Re: Your review of Gnucash 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While Moneydance seems to be very good software, it is not free in > either sense of the work. It is a shareware program, at least > according to its website. Well, then I guess I won't be working hard for them anytime soon :> -- Rob Browning <[EMAI

Re: Recording Of Stock Accounts

1999-12-15 Thread Christopher Browne
On 14 Dec 1999 09:04:24 +0200, the world broke into rejoicing as Alexandru Harsanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'm not an accounting expert, but I think the brokerage fee is > actually an expense and not an asset (If you purchased 100 shares at > $10, you sill have them but the brokerage fee is

Account Manipulation

1999-12-15 Thread Christopher Browne
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:09:23 EST, the world broke into rejoicing as Per Bojsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > *** Regarding Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?); Derek > Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds: > > Derek> Actually, the one other feature I think many people want (at > Derek>

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Walker
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:34:44 -0700, Jeremy Collins > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Jeremy> Rob Walker wrote: >> >> >> okay, you options junkies, open up gnucash, highlight options, >> preferences, and then hit Ctrl-T. >> >> Oops! now you don't have a hotkey for _A_ccounts, _T_ransfer.

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Per Bojsen
*** Regarding Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?); Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds: Derek> Actually, the one other feature I think many people want (at Derek> least users who are used to Quicken), is the ability to Derek> re-parent an account. I wrote a little perl script

Re: Your review of Gnucash 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Dave Peticolas
> Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Next week we expect (...hope...) to run a fairly big feature. A new loo > k > > > at gnucash could come in the week after. Maybe as part of a joint revie > w > > > with moneydance - I'm not sure how you feel about that... > > > > No

Re: Your review of Gnucash 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Next week we expect (...hope...) to run a fairly big feature. A new look > > at gnucash could come in the week after. Maybe as part of a joint review > > with moneydance - I'm not sure how you feel about that... > > No problem, as far as

Re: Your review of Gnucash 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Jonathan Corbet writes: > > We would very much like the opportunity to show you the new code > > to demonstrate to you and your readers that we are making real > > progress. Would it be at all possible to hold your review over (from > > the main weekly bulletin) until then? > > The rev

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Jeremy Collins
Rob Walker wrote: > > > okay, you options junkies, open up gnucash, highlight options, > preferences, and then hit Ctrl-T. > > Oops! now you don't have a hotkey for _A_ccounts, _T_ransfer. > Interesting. > Of course... you cannot have the say hotkey attached to two different items. So n

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Walker
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:31:53 -0800, Dave Peticolas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Dave> New thing #2: I'm not sure how many people are aware of this, Dave> but gnome apps let you define your own hotkeys on the fly. I Dave> just discovered this a few days ago. Pull down a menu and Dave> h

Your review of Gnucash 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Thank you for your review of Gnucash. As one of the people currently hacking on Gnucash, it is gratifying to see the work that's been put in get some attention. A quick point - the problem with the reporting code is a trivial one - a patch has already been developed and will make it into 1.2.6,

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Ed Porras
In one message or another, Dave Peticolas said something like this: >New thing #2: I'm not sure how many people are aware of this, >but gnome apps let you define your own hotkeys on the fly. I did know that.. I discovered it on gimp, and yep, it kick total ass.. -e -- Ed Porras [EMAIL PROT

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Jeremy Collins
Dave Peticolas wrote: > > New thing #2: I'm not sure how many people are aware of this, > but gnome apps let you define your own hotkeys on the fly. > I just discovered this a few days ago. Pull down a menu and > highlite a choice, but don't select it. Now hit a key combination > like 'Ctrl+Y', an

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Dave Peticolas
> In one message or another, Dave Peticolas said something like this: > >Those entries allow you to 'tear-off' the menu and place it on your > >desktop. They are part of standard Gnome, so I'd be hesistant about > >removing them. > > now you see, you learn something new everyday.. :) New thing #

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Ed Porras
In one message or another, Dave Peticolas said something like this: >Those entries allow you to 'tear-off' the menu and place it on your >desktop. They are part of standard Gnome, so I'd be hesistant about >removing them. now you see, you learn something new everyday.. :) -e -- Ed Porras [

Re: *patch*

1999-12-15 Thread Dave Peticolas
> In one message or another, Dave Peticolas said something like this: > >Here is my latest patch. It contains the following. > > > >Bug tracker bugs fixed: 24, 26, 32, 36, 38 (sort of) > > a couple of minor things: > > 2. on the main window menus, are the dashed-lined entries necessary? > I've s

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Dave Peticolas
> Jeremy Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am having the same problems. This is definitely something that > > needs to find its way into the next release. > > Ugh. This was at the top of my gnucash todo list, and then I forgot > about it :< > > I've talked with Linas about how to do

Re: LWN review

1999-12-15 Thread Dave Peticolas
> Does anybody want to contact LWN about it? I'd like to get > them to at least see our current code, mainly to demonstrate > to the wider world that we ARE making real progress. > > I don't mind writing the email, but I'd like the list's OK before > I do anything. Fine by me! dave -- Gnucas

LWN review

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Does anybody want to contact LWN about it? I'd like to get them to at least see our current code, mainly to demonstrate to the wider world that we ARE making real progress. I don't mind writing the email, but I'd like the list's OK before I do anything. --

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Rob Browning writes: > Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I would think it a *very* good idea to try to arrange for there to > > be two or three "trusted lieutenants" that could also submit patches > > into the "official tree." That should *definitely* include Dave; > > R

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would think it a *very* good idea to try to arrange for there to > be two or three "trusted lieutenants" that could also submit patches > into the "official tree." That should *definitely* include Dave; > Rob Browning would probably be the secon

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
Jeremy Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having the same problems. This is definitely something that > needs to find its way into the next release. Ugh. This was at the top of my gnucash todo list, and then I forgot about it :< I've talked with Linas about how to do this, and the tri

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Christopher Browne
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:36:51 PST, the world broke into rejoicing as Rob Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:14:42 +1100 (EST), Robert Graham Merkel > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Robert> Obviously, bug fixes and wart removals must also happen before >

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Walker
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:14:42 +1100 (EST), Robert Graham Merkel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Robert> Obviously, bug fixes and wart removals must also happen before Robert> a release. I disagree here. I would like to have way way more releases, so that we can have more people working

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread linas
It's been rumoured that Robert Graham Merkel said: > > I'd just like to get a view from everyone, particularly Linas, > (whoops, almost typed Linus), on some definitive goals and a schedule > for a 1.3/1.4 release. I'm planning on taking two weeks off from work starting next week, and this shou

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Jeremy Collins
Derek Atkins wrote: > > Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1) The improved reporting system previously discussed. > >I haven't done any work on this, as yet, but I will > >start work on it before the week is out, all being well. > >This is by far t

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) The improved reporting system previously discussed. >I haven't done any work on this, as yet, but I will >start work on it before the week is out, all being well. >This is by far the biggest thing I'd like sorted o

Re: Indentation Policy

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A thought: It would surely be desirable to have some sort of > common indentation policy applied to the C code; this could be > applied by setting up an "indent" command with the preferred > indentation policy in the Makefile. The *critical* step

Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) The improved reporting system previously discussed. >I haven't done any work on this, as yet, but I will >start work on it before the week is out, all being well. >This is by far the biggest thing I'd like sorted o

Indentation Policy

1999-12-15 Thread Christopher Browne
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:32:51 PST, the world broke into rejoicing as Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thanks for the patch, Rob. I'm stripping out all the emacs mode > comments from your diffs. I realize there are some in existing > files, but we're trying to move away from using them, a

Plans for 1.3/1.4 (or should it be 1.3/2.0?)

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
I'd just like to get a view from everyone, particularly Linas, (whoops, almost typed Linus), on some definitive goals and a schedule for a 1.3/1.4 release. It seems pretty clear that the gnome code is more featureful than the motif code, and avoids the version number minefield of of lesstif. Ty

Re: LWN has reviewed 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Jeremy Collins
Herbert Thoma wrote: > > Robert Graham Merkel wrote: > > > > Here's the review: > > > > http://lwn.net/1999/features/GnuCash/ > > > > Their basic conclusion is: > > > > promising, but not quite there. > > > > However, I don't know about you, but I think CVS (particularly with > > the bigpatch) ha

Re: LWN has reviewed 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Herbert Thoma
Robert Graham Merkel wrote: > > Here's the review: > > http://lwn.net/1999/features/GnuCash/ > > Their basic conclusion is: > > promising, but not quite there. > > However, I don't know about you, but I think CVS (particularly with > the bigpatch) has progressed quite a ways from 1.2.5. I ag

Review has been linked to from linuxtoday.com

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=13778 Get ready for an influx of bug reports . . . -- --- Robert Merkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not

LWN has reviewed 1.2.5

1999-12-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Here's the review: http://lwn.net/1999/features/GnuCash/ Their basic conclusion is: promising, but not quite there. However, I don't know about you, but I think CVS (particularly with the bigpatch) has progressed quite a ways from 1.2.5. Did anyone discuss this with the LWN people? LWN comes

g-wrap: minor source issues.

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Browning
I'm not sure whether I did this, or someone else did, but someone ran automake on the sources, and I think didn't use the same arguments that the upstream author uses. I'm not familiar enough with automake to know if this is a bug, but our g-wrap differs from the upstream substantially, even ign