Re: [GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-09 Thread Michael Hendry
>> > > Thanks, Frank. > > Here is the link to my bug report: > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797900 > > It’s not immediately obviously how to get a link to the thread on the mailing > list, but I’ll work it out… > > I see that you’ve already put a link to 797901 in the thread I

Re: [GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Aug 2020, at 21:31, Frank H. Ellenberger > wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > Am 07.08.20 um 23:08 schrieb Michael Hendry: >> Thanks, have done so. >> >> Michael > > it helps other readers, if you add the link to the bug entry. > You can also add in your bug report a link to the thread in t

Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1

2020-08-09 Thread John Ralls
The code says that the only thing that disables the tool bar Reconcile item (as well as Actions>Reconcile... in the menu) is a read-only book. You can get a readonly book by specifying it on the command line or by selecting "open read-only" after getting the "GnuCash couldn't obtain the lock" di

Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1

2020-08-09 Thread Chris Tsuji
John Just a personal checking account chris Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2020 at 8:25 PM From: "John Ralls" To: "Chris Tsuji" Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1 > On Aug 9, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Chris Tsuji wrote: > > Hi > I just upgrade

Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1

2020-08-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 9, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Chris Tsuji wrote: > > Hi > I just upgraded to 4.1 and want to reconcile my accounts. > the item is grayed out? > What happen? Are you trying to reconcile sub accounts with different currencies/commodities? Regards, John Ralls _

Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1

2020-08-09 Thread Chris Tsuji
David You are correct. Personal account with several banks Chris Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2020 at 4:39 PM From: "David Carlson" To: "Chris Tsuji" Cc: "Gnucash Users" Subject: Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1 Chris, You are in an individual account register when you

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 9, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Stan Brown wrote: > > > On 2020-08-09 11:58, John Ralls wrote: > >>> On Aug 9, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Stan Brown wrote: >>> You probably know this, but just on the off chance that you don't: >>> >>> In the File » Properties dialog, there is a setting "Day threshold

Re: [GNC] closing of accounts, and locking, "not needed in Gnucash"? Needed!

2020-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 8/9/20 5:51 PM, doncram wrote: In the recent thread with Marilyn Graves, and also in previous threads, it has been asserted that closing of accounts at the end of a period is not needed. But it is needed! It has accurately been pointed out that Gnucash or other modern accounting software doe

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The virtual accounts should not be included in a Balance Sheet. Neither will they affect an Income Statement. Trying to include them in either would of course, make those reports incorrect. Once again, I'm not advocating putting these in the tree under Equity. Let's take the example of Envel

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2020-08-09 17:02, Marilyn Graves Kimple via gnucash-user wrote: > Sounds promising. It seems to me if I posted a check, for example, directly > to a "tithe payable" liability account I would not need a separate tithe > expense account. You do if you want to know easily how much you've tit

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-09 Thread Marilyn Graves Kimple via gnucash-user
Sounds promising. It seems to me if I posted a check, for example, directly to a "tithe payable" liability account I would not need a separate tithe expense account. For something like "household maintenance" or "emergency" reserve funds there would be a fairly large credit balance sitting ther

Re: [GNC] reconcile in 4.1

2020-08-09 Thread David Carlson
Chris, You are in an individual account register when you look at that icon, I presume! On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 6:31 PM Chris Tsuji wrote: >Hi >I just upgraded to 4.1 and want to reconcile my accounts. >the item is grayed out? >What happen? >Thanks in advance. >Chris T. >

[GNC] reconcile in 4.1

2020-08-09 Thread Chris Tsuji
Hi I just upgraded to 4.1 and want to reconcile my accounts. the item is grayed out? What happen? Thanks in advance. Chris T. San jose, CA ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2020-08-09 11:58, John Ralls wrote: >> On Aug 9, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Stan Brown wrote: >> You probably know this, but just on the off chance that you don't: >> >> In the File » Properties dialog, there is a setting "Day threshold for >> read-only transactions." If change the default 0 in that

[GNC] closing of accounts, and locking, "not needed in Gnucash"? Needed!

2020-08-09 Thread doncram
In the recent thread with Marilyn Graves, and also in previous threads, it has been asserted that closing of accounts at the end of a period is not needed. But it is needed! It has accurately been pointed out that Gnucash or other modern accounting software does not need users to go through manua

[GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-09 Thread doncram
Okay i think i understand more, from Marilyn Kimple's case and now from searching about "envelope method" in gnucash-user postings (which Adrien Monteleone pointed me to, thanks!), where Adrien and David Cousens and Micheal Novack have a number of postings, including in responses to Eric Bowen. En

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 9, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Stan Brown wrote: > > > On 2020-08-09 10:39, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user wrote: >> The idea of freezing a transaction at some point is an idea that would be >> appreciated, even by a user like me. Just before I retired, There have >> been times that I accid

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread bengtxyz
> -Original Message- > From: John Ralls > Sent: den 9 augusti 2020 18:02 > To: bengt...@gmail.com > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation > > > > On Aug 9, 2020, at 2:25 AM, bengt...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Would like to revive this

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2020-08-09 10:39, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user wrote: > The idea of freezing a transaction at some point is an idea that would be > appreciated, even by a user like me.  Just before I retired,  There have been > times that I accidentally changed a transaction that I didn't intend to. I > fo

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread Bruce Irving via gnucash-user
On 8/9/20 5:25 AM, bengt...@gmail.com wrote: > Would like to revive this old thread since the request made by the OP is > still valid for us Swedish users (and maybe German users according to one > post in the thread?). I wonder if there has been some development along > making transactions "persis

Re: [GNC] help to set up equity sub-accounts opening balances

2020-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Don, What I presented was a way to track something that GnuCash isn't set up for. There have been prior posts discussing systems like Envelope Method budgeting and segregating/earmarking funds. These would be cases where the real-world accounts need to be kept unchanged, but the user wants to

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 9, 2020, at 2:25 AM, bengt...@gmail.com wrote: > > Would like to revive this old thread since the request made by the OP is > still valid for us Swedish users (and maybe German users according to one > post in the thread?). I wonder if there has been some development along > making tra

Re: [GNC] help to set up equity sub-accounts opening balances

2020-08-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 8/8/2020 11:00 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: You don't *need* to close a month or year, though you certainly can if you want to. In the old days of pen and paper, 'closing' was the process of migrating balances from temporary accounts to Equity in preparation of reports. With computers, t

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread Christopher Lam
This is not a problem that can be solved in an open-source software. Perhaps you're looking for a datafile archiving and notarization service? On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 at 09:27, wrote: > Would like to revive this old thread since the request made by the OP is > still valid for us Swedish users (and ma

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 8/9/20 5:25 AM, bengt...@gmail.com wrote: > Would like to revive this old thread since the request made by the OP is > still valid for us Swedish users (and maybe German users according to one > post in the thread?). I wonder if there has been some development along > making transactions "persis

[GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread bengtxyz
Would like to revive this old thread since the request made by the OP is still valid for us Swedish users (and maybe German users according to one post in the thread?). I wonder if there has been some development along making transactions "persistent" or read-only/locked/un-changeable? In short t