Re: [GNC-dev] Sample Report with Examples

2023-01-13 Thread flywire
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2021-September/045939.html > The code would be easier to follow if different strings other than Hello, World! were used, making it clearer what they relate to. While this report might have developed from a Hello World example, a minimal program to g

Re: [GNC-dev] Sample Report with Examples

2023-01-13 Thread john
You can't possibly be serious. Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 13, 2023, at 12:11 AM, flywire wrote: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2021-September/045939.html >> The code would be easier to follow if different strings other than Hello, > World! were used, making it clearer w

Re: [GNC-dev] Sample Report with Examples

2023-01-13 Thread flywire
John, Can you explain why the PR is a dumb idea? Comments on customising reports normally say the process is not easy. Getting the relationships of some of the data right can be complex but well-presented documentation and code make it a lot easier. Report documentation is fairly well limited to

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 4.900 Released

2023-01-13 Thread David H
Hi Fred, Yeah seems to be a typo which will cause the remote-add to fail if you already have the flathub repository installed as follows:- Wiki says - flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists *flathub* https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo Should be - flatpak remote-add --user -

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 4.900 Released

2023-01-13 Thread David H
I don't know, one of the devs might have an answer for you :-) Cheers David H. On Sat, 14 Jan 2023 at 09:23, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM David H wrote: > >> Yeah seems to be a typo which will cause the remote-add to fail if you >> already have the flathub reposit

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 4.900 Released

2023-01-13 Thread David H
Hi again John and Devs, I've just updated my Ubuntu 22.10 flatpak to the Gnucash 4.900 beta and am having the same issues as on Win 10. Attached are trace files from each OS in case it helps. Regards David H On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 08:25, David H wrote: > Hi John and devs, > > Thanks for the

Re: [GNC-dev] Sample Report with Examples

2023-01-13 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 13, 2023, at 2:07 PM, flywire wrote: > > John, Can you explain why the PR is a dumb idea? > > Comments on customising reports normally say the process is not easy. Getting > the relationships of some of the data right can be complex but well-presented > documentation and code make

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 4.900 Released

2023-01-13 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 13, 2023, at 3:23 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM David H wrote: > >> Yeah seems to be a typo which will cause the remote-add to fail if you >> already have the flathub repository installed as follows:- >> >> Wiki says - flatpak remote-add --user --if-no

Re: [GNC-dev] Sample Report with Examples

2023-01-13 Thread flywire
I understand you didn't appreciate the post was about the PR just submitted, not the linked and quoted post 16 months earlier foreshadowing the PR for context. No concerns had been raised so there was no reason to provide the detail given until your comment. There is still scope for discussion. Jo

Re: [GNC-dev] Sample Report with Examples

2023-01-13 Thread john
> On Jan 13, 2023, at 6:46 PM, flywire wrote: > > The point is not about the changes options make to reports, it's about how > the report source code changes the report and report options. Why wouldn't > unique string values help people unfamiliar with reports see the relationship > more cl