Re: [GNC] Gnu Cash stopped working 2 days ago.

2023-09-10 Thread (Alan) David Smith
Hello John, Thankyou for your help. I may have misinterpreted your instructions: alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --debug Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash (process:57211): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 12:06:37.791: [

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the possibility of moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of double-entry accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these terms. It allows students to create different types of accounts (asset/lia

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Santhosh Paul
I had zero knowledge of accounting when I came across GnuCash. (I used to note down transactions and balances in a notebook.) I was skeptical about whether I could use a double-entry software package like GnuCash. I then came across a document titled "GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide". I found

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
+1. Those two preferences will most closely resemble pen & paper and should greatly assist them learning accounting. Also turning on View > Notes, doesn't hurt as my own accounting text uses explanatory notes on some journal entries. Finally, if you prefer they enter transactions in a combi

Re: [GNC] Gnu Cash stopped working 2 days ago.

2023-09-10 Thread john
> On Sep 10, 2023, at 04:30, (Alan) David Smith > wrote: > I may have misinterpreted your instructions: [snip] > alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBook-Pro ~ % $TMPDIR/gnucash.trace > zsh: permission denied: > /var/folders/4z/9_58dccx62533wcvwb6t4jmcgn/T//gnucash.trace > alandavidsmith@Alans-MacBoo

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Christopher Lam
Addendum to excellent advice given already. If you're offering a pedagogic approach to accounting principles, it's very likely that you'll have valuable and useful feedback about the usability of the software for learners, the correctness of its tools and reports. The software has improved a lot f

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-10 09:01, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 > days, but you can change that with 'View > Filter by...' Sadly, there is > no way to turn off the filter by default, and it has to be reset each > time the General Journal is ope

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It was renamed at some point. Indeed, saving the filter change now works as expected. Thanks! Regards, Adrien On 9/10/23 12:35 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: On 2023-09-10 09:01, Adrien Monteleone wrote: there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 days, but

[GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-10 Thread Jediator
Hi GC users, I am using GC (version 5.3) on Mac.  I noticed that the log files are generated in the same directory of the GC data file (sqlite3).  But I couldn't find the log files after switching to a remote database server.  The info on the GC wiki on logging seems to be outdated, as I can't