stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Dave Peticolas
1. Are stock splits always reported as the ratio of two integers? 2. If your stock splits in a ratio that doesn't multiply to give you an integral number of shares (say 3 for 2 and you have 3 shares), then you get some cash for the extra share right? Is there a name for that cash d

Re: stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Bill Carlson
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 02:44:01AM -0800, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > 1. Are stock splits always reported as the ratio of two integers? I have never seen anything but this. > > 2. If your stock splits in a ratio that doesn't multiply to give > you an integral number of shares (say 3 for 2

Re: stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Clark Jones
Bill Carlson wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 02:44:01AM -0800, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > > > 1. Are stock splits always reported as the ratio of two integers? > > I have never seen anything but this. It's not all that unusual for certain types of "companies" to have a "fractional split", e.

Re: stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Dave Peticolas
Clark Jones writes: > Bill Carlson wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 02:44:01AM -0800, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > > > > > 1. Are stock splits always reported as the ratio of two integers? > > > > I have never seen anything but this. > > It's not all that unusual for certain types of "compa

Re: stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Steve Greenland
On 30-Jan-01, 06:48 (CST), Bill Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 02:44:01AM -0800, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > > > 2. If your stock splits in a ratio that doesn't multiply to give > > you an integral number of shares (say 3 for 2 and you have 3 shares), > > the

Regression tests?

2001-01-30 Thread Dan Kegel
Forgive my ignorance, but does gnucash have regression tests in its build process? i.e. can I script the import of two qif files and check to make sure the result is correct? - Dan ___ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnumatic.co

Re: Regression tests?

2001-01-30 Thread Dave Peticolas
Dan Kegel writes: > Forgive my ignorance, but does gnucash have regression tests > in its build process? i.e. can I script the import of two > qif files and check to make sure the result is correct? The stable version does not have any support for that. The CVS version has functionality to compa

Re: How to keep 1.4.8 & build development version?

2001-01-30 Thread Richard -Gilligan- Uschold
I tried the "--with-g-wrap-prefix=DIR" option and it failed. Specifically, with g-wrap-0.9.12.tar.gz ./configure > configure.err make > make.err make install > make.install find . -xdev -name "*g-wrap*" -print /usr/local/bin/g-wrap /usr/local/bin/g-wrap-config /usr/local/info/g-wrap.info /usr/loc

Re: stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Clark Jones
Dave Peticolas wrote: > > Clark Jones writes: > > Bill Carlson wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 02:44:01AM -0800, Dave Peticolas wrote: > > > > > > > > 1. Are stock splits always reported as the ratio of two integers? > > > > > > I have never seen anything but this. > > > > It's not al

Re: stock split questions

2001-01-30 Thread Rob Browning
Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is that actually reported as a split? In the funds I have owned, you > could elect to have your dividends used to purchase more shares, but > that wasn't a 'split'. As far as I recall, splits have always been reported to me by brokerages as a single j

Re: How to keep 1.4.8 & build development version?

2001-01-30 Thread Rob Browning
Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You will need to compile one of the g-wraps (I suggest 1.1.8) and > install it in a separate location (say /usr/local/opt/g-wrap). You > will need to pass --with-g-wrap-prefix=DIR where DIR is the > directory you choose to install g-wrap. > > You use