Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Roger that. I guess it is my settings then. Thanks. Regards, Adrien On 6/10/22 9:53 PM, john wrote: Adrien, There are two dialogs. The regular SLR one that shows you the transactions that were created and gets you to input values for any variables in your SX isn't modal. The message box that

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread john
Adrien, There are two dialogs. The regular SLR one that shows you the transactions that were created and gets you to input values for any variables in your SX isn't modal. The message box that comes up if you have nothing to review, shown in Fred's screenshot, is modal. Which one you get depend

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Would that Peppermint instance happen to be using LXDE as a DE by chance? It appears the OP is using the same and I seem to recall Peppermint once had it as a default. I'm wondering if this has to do with certain package versions of parts of GTK. Regards, Adrien On 6/10/22 9:19 PM, Bruce Ir

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread Bruce Irving
When I start a new installation of GNC, I go through this same snafu. After I get past that, I immediately turn off running the auto create feature and the start up notes. It was good to have the latter when I was still learning GNC, After that, I had no problems with startup other than occasiona

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The other folks answered the topic, but as to your screenshot, the one from your original post came through, which means you 'attached' it. But this one did not, which tells me you pasted it inline. As noted elsewhere, only 'attached' images come through. Regards, Adrien On 6/10/22 10:35 AM,

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I find it odd though that the SX window is hogging focus. Perhaps this is a Desktop/OS thing. Mine is not. (on MacOS BigSur) Though of course, I understand, all of us, regardless of OS are dealing with GTK when using GnuCash, so I'm not *really* using Mac's desktop for this app. (though maybe

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Fred Bone
On 10 June 2022 at 15:01, Kevin T said: > I have created a new credit card account.  Completely empty, zero > balance.From one of the other accounts, I have transferred monies to this > account.Viewing this account, the transfers show up as entries in the > 'Payment' column, as they should.But...T

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 10, 2022, at 9:59 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 9:42 AM john wrote: > The "no scheduled transactions" dialog is modal (see > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window) so it blocks the rest of GnuCash > until it's dismissed. Unfortunately that includes

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread Fred Tydeman
On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 9:42 AM john wrote: > The "no scheduled transactions" dialog is modal (see > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window) so it blocks the rest of > GnuCash until it's dismissed. Unfortunately that includes dismissing the > splash screen so that you can see it. I think the

Re: [GNC] Startup issue - two windows

2022-06-10 Thread john
The "no scheduled transactions" dialog is modal (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window) so it blocks the rest of GnuCash until it's dismissed. Unfortunately that includes dismissing the splash screen so that you can see it. I think the splash screen is getting pushed to the front by th

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Fri, June 10, 2022 11:35 am, Kevin T wrote: > I attached a snip jpg.  I don't know if they make it through.  The > transfer is from an 'Asset' account.  I did check the preferences and the > 'reverse' was set on the cc accounts.   I changed that and the balance is > now positive.   > Thanks

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Kevin T via gnucash-user
I attached a snip jpg.  I don't know if they make it through.  The transfer is from an 'Asset' account.  I did check the preferences and the 'reverse' was set on the cc accounts.   I changed that and the balance is now positive.   Thanks. Kevin On Friday, June 10, 2022, 10:10:18 AM CDT, Der

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread David Carlson
The last possibility is that a "Payment" into a credit card account that has a zero balance will produce an "Overdraft" of credit, i.e. a credit balance in that liability account, which will show as negative if, as Derek suggested, the setting for reverse balanced accounts is "Credit", which, I thi

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Fri, June 10, 2022 11:01 am, Kevin T via gnucash-user wrote: > I have created a new credit card account.  Completely empty, zero > balance.From one of the other accounts, I have transferred monies to this > account.Viewing this account, the transfers show up as entries in the > 'Payment' co

[GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Kevin T via gnucash-user
I have created a new credit card account.  Completely empty, zero balance.From one of the other accounts, I have transferred monies to this account.Viewing this account, the transfers show up as entries in the 'Payment' column, as they should.But...The balance becomes more negative with each tra

Re: [GNC] register description field width

2022-06-10 Thread Kevin T via gnucash-user
I have found the file in question.I edited the file in question, with vim a text editor, to make all the non description fields the same.  save the file.I start the tool.   If I change anything, window size, or field size of some tab, any tab, the file is overwritten by the tool.  vim notifies m