Re: Access to code.gnucash.org

2018-01-25 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, Am 26.01.2018 um 05:09 schrieb D via gnucash-devel: > Hello, > > I am editing the various wiki pages that address using git (mostly, "Git" and > "Git for Newbies"), and I noted that on the Git page, it talks about > connecting to code.gnucash.org. The newbie page, however talks solely

Re: Translation 2s

2018-01-26 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello Hamid Am 26.01.2018 um 17:56 schrieb Hamidreza Jafari: > Hello, > > In translation template files there are some instances such as: > > register2 > new 2 > edit 2 > etc. > > What are these? They are from the Register2 feature mentioned in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation#Priorit

Re: Bug in "Liabilities Barchart" report (since 2.6.19)

2018-01-28 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 28.01.2018 um 15:48 schrieb Di Mang: > Hello, > > I have a problem with the "Liabilities Chart", "Asset Chart" and "Net Worth > Barchart" reports since I switched to GnuCash 2.6.19 (on Ubuntu 17.10). I > have this problem with unstable 2.7.3 too (built from source). With GnuCash > 2.6.17 t

GTK3 page and Wiki general; was: Feedback about 2.7.8

2018-03-31 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 31.03.2018 um 13:51 schrieb Geert Janssens: > I'm fine with moving the FAQ material here, but I would prefer to keep a link > from the faq to this page so users can be redirected. IMHO we should move most content from the FAQ to structured pages of the respective themes (and after some br

Re: Feedback about 2.7.8

2018-04-02 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 02.04.2018 um 15:46 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Apr 2, 2018, at 4:22 AM, Christoph R >> wrote: >> >> >> But it is possible without any error or warning to create dates like this in >> the price editor of 2.6. > > But not in GnuCash 3, where the earliest supported year (thanks to > Boost

Re: gnucash wiki access

2018-04-03 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 03.04.2018 um 18:50 schrieb pjlbyrne: > Thanks for your reply John. I am happy to wait. > CP After a look in the rights management, I think you need to confirm your email account again to get the edit right. And yes, we should change it when the server admin is back. After a week you sho

Re: Building GnuCash 3 on openSuSE

2018-04-05 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Herbert, just a few notes about the dependencies: Am 05.04.2018 um 14:10 schrieb Herbert Thoma: > Hi! > > I did not build GnuCash myself for some time, but with 3.0 I did > try again. > > I'm running openSUSE Leap 42.3. > > So the first error was about gettext being only version 0.19.2. > O

Re: [GNC-dev] import map editor

2018-04-11 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
hi, Am 11.04.2018 um 15:29 schrieb Stefan Mueller: > Hallo Robert, > you mean to do the reconciliation in *Import Dialog *> *Match Transactions*as > shown here. > > > I've jsut tested it. Now, there are entries in

Re: [GNC-dev] Bug 795101 - Scroll Bar in Reconcile Window Floats in and covers the check boxes

2018-04-11 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 11.04.2018 um 16:52 schrieb Robert Fewell: > Would like some thoughts on possible fix... > > There seems to be three options but I may of missed something, move the > toggle reconcile column, make it wider or add a dummy spacer column. > > The first may not be liked.. > The last seems a bit ov

[GNC-dev] Captcha; was: GTK3 CSS Active Row

2018-04-12 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 12.04.2018 um 12:19 schrieb cicko: > As it often happens, the solution was quick to find only after the question > was posted. > This works well: > > *.register-cursor { > color: blanchedalmond; > } > > Here is a gist that adjusts this for a dark theme (still can't add new urls > to the wi

Re: [GNC-dev] GnuCash - documentation display disfunctional and sources

2018-04-12 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 11.04.2018 um 16:09 schrieb Stefan Mueller: > In addition, I've noticed that the translated help is not pulled up when > changing the language on gnucash.org > , although it is available: > > GnuCash Documentation EN >

[GNC-dev] Documentation sources since 8 years moving from guide to help

2018-04-13 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Stefan, Am 12.04.2018 um 07:52 schrieb Stefan Mueller: > thanks for the information. I might find the time to adapt the removed page > as it was very helpful to me and should return to the documentation, but > updated to new interface. > > 2018-04-11 19:06 GMT+02:00 Geert Janssens : > >> Op w

[GNC-dev] [README.dependencies] Re: GnuCash 3.0 wine versus Windoze 10

2018-04-20 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 20.04.2018 um 18:58 schrieb Geert Janssens: > When you enable python, the build > system requires the python testing framework, which is not always installed > by > default and the package to install it from differs greatly from platform to > platform. On fedora it's called python3-pyte

Re: [GNC-dev] Solved another way: how to extend the selection of predefined actions on a split

2018-05-02 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 01.05.2018 um 23:19 schrieb Chris Good: > Hi Paul, > > Nice solution. Thanks for sharing. > I wonder if it will work under wayland... > > If you have time, maybe you can share with GnuCash-User? I remember several > questions about modifying the Action list over the years. Perhaps a mor

[GNC-dev] New wiki account

2018-05-03 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 02.05.2018 um 22:05 schrieb Paul Dest: > Ok, I can update the wiki and then somebody can share the link to the > article on the GnuCash-User mailing list. (I am enrolled to the gnc-dev > and gnucash-de only.) > > Frank, can you please point me to the article I need to update? There are al

Re: [GNC-dev] Bugzilla Keywords -- keep or drop (and which ones)?

2018-05-14 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 14.05.2018 um 18:10 schrieb Derek Atkins: > Hi, > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 11:41 am, John Ralls wrote: >> >> >> The existing keywords don’t seem terribly useful to me and they’re in any >> case not used consistently enough: only 364 out of 8590 GnuCash bugs have >> a keyword on them. I don’t thin

[GNC-dev] BZ-emails; was: Bugzilla Migration Status -- phase 2

2018-05-15 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
At first, IMHO there is a bg in bugzilla: "A token for changing your password has been emailed to frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com. Follow the instructions in that email to change your password." But there is no email. If the user is not in the database the message should be different. Or an email sho

[GNC-dev] L12N; was: Bugzilla Migration Status -- phase 2

2018-05-15 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 15.05.2018 um 20:35 schrieb Derek Atkins: : > I have not found a parameter to set this. I wonder if this is in a > template somewhere? And if so, I wonder if it's different in a different > localization. For example, does Frank see BZ in German? Or is it in > English for everyone? At gnome

Re: [GNC-dev] BZ-emails; was: Bugzilla Migration Status -- phase 2

2018-05-15 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 15.05.2018 um 23:06 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On May 15, 2018, at 1:55 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> At first, IMHO there is a bg in bugzilla: >> "A token for changing your password has been emailed to >> frank.h.ellenber...@gmai

Re: [GNC-dev] BZ Migration: Groups?

2018-05-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 16.05.2018 um 16:34 schrieb Derek Atkins: > Hi, > Currently I am not migrating any Groups from GnomeBZ. > Are we using Groups? > If so, how? > -derek > I think, they are related to what you see in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=permissions https://bugzilla.gnome.org/edituse

Re: [GNC-dev] BZ Migration: Groups?

2018-05-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 16.05.2018 um 22:20 schrieb Derek Atkins: : >> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/editusers.cgi has a selection list >> "Restrict to users belonging to group" with elements >> canconfirm (Triage team) >> edit_bugs (more advanced) >> GnuCash_developers (restricted administrative tasks comp

[GNC-dev] Example migrated bug: [Bug 784378] Duplicate languages in https://l10n.gnome.org/languages/

2018-05-22 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, I just got this message, closing a bug of an migrated gnome project. ~Frank Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff: [Bug 784378] Duplicate languages in https://l10n.gnome.org/languages/ Datum: Tue, 22 May 2018 12:21:33 + Von: damned-lies (GNOME Bugzilla) An: frank.h.ellenbe

Re: [GNC-dev] GDPR and terrorism

2018-05-22 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 22.05.2018 um 19:21 schrieb Geert Janssens: >> IRC includes IP addresses, which the GDPR explicitly mentions as personal >> information, in “joined” messages, and those get logged. ISTM those >> messages aren’t important as they’re not part of the conversation and we >> could easily stop logging

Re: [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.x Release Tour

2018-07-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Adrien, Sure, after you commited a new tour. ;-) Regards Frank Am 11.07.2018 um 04:09 schrieb Adrien Monteleone: > I see right near the top there is still the “GnuCash 2.6 release tour”. > Perhaps an update there to 3.0 would be in order. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Jul 10, 2018, at 8:4

Re: [GNC-dev] New balsheet (and P&L report), API considerations, and (slow?) KVP in Account.cpp

2018-07-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Chris, Am 18.07.2018 um 15:13 schrieb Christopher Lam: > The state of balsheet-pnl.scm, is as follows: > > I think it is stable and featureful enough to be a replacement, but > there are no tests yet to validate a transition. This may happen over > the next few months. > > It incorporates all

[GNC-dev] New balsheet (and P&L report), API considerations, and (slow?) KVP in Account.cpp

2018-07-25 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 19.07.2018 um 13:09 schrieb Christopher Lam: > Hi Frank > Thank you - I can restore the dual-columns when the periods have been > disabled. > I'd prefer to limit the number of options; so, if the "period duration" is > disabled, the report will automatically show dual columns while intl. IFRS a

Re: [GNC-dev] New balsheet (and P&L report), API considerations, and (slow?) KVP in Account.cpp

2018-08-07 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 06.08.2018 um 14:40 schrieb Christopher Lam: > > (*: we all know Gnucash has evolved through generations rather than a > grand design ) ... because there is no all-purpose, all-country grand design. > 1) Frank et al requests some analysis of accounts for grouping into > Short/Long, etc. I di

Re: [GNC-dev] New balsheet (and P&L report), API considerations, and (slow?) KVP in Account.cpp

2018-08-07 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Adrien, Am 31.07.2018 um 02:27 schrieb Adrien Monteleone: > Frank, > > I’ve been following this for a while, and perhaps I’m not understanding, but > are the groupings just presentational? Usually the sums of this groups are economic indicators, e.g. if current assets < current liabilities t

[GNC-dev] Other grouping than account template; was: New balsheet (and P&L report), API considerations, and (slow?) KVP in Account.cpp

2018-08-08 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 08.08.2018 um 00:22 schrieb Adrien Monteleone: > > >> On Aug 7, 2018, at 5:0a0 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> >> >> No, the grouping should be part of the account template - at least in >> the current state. At some point in the fu

Re: [GNC-dev] Main WIki Page edit

2018-08-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 16.08.2018 um 20:37 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > Hello, > > I was reviewing the Wiki today to try to figure out where a page on the SQL > formats might get attached, and I noticed a change to the Glossary section > that makes for awkward English. > > As currently entered, the sectio

Re: [GNC-dev] Location of XML Schema

2018-08-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 15.08.2018 um 17:16 schrieb Derek Atkins: > I think it's safe to remove it; the old text will remain in the page > history. Because some pages have several pages of history, do you know similar command like git blame for mediawiki? ~Frank pEpkey.asc Description: application/pgp-keys

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation update problems

2018-08-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 17.08.2018 um 09:18 schrieb Geert Janssens: > Op vrijdag 17 augustus 2018 08:41:05 CEST schreef David T. via gnucash-devel: : >> I’m not sure why there’s a “missing” in the initial command, and I don’t >> know where config.guess is supposed to be—and I won’t even try to guess. >> >> I would lov

Re: [GNC-dev] translation of new register helper panels

2018-08-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello Alain, Am 17.08.2018 um 22:35 schrieb Alain Sanguinetti: > Hello, > > > I'm getting started, as of today, in helping translating to French. > > I tried to round up the translation of the initial new file helper but I > can't seem to find the strings corresponding to the 4th and 5th panels

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki Home page

2018-08-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
gt;> >>> You imply that the use of Eclipse somehow renders the documentation process >>> simple enough for a user to identify a typo and get it fixed. I flat out >>> disagree, and I think that using disingenuous language on the wiki home >>> page is not going to c

Re: [GNC-dev] Main WIki Page edit

2018-08-20 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, I have applied it, but have 2 questions: Was it intended to remove the reference to the glossary completely? Should we somehow note, that in doubt the wiki might be more recent than the official docs? Regards Frank Am 20.08.2018 um 15:57 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > OK. I have

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation Version Display

2018-08-25 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 25.08.2018 um 09:39 schrieb Colin Law: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 at 02:25, David T. via gnucash-devel > wrote: >> ... >> I imagine most people would search for “gnucash help” or “gnucash tutorial.” > > Actually I think the search is very likely to be something like > gnucash how to reconcile acc

Re: [GNC-dev] Bugzilla Structure

2018-08-28 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 28.08.2018 um 16:31 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Aug 28, 2018, at 6:11 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: >> >> John Ralls writes: >> >>> One could, but I agree that a “General” component is better, so I’ve made >>> one. >>> >>> I think David’s 777893 belongs in the T&CG, though, and he’s already >>>

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki FAQ Page

2018-09-04 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, at first thanks for starting with this task. Am 04.09.2018 um 16:43 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > Now, on a meta-level, I think the primary headings here might be better > arranged as follows: > > 1. General Questions Perhaps the title should be more specific. Abstract About t

[GNC-dev] GNOME Template in Guide but not Help

2018-09-07 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, Am 07.09.2018 um 17:29 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > Hello, > > In digging around the documentation source XML files (gnucash-help.xml and > gnucash-guide.xml) I noticed that gnucash-guide.xml includes: > > > > I tried the link, but it is broken, moreover, gnucash-help

Re: [GNC-dev] Import Documentation

2018-09-07 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David C. There was a chapter. it was accidently removed instead of moved a few years ago. I can try to get it back. Frank Am 08.09.2018 um 01:53 schrieb David Cousens: > Hi > > I recently made some changes to the import matcher to allow multiple > selection of rows and assign a destination

Re: [GNC-dev] Too many Davids

2018-09-07 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Dear Davids, I will try to remember it. ;-) Frank Am 08.09.2018 um 02:17 schrieb David Carlson: > Frank > > David Cousins and I have similar names. I believe he signs his messages > David Cousins. I normally sign my messages David C as I was unaware that > he had a similar signature when I st

[GNC-dev] Docs under Linux; was: GNOME Template in Guide but not Help

2018-09-08 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 08.09.2018 um 05:06 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Sep 7, 2018, at 4:54 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> Am 07.09.2018 um 17:29 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: >>> Hello, >>> >>> In di

[GNC-dev] Import Documentation

2018-09-08 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
I can convert it over. > > David Cousens > > On Sat, 2018-09-08 at 02:06 +0200, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: >> Hi David C. >> >> There was a chapter. it was accidently removed instead of moved a few >> years ago. >> >> I can try to get it bac

Re: [GNC-dev] Long Term Documentation Directions

2018-09-09 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 08.09.2018 um 17:48 schrieb John Ralls: >> On Sep 8, 2018, at 7:57 AM, David T. via gnucash-devel >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> As I have noted in another thread recently, I am finding the process of >> updating the various documentation pieces extremely challenging—due in large >> part

Re: [GNC-dev] Long Term Documentation Directions

2018-09-10 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 10.09.2018 um 00:32 schrieb D: > Frank, > > You raise significant points about the effect that this might have on > translations. > > How would it be if these changes occurred in the course of a piecemeal > approach? In other words, if I or someone else were to essentially remove the > t

[GNC-dev] Autogenerated GUI description? was: Long Term Documentation Directions

2018-09-10 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 10.09.2018 um 13:46 schrieb Geert Janssens: > Op zondag 9 september 2018 12:21:08 CEST schreef Frank H. Ellenberger: : >> ?: Usability: Will F1 or pressing the Help button still deliver the >> right content? I know it is aslo now not always th case. >> > If I read Da

Re: [GNC-dev] Long Term Documentation Directions

2018-09-10 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David Cousens, I opened Bug 796852 - Context sensitive Help broken. Can you add the details there? TIA Frank Am 11.09.2018 um 04:13 schrieb David Cousens: > Geert, > > No, my mistake in thinking it was in yelp Geert. I was looking into > something else at the time and just noticed that the

[GNC-dev] Finding wiki orphans

2018-09-10 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 11.09.2018 um 06:03 schrieb David Cousens: > One other problem with a WIki for a maintenance > point of view is thatt a link to a page can be deleted and the page becomes > an orphan with no way to logically access it. A search negine will sometimes > find orphan pages in a wiki. Not really, th

Re: [GNC-dev] New Account Hierarchy Setup Assistant Questions

2018-09-12 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 12.09.2018 um 17:52 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > I understand this and agree. I fully expect that these options will be > described within the Guide; my point is that the NAHS assistant presents > options to new users that they are unlikely to comprehend and do not actually > need to

Re: [GNC-dev] New Account Hierarchy Setup Assistant Questions

2018-09-12 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 13.09.2018 um 01:13 schrieb Graham Menhennitt: > On 13/09/2018 9:03 am, John Ralls wrote: >> ... have File>New just create a bare “Common Accounts” book for the >> current locale? We could pop up a dialog for opening balances on each >> of the bank accounts, cash-in-wallet, and the credit card.

[GNC-dev] Minority features and bad GUI decissions

2018-09-12 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
David, when I talk in this thread about "traditional" or "standard" I mean the "Venetian Method" as first published by Fra. Pacioli with ink on paper probably in roman numbers (without zero or minus) Am 13.09.2018 um 00:00 schrieb David T.: >> * IMHO special options are at least >> in book option

Re: [GNC-dev] Git Questions With Documentation

2018-09-12 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
David, Am 13.09.2018 um 02:46 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > I tried to retain ch_accts.xml and ch_txns.xml in gnucash-guide.xml > and simply edit the three files so that they became parts of a single > chapter, but this resulted in mysterious “Failure to process entity chapter2” > error

[GNC-dev] Git Questions With Documentation

2018-09-13 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 14.09.18 um 00:38 schrieb David T.: > Updated as requested. My commit message includes the full output of "xmllint > --valid --noout gnucash-guide.xml” > > BTW, this sort of experience is yet another example of why I find this > overall process to be inordinately painful. Some docbook guru

[GNC-dev] Issues with FOP - PDF generation

2018-09-13 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 14.09.18 um 03:55 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > OK, so I thought it would be nice to look at the changes I am implementing in > the documentation in PDF format, since I am rather old school, and like to > see the changes in a print format. > > I went to the wiki, and followed the ne

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation Build Oddity

2018-09-14 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 14.09.18 um 15:57 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > For fullest consistency, I would opt to have each of the formats placed in > their own folder, named for tehir format: > > epub * > html > mobi * > pdf * *: Why do you want to create a directory for one file? > > (adding "gnucash-gui

[GNC-dev] README Overview; was: Gnome HIG

2018-09-15 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
As we are already there, one of you Davids might also review https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/maint/README section overview, and probably files in https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/tree/maint/doc https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/blob/maint/gnucash-docs.spec.in ... which borrow the

Re: [GNC-dev] README Overview; was: Gnome HIG

2018-09-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 16.09.18 um 18:55 schrieb Geert Janssens: > Op zaterdag 15 september 2018 19:31:26 CEST schreef David T. via gnucash- > devel: >> And if we’re going there, the main project includes numerous README files in >> gnucash/doc, all of which need similar treatment. README files for WIN32, >> HCBI and

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation update problems

2018-09-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, Am 17.09.18 um 14:59 schrieb David T.: > Hello, > > Can anyone give me clear language on when and why a documentation creator > would need to reissue the commands in Initializing Documentation Build > Environment? I’d like to clear this issue up on the wiki before it gets lost. > > D

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation update problems

2018-09-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 17.09.18 um 17:24 schrieb David T.: > Frank, > >> On Sep 17, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> Am 17.09.18 um 14:59 schrieb David T.: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Can anyone give me clear langua

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation update problems

2018-09-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
David, Am 17.09.18 um 19:49 schrieb David T.: > Frank, > >> On Sep 17, 2018, at 12:23 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> Am 17.09.18 um 17:24 schrieb David T.: >>> >>> I worked a bit on Build Tools to make the flow seem more natural; s

Re: [GNC-dev] gnucash maint: Update Overview of README

2018-09-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Geert Am 18.09.18 um 09:39 schrieb Geert Janssens: > It looks like the actual changes in the README file didn't make it in this > commit ? > > There's only a change in .gitignore. > > Geert Sorry, Eclipse had changed the commit dialog. Redone a commit 10811b8 . Frank _

[GNC-dev] Git Questions With Documentation

2018-09-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David Cousens, Am 18.09.18 um 10:36 schrieb David Cousens: > David, > > It was the master branch which was 139 commits behind. I looked at the maint > branch and noticed it was up to date. > > I have tried forking your repository but as I already had a fork of the main > gnucash-docs repo

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation update problems

2018-09-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David Cousens, In general the wiki needs some modularization to reduce redundancy. That means, where ever you see similar text, create a new page with the best parts and replace the pold texts with a link. OTOH there are different target groups from expirienced coders to less techie first time

Re: [GNC-dev] ImpEx Sample files

2018-09-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 18.09.18 um 15:00 schrieb David Cousens: > One problem I will have is getting sample files for the MT940, MT942 and > DTAUS formats so I can run through the > interfaces. I have a friend who was a manager with Deutsche Bank a few years > ago but Klaus is now working for another > company in Me

Re: [GNC-dev] ImpEx Sample files

2018-09-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 18.09.18 um 18:47 schrieb David T.: > > >> On Sep 18, 2018, at 11:46 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> DTA >> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datentr%C3%A4geraustauschverfahren >> Was introduced by the german bank association ZKA >>

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation Redo

2018-09-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
at least add the following and could probably add menu point in gnucashs help menu : >From 8f3d722a8830394e8916fc2a72ba4a8e3a17445c Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:38:08 +0200 From: Frank H. Ellenberger Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:36:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add Wiki Search page to Gett

Re: [GNC-dev] ImpEx Sample files

2018-09-20 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, for simple samples you could ask on the user list, for full featured test files read the specs or dig in https://github.com/aqbanking/aqbanking . At least I don't know good examples. Frank Am 20.09.18 um 00:46 schrieb David Cousens: > Frank, > > I too had a look around and couldn't fi

[GNC-dev] Drop link to 2.6 release tour, , The page itself still exists as older news items refer to it.

2018-10-05 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi all That makes it slightly harder to check translations. For normal visitors are now only the 2.0 screenshots shown under Features. OK, I know the nonexistant GTK3 screenshots would look different - much more ugly IMHO. ;-) So the question arises: Would somebody volunteer, to create a new Fe

Re: [GNC-dev] GTK3 Mnemonics

2018-10-20 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Chris, Am 20.10.18 um 08:30 schrieb Chris Good: > Hi Frank, > > In your edit of the gtk3 wiki [1], you added in part: > > === Circumvent Bad GTK3 Design decisions === >   Get Visible Mnenomics Back > Since GTK3.10 the underlines of the mnenomics are only visible after you > hovered t

[GNC-dev] Translators: Long description of account template common changed

2018-10-22 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Dear translators, I a writing this message because most of us will not often review their account templates. But Bug 775580 - Inaccurate information provided for "Common Accounts" when using "New Account Hierarchy Setup" had a good suggestion. As github user you can create a pull request, else at

Re: [GNC-dev] gnucash maint: Multiple changes pushed

2018-11-03 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
:15:48 CET schreef Frank H. Ellenberger: >> @@ -4892,8 +4892,8 @@ dgettext_swapped (const gchar *msgid, >> * This is copied into GnuCash from Gtk in order to fix problems when >> * empty msgids were passed through gettext(). >> * >> - * See https://bugs.gnucash.org

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki page removal

2018-12-03 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
While moving a page * by default a redirect will be created and * the talk page will move, too. BTW, I have redone it and named it "MacOS Installation" which is better readable. While Wiki links know to handle blanks and other nonASCII chars, in other references you have to map them: Space to unde

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki page (re)moval rights

2018-12-03 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
You are right, currently both move and delete (of pages) are Admin rights according Special:ListGroupRights. OTOH normal users can movefile, move-rootuserpages, move-categorypages and move-subpages. I don't know, how other wikis handle this. How often will you need it, David? Allowing to move ca

Re: [GNC-dev] Replying to thread

2018-12-10 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello Hamid, Am 11.12.18 um 07:08 schrieb Hamidreza Jafari: > Hello, > > I have set options for individual mails and no digest. Yet the latest reply > was in the form of digest which is not suitable for replying. How to reply to > the previous email titled 'Translation'? > > Regards, > Hamid >

Re: [GNC-dev] Interest

2018-12-11 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello Michael, Am 11.12.18 um 16:32 schrieb Michael or Penny Novack: > On 12/11/2018 7:05 AM, Hamidreza Jafari wrote: > >> >> Enter the annual interest rate in percent. Accepts values from 0.001 - >> 100. >> The Mortgage Assistant does not support zero-interest loans. > >> What's the situation?

Re: [GNC-dev] Interest

2018-12-11 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 11.12.18 um 22:44 schrieb John Ralls: >> On Dec 11, 2018, at 1:11 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> Hello Michael, >> I would go further than Hamid. If you see the deposit facility rate at >> https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchan

Re: [GNC-dev] Interest

2018-12-14 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi. as ISTR questions about this theme have been on the user list before and it seems not to be trivial, I would like to ask: David, can you condense your findings into a separate wiki page "Zero Interest Loans" or similar? All others can then contribute there and we can share the link, where de

Re: [GNC-dev] Interest

2018-12-15 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, Am 15.12.18 um 10:30 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > Um, I wouldn't see putting this as a direct link of the top page of the wiki. I absolutly agree. > It's a rather specific use case. Without digging into the wiki, I'd see it > more as something from the Using Gnucash page, or the F

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki enable Maths extensions - requirements

2018-12-19 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, Am 17.12.18 um 04:45 schrieb David Cousens: > Hi > > Could some one with the appropriate authorization possibly add the Wiki > Media Maths extension to the server? > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/advancedSettings > > I am using a bit of maths to describe setting up no

[GNC-dev] Unwritten Wiki Conventions

2018-12-23 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
David, thanks for your question. Because it affects unwritten historical conventions, I cc the list. https://code.gnucash.org/wiki/Wiki_Conventions Am 23.12.18 um 08:04 schrieb David T.: > Frank, > I just decided to look into this change to the wiki you made a couple of > weeks ago.  > It appea

Re: [GNC-dev] Make of 3.3-181

2018-12-23 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
I would suspect either the change of locale-specific-tax from an option to the default behaviour in configure was not completely ported to cmake or it was not applied if the locale was C. Frank Am 24.12.18 um 02:12 schrieb c.holterm...@gmx.de: > For me it is > * 02:10:26  WARN Could not locate

Re: [GNC-dev] Make of 3.3-181

2018-12-24 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 24.12.18 um 18:30 schrieb John Ralls: > Agreed in principle, but in this case ISTM it would make more sense to just > remove them. Then all books based on SKR04 will crash. That was the reason, it became default. > de_DE.scm hasn’t been substantively maintained since it was first committed

[GNC-dev] GB PAS 76

2018-12-24 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
David, Am 24.12.18 um 07:03 schrieb D: > Rather than add another code to an obscure code, I think you should have gone > the opposite direction, and named this page something like "Compliance with > UK Tax Authorities". This is especially relevant, since the page appears to > approach the topic

Re: [GNC-dev] Make of 3.3-181

2018-12-24 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 24.12.18 um 22:10 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Dec 24, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Am 24.12.18 um 18:30 schrieb John Ralls: >>> Agreed in principle, but in this case ISTM it would make more sense to j

Re: [GNC-dev] Transaction Report

2019-01-06 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Steve., https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/commits/maint/gnucash/report/standard-reports/transaction.scm Am 06.01.19 um 21:02 schrieb Stephen M. Butler: > Is there a way in git to look at the recent changes for the transaction > report?  I just files bug 797018.  I'm thinking if I could look a

[GNC-dev] Guide Hotkey

2019-02-01 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, Am 30.01.19 um 23:58 schrieb David Carlson: > Also, how do you get to the Tutorial and Concepts Guide from the F1 Key? The help menu says "ctrl+h" and under Linux the Guide window pops up. Regards Frank ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash

Re: [GNC-dev] Normalizing live data, a suggestion for discussion

2019-02-02 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello Wm Am 01.02.19 um 14:36 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: > > My suggestion is we ask people to save a *copy* of their data in SQLite > and they then run a script across that copy that munges and obfuscates > Did you see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/ObfuscateScript ? It is targeting xml fil

[GNC-dev] Perl SheBang

2019-02-04 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 04.02.19 um 09:40 schrieb Christian Stimming: > Thanks for the pointer. I've copied this script into our git at > ./util/obfuscate.pl While for most gnc-fq-* scripts we us #!@-PERL-@ and adjust them while building. In utils all perl scripts are hardcoded to #! /usr/bin/perl Wouldn't it m

Re: [GNC-dev] ECB Daily Average Quotes

2019-02-18 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 18.02.19 um 16:01 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Feb 17, 2019, at 11:50 AM, Christian Kluge wrote: >> >> It might be your so called valuation exercise, but it annoys me very >> much that Finance::Quote doesn’t fetch the daily average quotes from the >> ECB yet. > > Are they published on a web

Re: [GNC-dev] Translation

2019-02-20 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hamid, Am 20.02.19 um 04:55 schrieb Hamidreza Jafari: > Is it the same in this string? That is it refers to conditions? > > Term "%s" is in use. You cannot delete it. Most of such symbols are explained in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation#Special_characters_and_other_tips > Also bill an

Re: [GNC-dev] Translation

2019-02-20 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
William, Am 20.02.19 um 16:36 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: > On 20/02/2019 13:27, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: > >> We always suggest to create at first and submit >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation#The_glossary_file >> which has also some explanation of the t

Re: [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3 on Linux

2019-03-06 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Adrien, I do not agree. While you are free in your choice for a private book, which is not used for tax preparation, all other cases are limited by governmental rules. If you then as a border crosser have books for different countries already the date and number formats differ for the same langua

[GNC-dev] Translators struggle with commit 2020bee

2019-03-06 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Alex, while I did some translation I had Problems to understand the meaning of #: gnucash/gnome-utils/dialog-options.c:858 msgid "" "You have selected a placeholder account, which is shown so that child " "accounts are displayed, but is invalid. Please select another account. (You " "can expan

[GNC-dev] Bad commit to gnucash-docs between 07:01:01 and 07:18:16 UTC

2019-03-31 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
One of the developers pushed a bad commit to the code repo and it created a weird automatic merge on the maint branch. I intended to reset maint to the previous commit and force-push it to code. This may cause a bit of difficulty for anyone who's pulled gnucash-docs between 07:01:01 and 07:18:16 UT

Re: [GNC-dev] Bugzilla cleanup

2019-04-09 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello and welcome on board, Matt! Am 10.04.19 um 03:32 schrieb Matthew Forbis via gnucash-devel: > Hi All, > I saw a note on the irc channel the other day about trying to do some triage > on the open bugs and clean them up. Before I start testing and changing > statuses without anyone knowing w

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi John, Am 16.04.19 um 16:43 schrieb John Ralls: > The Retained Earnings part of the Balance Sheet report *was* written with > that in mind. Source? > The automatic calculation of retained earnings in the Balance Sheet report > nets out the income and expense accounts; if there's a Retained E

Re: [GNC-dev] Translators struggle with commit 2020bee

2019-04-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, as no other opinion was published: commit 0ebb02e Regards Frank Am Do., 7. März 2019 um 10:24 Uhr schrieb Mechtilde : > hello > > I would prefer c) too > > thanks for bringing up. > > Regards > > MEchtilde > > : ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gn

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
John, the issue is not about reports or accounts, but the term "retained earnings". While for the "normal" private user (and our original programmers) it may be seen as synonym for "net income", for business users it is more specific: The amount of the net income, which is for several reasons (jur

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-19 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
John, Am 18.04.19 um 06:06 schrieb John Ralls: > Frank and Justin, > > The wikipedia article doesn't explain it very well. Here's a better one: > https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/070615/what-difference-between-earnings-and-income.asp. > "Net Income" is for this period, "Retained Earnings"

[GNC-dev] pressing forward will take you back

2019-05-03 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
While I replaced the references to the by "Next" replaced "Forward" buttons, I stumbled over "If there were problems with the import settings, pressing forward will take you back to the preview page to try and correct." in assistant-csv-trans-import.glade. >From the current structure of the assist

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