Re: [GNC] Contingency Funds was: Re: How to record Personal income tax ?

2020-03-24 Thread Long
Hello Dadvid Cousens, I only have one question more, because I'm not an accounting, And the ways you guided to me to record tax with "Cash Accounting" look great and i think it will work for me. *My question is : I saw that, i need to credit from "Liabily" and debit to "equity" instead of "expens

[GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread lbo...@rogers.com
Would it be possible to incorporate a backup module function into the menu bar, as a pull-down feature under the heading "File", as is commonly found in some programs? Backing up to the hardrive is currently automatic but saving to a disc or memory stick, for off site storage could be made sim

Re: [GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 3/24/2020 7:58 AM, lbo...@rogers.com wrote: Would it be possible to incorporate a backup module function into the menu bar, as a pull-down feature under the heading "File", as is commonly found in some programs? Backing up to the hardrive is currently automatic but saving to a disc or mem

Re: [GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread Michael DeBusk
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:36 AM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > a special process to back up gnucash data is redundant. While I agree that adding this feature to the application would be a poor idea, I do see the point. I back up my hard drive to an external drive,

Re: [GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
As Michael notes, there is more than just a data file. Preferences are stored separately as are saved report configurations, and any interface customizations. (such as if one uses a custom CSS file) And they aren’t just stored in separate files, they are also in different directories. Better to

Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme

2020-03-24 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 24 Mar 2020, at 01:20, Christopher Lam wrote: > > This may indicate a Mac .app issue -- maybe it doesn't like being modified. > For that matter it may be much safer to play on a Linux VM and downloading > the sources instead. > Alternatively try the config-user.scm method on > https://wik

Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme

2020-03-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are some threads on issues building 3.8 on 18.04. I’m pretty sure the debs floating on the list are built for that case. I had some issues myself with a 3.7 and/or 3.8 build that involved conflicting dependencies. I’ve since moved on to 19.10 as a simpler solution. Regards, Adrien > On M

Re: [GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 3/24/20 9:32 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 3/24/2020 7:58 AM, lbo...@rogers.com wrote: >> Would it be possible to incorporate a backup module function into the >> menu bar, as a pull-down feature under the heading "File", as is >> commonly found in some programs?   Backing up to the ha

Re: [GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread A Harvey
Wait! EMACS already supports double-entry bookkeeping. :-) https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryFinancial On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:28 PM Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > On 3/24/20 9:32 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > On 3/24/2020 7:58 AM, lbo...

[GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme

2020-03-24 Thread Bruce Irving via gnucash-user
GnuCash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme Message-ID: <98fb916d-1962-40f5-96db-7a7154da3...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8 >I have an Ubuntu 18.04 VM on my Mac, but the most recent version of GnuCash >available through the Ubuntu Software Manager is 2.6.

Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme

2020-03-24 Thread Stephen M. Butler
Check out sicklylife on launchpad.net.  He as 3.8 for eon and bionic. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sicklylife/gnucash On 3/24/20 2:36 PM, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user wrote: > GnuCash Users > Subject: Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme > Message-ID: <98fb916d-1962-40f5-96db-7a7154da3...@gma

Re: [GNC] Contingency Funds was: Re: How to record Personal income tax ?

2020-03-24 Thread David Cousens
No it is not a trick. Accounting practice aims to record events as transaction at times according to a number of accounting principles and rules. If you are required to use accrual accounting, it would be legitimate to record the tax as an expense when the income that produces that liability is ear

Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme

2020-03-24 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 24 Mar 2020, at 21:56, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sicklylife/gnucash Thanks, Stephen. I now have 3.8 up and running in my Ubuntu 18.04 VM, and can experiment without fear. Regards, Michael ___ gnucash-user mailin

Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme

2020-03-24 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 24 Mar 2020, at 21:36, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user > wrote: > > GnuCash Users > Subject: Re: [GNC] Dipping my toes into Scheme > Message-ID: <98fb916d-1962-40f5-96db-7a7154da3...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > >> I have an Ubuntu 18.04 VM on my Mac, but the mo

[GNC] Gnucash Nightlies with Aqbanking 6.1.4

2020-03-24 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hello, in a few hours Gnucash nightlies with Aqbanking 6.1.4 will appear. There have been several improvements of directOFX and FinTS/HBCI both in Aqbanking and Gnucash in the recent time. Is there something, which needs urgent fixing before the next Gnucash release? Regards Frank https://code.