[GNC] Lost Files

2018-07-18 Thread Michael Berkson via gnucash-user
I have lost all ledger and log files between 13 Oct 2017 and 15 July 2018.  Unbelievably, they are also missing from my off-line back up. On 14 July 2018, I tried to open GnuCash.  The sequence appeared normal until completion of user data download, when the file opened as a minimized icon on

Re: [GNC] survey: unifying the appearance in different options dialogs

2018-07-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I didn’t realize there were so many such dialogs! Looking them over now, I’d think setting the value to “8” would leave some room for future flexibility and this appears to be doable based on the size of most tabs. (this would vary with very long strings, perhaps considering German, it might be

Re: [GNC] Lost Files

2018-07-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Perhaps the files just aren’t where you are expecting them to be? (It can be too easy to click quickly when saving a file resulting in data winding up in odd locations) The ‘helpful’ feature of Gnucash that opens your last used file when opening the application can lead to the ‘forgetfulness’ of

Re: [GNC] Lost Files

2018-07-18 Thread Michael Berkson via gnucash-user
Thank you for your very helpful advice.  I found the missing file in a different directory. However, the file opened as a minimized icon on the task bar, which I could not expand or read.  I was able to take a copy of the immediately preceding backup, which opened normally.  I am now using an u

Re: [GNC] Lost Files

2018-07-18 Thread David Carlson
I have moved entire directories when my dog nudged my elbow as I was using my mouse. David C On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:47 AM, Michael Berkson via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Thank you for your very helpful advice. I found the missing file in a > different directory. Howev

[GNC] Posting private payments

2018-07-18 Thread arjanl via gnucash-user
Hi, I'm new to GNUC, but I'm aware of most of the regular bookkeeping methods. My business partner and I just started a new business and we are paying for stuff out of our own pockets at the moment. These payments are booked on two equity accounts, called "Private payments A" and "Private payments

Re: [GNC] Posting private payments

2018-07-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The basic approach look fine here, but I’d consider posting payments you make for the actual construction and for the materials under an Asset account called something like “Work in Progress” rather than the generic Asset account. (it is probably safer to consider the parent asset account, or an

Re: [GNC] survey: unifying the appearance in different options dialogs

2018-07-18 Thread Di Mang
Hi Adrien, 2018-07-18 16:24 GMT+02:00 Adrien Monteleone : > I didn’t realize there were so many such dialogs! > > Looking them over now, I’d think setting the value to “8” would leave some > room for future flexibility and this appears to be doable based on the size > of most tabs. (this would va

Re: [GNC] survey: unifying the appearance in different options dialogs

2018-07-18 Thread John Ralls
> On Jul 18, 2018, at 7:24 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > I didn’t realize there were so many such dialogs! > > Looking them over now, I’d think setting the value to “8” would leave some > room for future flexibility and this appears to be doable based on the size > of most tabs. (this