am hoping someone can help. Here are the gory details. OS is Windows 10. Gnucash version gnucash-4.1-2020-08-01-git-4.1-12-g12ab85fa6+ works fine. All subsequent versions through ...08-15... show the following behavior: Upon attempting to import transactions from a CSV, the import assistant works correctly up to the page where it should show the results of the import mapping and allow certain fields to be modified. When I click on NEXT to get to that page, the application crashes. I ran a trace with --debug and --extra for both the working and non-working versions and compared them. Near the end of the miles of output, the non-working version trace file contained the following: . . * 16:15:16 INFO [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] baln=0/1 * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User warning: Deposit could not be understood. Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User warning: Deposit could not be understood. Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User warning: Deposit could not be understood. Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. * 16:16:28 INFO [qof_event_generate_internal] id=6 hi=1345f788 han=66630812 data= * 16:16:28 INFO [qof_event_generate_internal] id=4 hi=14016920 han=66674c38 data= . . Any suggestions? Regards, -Arthur ___ 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.
[GNC] Fwd: Crash attempting to import transactions from CSV on W10
Hi, I sent the forwarded message below about a dozen days ago but have received no comments. I know everyone is busy and it may take some time for anyone to reply. In the interim, I would like to ask two quick meta-questions if I may: 1) Did I send this message to the wrong list and, if so, to where should I send it? 2) Should I expect that the maintenance builds are likely to break parts of Gnucash that previously worked? Thanks, -Arthur -- Forwarded message - From: A Harvey Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 5:01 PM Subject: Crash attempting to import transactions from CSV on W10 To: gnucash-user Hi, I'm getting a crash when I try to import transactions from a CSV and am hoping someone can help. Here are the gory details. OS is Windows 10. Gnucash version gnucash-4.1-2020-08-01-git-4.1-12-g12ab85fa6+ works fine. All subsequent versions through ...08-15... show the following behavior: Upon attempting to import transactions from a CSV, the import assistant works correctly up to the page where it should show the results of the import mapping and allow certain fields to be modified. When I click on NEXT to get to that page, the application crashes. I ran a trace with --debug and --extra for both the working and non-working versions and compared them. Near the end of the miles of output, the non-working version trace file contained the following: . . * 16:15:16 INFO [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] baln=0/1 * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User warning: Deposit could not be understood. Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User warning: Deposit could not be understood. Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User warning: Date could not be understood. Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User warning: Deposit could not be understood. Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. * 16:16:28 INFO [qof_event_generate_internal] id=6 hi=1345f788 han=66630812 data= * 16:16:28 INFO [qof_event_generate_internal] id=4 hi=14016920 han=66674c38 data= . . Any suggestions? Regards, -Arthur ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Crash attempting to import transactions from CSV on W10
Thanks for your responses. To David Carlson: I have taken advantage of the GNC feature that allows me to save the format for the CSV files. I have one for each institution that I import from and haven't changed them, so I don't think it is a date format problem. Also, thanks for the info on the nightly builds. I suspected they are work in progress. To David H.: GNC 4.1 works fine for me, and as you advise I will stick with that until the next release.. I often try the nightly builds as I sometimes find changes that are useful to me. Just thought I should mention that I had the problem with the more recent ones. To John Ralls: I will add it to the bug reports in case it may turn out to be helpful to the developers. Thanks again, -Arthur On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:21 PM John Ralls wrote: > Arthur, > > This really isn't the right place. Please file a bug report ( > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_think_I_found_a_bug._How_do_I_report_it.3F). > It's way too easy for reports on the mailing list to get lost. Do keep in > mind that GnuCash is developed and maintained entirely by a very few > volunteers and while we like to know about every crasher (especially new > ones in nightly builds) we have nowhere near enough time to respond in > detail to every report. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Sep 1, 2020, at 7:40 PM, David H wrote: > > > > Hi Arthur, > > > > You sent it to the right place :-) > > > > 4.1 is the current version, what exactly do you mean by maintenance > builds > > ? If you mean nightly builds yeah expect things to get buggered up > > sometimes so if it's a problem for you I suggest you go back to the > stable > > release and stay there. > > > > Cheers David H > > > > > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 12:00, A Harvey wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I sent the forwarded message below about a dozen days ago but have > received > >> no comments. I know everyone is busy and it may take some time for > anyone > >> to reply. In the interim, I would like to ask two quick meta-questions > if > >> I may: > >> > >> 1) Did I send this message to the wrong list and, if so, to where > should I > >> send it? > >> > >> 2) Should I expect that the maintenance builds are likely to break > parts of > >> Gnucash that previously worked? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -Arthur > >> > >> > >> -- Forwarded message - > >> From: A Harvey > >> Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 5:01 PM > >> Subject: Crash attempting to import transactions from CSV on W10 > >> To: gnucash-user > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> I'm getting a crash when I try to import transactions from a CSV and > >> am hoping someone can help. Here are the gory details. > >> > >> OS is Windows 10. > >> Gnucash version gnucash-4.1-2020-08-01-git-4.1-12-g12ab85fa6+ works > fine. > >> All subsequent versions through ...08-15... show the following behavior: > >> Upon attempting to import transactions from a CSV, the import assistant > >> works correctly up to the page where it should show the results of the > >> import mapping and allow certain fields to be modified. When I click on > >> NEXT to get to that page, the application crashes. > >> > >> I ran a trace with --debug and --extra for both the working and > non-working > >> versions and compared them. Near the end of the miles of output, the > >> non-working version trace file contained the following: > >> . > >> . > >> * 16:15:16 INFO [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] > baln=0/1 > >> * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User > >> warning: Date could not be understood. > >> Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. > >> * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User > >> warning: Date could not be understood. > >> Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. > >> * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User > >> warning: Deposit could not be understood. > >> Value doesn't appear to contain a valid number. > >> * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_trans_props] User > >> warning: Date could not be understood. > >> Value can't be parsed into a date using the selected date format. > >> * 16:15:58 INFO [GncTxImport::update_pre_split_props] User > >> war
Re: [GNC] entry point error after recent automatic windows 10 update
Have you tried re-installing an older version to ascertain whether it is just a 4.2 problem? In the past, I've occasionally encountered problems with some versions of Gnucash that would not run, regardless of what I tried, on one of three systems using identical versions of Windows but installed on different hardware. I don't usually bring it up on the list as only one system will be affected for a given version and the problem goes away in later versions of Gnucash. -Arthur On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 1:46 PM laurel hargis wrote: > It’s me again. Microsoft spent a couple hours with me today and tried to > repair windows, upgraded to newer version, did scans, uninstalled and > installed Microsoft ctt. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled gnu more times > than I can track. The last step is to reinstall operating system which I > won’t do. I may have to lose 10 months of entry if I can’t get a fix. > Always exactly same message. Microsoft says it’s the program. > > Suggestions for what I should do? I’m new to this online problem solving > and don’t know what direction to go. How would I report a problem to gnu > easily? I’ve spent days and $$ on this and it’s not on my end. I have to > believe other Microsoft users are also having an issue. > > Thank you for helping me! > > Laurel > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 1:00 PM laurel hargis wrote: > > > I have uninstalled and reinstalled and get exactly the same error > message. > > > > Microsoft couldn’t figure out and they have escalated up the chain. I > > should get a call from them again tomorrow morning. I will educate > myself > > on the links I was sent by David previously regarding gnu files. > > > > I’ve had 2 separate IT people in my system making sure all is well, so > > doesn’t seem to be a problem with my computer. > > > > Thank you > > Laurel > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 11:05 PM David Cousens > > > wrote: > > > >> Laurel > >> > >> Uninstalling the app should not affect your financial data files (or > even > >> the user preference files). They are totally separate from the actual > >> program files. The first will be stored in whatever location you chose > in > >> your user home directory when you first created them and the preference > >> files are also in a separate location. The Gnucash guide section on > >> migrating files > >> > >> > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-settings.html > >> discusses file locations and more information on the configuration files > >> is > >> given in the wiki https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations > . > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> - > >> David Cousens > >> -- > >> Sent from: > >> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > >> ___ > >> 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. > ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Tab Rendering Flaw
I have just started seeing the problem on Windows 10, GnuCash 4.4. I found that when I have many (as in too many to fit on the screen) tabs open at the top and scroll the tabs across very quickly, the text on one of the tabs will fall down exactly as Tommy has shown in his screenshot. If I scroll the tabs slowly, this doesn't happen. Since I just noticed this recently, I have not explored further. -Arthur On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:33 PM David Carlson wrote: > I have also seen this oddity. I have seen it in release 3.8 in Ubuntu > 20.04. It has appeared on the tab for a report, usually after reloading > the report. I think that it persists until I close the file and re-open > it. > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 6:57 PM Tommy Trussell > wrote: > > > For a few releases of GnuCash I have been seeing the account tabs > rendered > > strangely (the tab text and icons "floating" below the "tab area" of the > > window). > > > > I'm attaching a screenshot. (I added a red box around the text to > highlight > > it.) > > > > I'm running GnuCash Version 4.4 (Build ID: Flathub 4.4-2) on Ubuntu > 20.10, > > and Ubuntu 18.04. HOWEVER I believe I have been seeing this since 3.8 or > so > > in self-built GnuCash installations. I haven't mentioned it before > because > > at first I assumed it was because of something I did in creating my > > self-compiled package, but this has persisted after I switched to > Flathub. > > > > Is anyone else experiencing this? I find that the tabs spontaneously and > > randomly get affected throughout the session, at first affecting a single > > tab and then affecting more tabs. > > > > In composing this message I wondered how the problem changes if I move > the > > tabs to the side [Preferences --> Window --> Tab], but on the side they > > look even worse, and when moving the tabs to the bottom of the window the > > text of the tab is completely gone (presumably off the bottom edge of the > > window and not visible). > > > > I just used Control-W to close a tab and then reopened the account and > the > > tab rendered correctly on the new attempt. SO for now I have a > > workaround... well except for when it affects an ad-hoc report tab... > > > > I would think that if this was common, folks would be complaining because > > it makes it hard to deal with a lot of tabs when you can't read them > > easily. > > ___ > > 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. > > > > > -- > David Carlson > ___ > 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.
Re: [GNC] Tab Rendering Flaw
I played around with it for a few minutes. I seem to be able to reproduce it. If I scroll back forth (using the arrows at the end of the row of tabs) repeatedly enough times, the label is removed from the tab and stays on the screen in the area a few lines below the tab area. If I right-click the offending (now blank) tab opening the drop down menu, then left click on the tab (which closes the drop down) the tab title returns to its place. -Arthur On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 9:31 PM A Harvey wrote: > I have just started seeing the problem on Windows 10, GnuCash 4.4. > I found that when I have many (as in too many to fit on the screen) tabs > open at the top and scroll the tabs across very quickly, the text on one of > the tabs will fall down exactly as Tommy has shown in his screenshot. If I > scroll the tabs slowly, this doesn't happen. Since I just noticed this > recently, I have not explored further. > -Arthur > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:33 PM David Carlson > wrote: > >> I have also seen this oddity. I have seen it in release 3.8 in Ubuntu >> 20.04. It has appeared on the tab for a report, usually after reloading >> the report. I think that it persists until I close the file and re-open >> it. >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 6:57 PM Tommy Trussell >> wrote: >> >> > For a few releases of GnuCash I have been seeing the account tabs >> rendered >> > strangely (the tab text and icons "floating" below the "tab area" of the >> > window). >> > >> > I'm attaching a screenshot. (I added a red box around the text to >> highlight >> > it.) >> > >> > I'm running GnuCash Version 4.4 (Build ID: Flathub 4.4-2) on Ubuntu >> 20.10, >> > and Ubuntu 18.04. HOWEVER I believe I have been seeing this since 3.8 >> or so >> > in self-built GnuCash installations. I haven't mentioned it before >> because >> > at first I assumed it was because of something I did in creating my >> > self-compiled package, but this has persisted after I switched to >> Flathub. >> > >> > Is anyone else experiencing this? I find that the tabs spontaneously and >> > randomly get affected throughout the session, at first affecting a >> single >> > tab and then affecting more tabs. >> > >> > In composing this message I wondered how the problem changes if I move >> the >> > tabs to the side [Preferences --> Window --> Tab], but on the side they >> > look even worse, and when moving the tabs to the bottom of the window >> the >> > text of the tab is completely gone (presumably off the bottom edge of >> the >> > window and not visible). >> > >> > I just used Control-W to close a tab and then reopened the account and >> the >> > tab rendered correctly on the new attempt. SO for now I have a >> > workaround... well except for when it affects an ad-hoc report tab... >> > >> > I would think that if this was common, folks would be complaining >> because >> > it makes it hard to deal with a lot of tabs when you can't read them >> > easily. >> > ___ >> > 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. >> > >> >> >> -- >> David Carlson >> ___ >> 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.
Re: [GNC] Gnucash cannot obtain the lock
Here's an article that confirms what Liz said. It also shows how to change Windows 10 behavior in this regard. https://www.howtogeek.com/349114/shutting-down-doesnt-fully-shut-down-windows-10-but-restarting-it-does/ -Arthur On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 4:55 AM Liz wrote: > On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:49:12 -0500 > Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > > It should, but some computers don’t ‘cold’ reboot, this might be the > > case if you are using the ‘restart’ option in Windows rather than > > ‘Shutdown’ and then pressing the power button to turn it back on. > > (and even with pressing the power button to turn off, sometimes, the > > darn things just ‘hibernate’ as a convenience.) > > I think that Windows 10 only does a full reboot if you choose "restart". > I decline to be a Windows expert, and am happy if someone else can > comment. > > Liz > ___ > 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.
Re: [GNC] Message "There is no disk in the drive"
Could be the problem discussed in the thread linked below. There are workarounds given there as well. https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-August/079301.html On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 5:42 PM David Carlson wrote: > It may be possible that there was some spillover from the the recent > Windows 10 KB4522016 update fiasco, although I have an older version of > GnuCash that I use from time to time on a Windows 7 Pro machine. > Curiously, I just tried to fire it up and it crashed before it finished > opening the data file that it had opened successfully only a few weeks ago, > so I will have to do more investigation on my instance. > > David Carlson > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 11:50 AM Fran_3 via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > Running the latest gnuCash on Windows 7 Pro machine. > > When I click Edit > PreferencesorWhen I have a Transaction Report up and > > attempt to export it as a PDFI get... > > There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR8 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR9 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR-10 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR11 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR-10 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR-11 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR9 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR10 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR11 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR9 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR-10 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR11 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR9 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR-10 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR9 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR8 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR8 > > \Device\Harddisk8\DR8 > > > > etc for 21 times before I can proceed. > > Short of grinding through all the Google results... can some kind soul > > direct me to the proper way to fix this... as it's driving me nuts! > > Thanks for any help. > > ___ > > 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. > > > > > -- > David Carlson > ___ > 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.
Re: [GNC] Export Report Issue: "There is no disk in the drive." I must click Continue 21 Times !
Sounds like it might be a previously reported problem, but I can't access the the archives at the moment. Here's an excerpt I saved on my machine from the thread "No Disk error". I had the same problem with the memory card slots on my "Windows 7 Home" PC. >> > Here's what I tried that worked. > 1) Keep media in the drives. ... if I fill all the slots, the errors will disappear > entirely. > > 2) Disable each drive that causes a problem. I opened the Device > Manager in the control panel. The item "Disk drives" lists all the > drives on the machine including those for the memory cards. Disabling > a drive eliminates the error for that drive. If I disable every > memory card drive, all the pop-ups are eliminated. > > 3) Hack the registry. Go to the registry entry > "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows" > The default value of of the DWORD "ErrorMode" is "0". Change > "ErrorMode" to "2". Pop-ups gone. The following link gives more > explanation > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/124873/disabling-system-hard-error-message-dialog-boxes > Hope this helps. On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 8:23 PM Fran_3 via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Thanks Michael but no joy. > > When I'm looking at the GC report and I click Export the "Save HTML to > file" window opens and shows the path to the correct folder on my PC... > > But I have to click "Continue" 21 times before the "No Disk" window will > go away and let me actually enter a name for the report and then click > Export. > C:\Users\UserMe\folder-x\folder-y\folder-z\gnuCash > > That folder exist and the report will ultimately save there fine... but > only after clicking Continue 21 times:-( > Thanks for any more ideas or suggestions. > Fran3 > > On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 7:39:11 PM EST, Michael or Penny > Novack wrote: > > On 11/6/2019 6:54 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > > Running GC3.7 on Win7 Pro. Here is the issue > > > > When I click File > Export > Export Report > > I get a popup message... > > > > > > "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive > \Device\Harddisk9\DR-9" > > > This isn't QUITE a gnucash problem, you'd have it with any "save as" > type of operation. Which is why you are also having this problem trying > to save PDFs. > > When you export from gnucash you will be supplying a name and a > directory (aka "file folder"). In other words, a PATH. There will > already be SOME path currently there (maybe from the last time you did a > "save as" type of operation) but this is almost certainly not where you > want the export to put things. > > In other words, you will want to be supplying that path (choosing that > folder) > > The "error" message you saw was because although there was a path > specified, it is one not currently/no longer valid (say referring to a > mountable device that is not currently mounted). It is telling you that > you DON'T have a "\Device\Harddisk9\DR-9". You want to be specifying a > path that you DO have. > > You are on Windows7? Do you know where your Documents folder is? In > Documents create a subfolder with a name like "gnucash reports". See > what the full path to that is? Try specifying THAT path when you do the > File > Export > Report operation. While you are at this, you might as > well create a subfolder for those PDFs. > > 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 > 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. > ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Backup Module
Wait! EMACS already supports double-entry bookkeeping. :-) https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryFinancial On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:28 PM Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > On 3/24/20 9:32 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > On 3/24/2020 7:58 AM, lbo...@rogers.com wrote: > >> Would it be possible to incorporate a backup module function into the > >> menu bar, as a pull-down feature under the heading "File", as is > >> commonly found in some programs? Backing up to the hardrive is > >> currently automatic but saving to a disc or memory stick, for off site > >> storage could be made simpler for the less technically inclined user. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Leo > > > > Would not be hard to do BUT would foster bad practice with regard to > > backup procedures. Do you really want to back up all the data on your > > computer file by file? The point is, it is not just your gnucash data > > that needs backup but ALL your user data. And if there is a process > > whereby all your user data is backed up, a special process to back up > > gnucash data is redundant. > > If you are going to put all kinds of things into GnuCash, why not a web > browser, an e-mail program, etc.? Pretty soon it will end up like emacs, > where you pretty much can do anything within the one program, but it may > drive you nuts trying to figure out how. > > -- > .~. Jean-David Beyer > /V\ PGP-Key:166D840A 0C610C8B > /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey > ^^-^^ 14:20:02 up 11 days, 17:49, 3 users, load average: 4.32, 4.44, 4.50 > ___ > 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.
