[GNC] Copying Windows error messages (was: Gnu cash Version 5.5 error message)

2023-12-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
use -- usually works for me. Not 100%, but usually. The only way to find out if it worked in a given instance it to try to paste it into some text area with Ctrl+V. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing lis

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
;s that I wouldn't know where to begin. If the programmers could give some guidance -- "test this version that fixes bugs X and Y", I could do that, and in the course of exercising the test version for the stuff I normally do in GC I could report any new bugs I noticed. Stan

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
d prefer to see extra volunteer testing on "real" GC. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/

Re: [GNC] How is "auto asset transfer" used in an asset account?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
advanced searches a few years ago. Some of them, yes. The plus sign and the quote marks no longer work as advertised, for instance. But "site:" still works, at least for now. I use it all the time. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
stalled and ran Windows 10 in a VirtualBox without a Windows product key, during my three-step upgrade from 2.6.19, using the Windows 10 reference above. I haven't tested the Windows 11 procedure, but it's from the same source, one that is usually reliable. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA http

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
eference I provided, you can Ctrl+C copy a file on one side and then Ctrl+V paste it on the other. Not as intuitive as drag-and-drop, but serviceable. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnuc

Re: [GNC] new accounts are omitted from reports

2024-01-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
obody could come up with a clear and simple rule for GC to follow that wouldn't have bad results in some cases. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefe

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
, and when the transaction fires you'll have a split for Imbalance. You can then change that to the desired account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscrip

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
, the debit and credit splits both showed 150.00. (My currency is US dollars.) So it sure looks like formulas work. Again, maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue the person was talking about. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] Budget car payment

2024-01-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t it has been posted many times on this mailing list. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
y archives. But after archiving that snapshot, what's the problem with just continuing to use the original of the file that copied into the archive? That's what I've been doing since 2018, and it seems to work just fine. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-0

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
has 29 transactions of two splits each. There are no formulas, however. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.g

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
action or more than two. (It is of course possible to have a transaction that has but one split, with amount equal to zero. I do it as a way of making a memo that isn't tied to any financial transaction, for instance the number of miles I drove for charity in a given month. GnuCash has no probl

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

2024-01-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
original poster's argument in favor is that 32-bit programs have been around for a long time. While that's true, it doesn't seem to me like any reason to abandon them. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-18 13:30, John Ralls wrote: > An x64 build will w

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

2024-01-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Well, I don't have any skin in the game, since both my computers have 64-bit Windows. It just seems a pity to shut out the minority who have 32-bit Windows. But that's a development decision, so I won't keep harping on it. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
we don't want a 1.3 MB file added to the mailing list's archives. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-19 09:23, Simon Roberts wrote: > Well, that's one possibility I suppose. > > Is this not a feature that would find fairly widespread use? I

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-21 17:04, Myron A Schroeder wrote: > when I used the icon to > call up GNUCash, the data file was vacant. A search on the the hard drive > found it and the data was displayed as usual. Neat. Or, in the File menu, click one of the recently-used files in the numbered list. S

Re: [GNC] SX

2024-01-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t; anymore. In 4.14 I found I have to click once on a date; just hovering isn't enough. Maybe it's the same in whatever version you're running? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gn

Re: [GNC] Advanced portfolio report picking up wrong price

2024-02-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-03 09:16, Dan O'Brien wrote: > I’ve attached a screen shot of the report Please try again. You need to _attach_ the image, not _embed_ it. (If you can see the actual image in your message before you hit Send, you have embedded it rather than attaching it.) Stan Brown Tehac

Re: [GNC] Multiple Fiscal Years

2024-02-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
issue is that accounting period is a per-user preference, not a File » Properties preference. I suppose you _could_ create additional user accounts, and have a different accounting period ("tax year") in each, but then there's no automated way to synchronize all the other preferences, repor

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 5.5

2024-02-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
shown in the examples, results will not be as you expect and you'll get immensely frustrated. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsu

Re: [GNC] Import CSV settings location

2024-02-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-07 07:01, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > Can you click on Help->About and does it show the various paths in use? That's a nice feature, and I never knew it was there. Thanks for posting! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://Br

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
sticky. It was not sticky in 2.6.19, but it is sticky in 4.14 if you tick the box when creating the filter. If you're using 5.x, is it sticky there? If not, the bug should probably be reopened or a new bug filed. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> On 2/8/24 12:41 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you >>> can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default &

Re: [GNC] Removing Scheduled Transaction From a Closed Year

2024-02-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
at I could > delete? Sure. 1. Click Action » Scheduled Transactions » Scheduled Transaction Editor. 2. Click one of the scheduled transactions you want to delete, and click the Delete button. 3. Repeat step 2 as many times as necessary. As for the transactions that have already fired, you'

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

2024-02-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ng to click to change what's displayed in that bar. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-02-24 11:36, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > the bottom ticker net asset displays multiple accounts, from the drop down > select Grand total then it will show you the net asset as

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

2024-02-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks. Maybe it's because everything is in US dollars in my books. I see from your screen shot that it gives you different currencies to choose from, but that wouldn't apply to me. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-02-24 15:12, David H wrote: > Stan, >

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

2024-02-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for writing, but nothing changes in the display, whether I hold down the mouse button or not. But see David H's screen shot, sent a few minutes ago. That shows many currencies, but everything in my book is in US$, so I suspect that's why I don't get anything in the drop-do

Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total

2024-03-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
#x27;s not a "vendor software problem", but the mathematical issue that Michael Novack alludes to. If that's not what you're doing, what exactly is not matching to what? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-use

Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total

2024-03-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
I don't see one here. GnuCash used a legally acceptable method to calculate sales tax; it just doesn't match the legally acceptable method that Amazon used. You could file a GnuCash enhancement request asking for the tax tables to include "tax by item" or "tax by subtotal".

Re: [GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant

2024-03-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
, as opposed to manually tweaking the amounts) is never to buy multiple taxable items in the same transaction. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] gnucash suggestions

2024-03-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
e BBC ever made".) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ On 2024-03-17 14:36, J. A. Harris wrote: > On 3/17/24 15:54, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >> Your lack of accounting and understanding of the history of double >> entry is confusing you. ... > .. >

Re: [GNC] Help

2024-03-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
from someone else today. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-03-17 16:10, Anon20x via gnucash-user wrote: > Please unsub me from the list, thankyou. > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org

[GNC] Surprising error messages

2024-03-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t I'm missing and that I should correct? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com* 07:51:29 WARN [gnc_spawn_process_async()] Could not spawn perl: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory) * 07:51:29 ERROR <> gnc_process_get_fd: assertion 'proc

Re: [GNC] Find account

2024-03-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-03-30 07:28, Fred Tydeman wrote: > Thank you. That worked. > I was trying to use Ctrl-F while in Chart of Accounts. While in the Accounts pane you don't need to "use" anything. Just start typing a part of the name you're looking for. (It doesn't need to

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
of the same date, whether you are on the cash basis or accrual basis. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ck kiting" as "The act of writing a check on a bank account in an amount in excess of actual funds on deposit in the account and then depositing that check in a second account at a different bank to create a spurious deposit there, allowing checks to be drawn, or credit secured, ba

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
There _is_ a concept of a "stale check"; see <https://www.bankrate.com/banking/checking/how-long-is-a-check-good-for/> I don't know the legal position if the payee could have cashed the check but for no compelling reason waited to do so until it became stale. Are you obliged to write a ne

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-04-09 09:55, R Losey wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 8:42 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > mailto:stan%2...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > On cash basis, it's not an expense until it's paid. Therefore, _nothing_ > is recorded until the payment date aft

Re: [GNC] Recommend Accounting Books

2024-04-20 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
s I can use as a template? GnuCash itself gives you the option of adopting a "starter" set of accounts, which you can then customize to your specific situation. See "New Account Hierarchy Setup" in the Guide. Best wishes for good for

Re: [GNC] can't open files

2024-04-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ternal drive, or a USB stick? If so, make sure it is connected before you open GC. Do you by any chance have your GnuCash data files on an encrypted drive? If so, make sure that you have activated decryption before you open GC Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/

Re: [GNC] New account

2024-05-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
always to say which version of GnuCash you're using, and which operation system and version. That's _especially_ important when you're reporting a problem. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing lis

Re: [GNC] New account

2024-05-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
er directed the windows to come up on a different monitor, so it > never occurred to me to check. Thanks for letting us know the solution, Gary, and I'm glad it's working for you. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gn

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

2024-05-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
;The equivalent for Quicken Tag": > Use the custom transaction report at > https://github.com/dawansv/gnucash-custom-reports?tab=readme-ov-file#tag-prefix Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gn

Re: [GNC] Transferring Gnu Cash Data to New Computer

2024-05-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
7;s easier just to click File then hover the mouse over the filename in the file list. GC will show the full path. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefe

Re: [GNC] Manipulating data extracted from gnucash to Excel

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
7;s also no problem with exporting a report that contains currency symbols -- again, the dollar sign is the only one I've tried. Maybe that's different in other currencies? Please give us more information about what you're doing and what error message you get. Stan Brown Teha

Re: [GNC] Saved Reports accross several PCs

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
eping books for the Tehachapi Symphony, I prefixed each report name with either "TSO_" or "SB_" so that I could easily select the one I wanted, and I had no need to create an extra user account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___

Re: [GNC] Manipulating data extracted from gnucash to Excel

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Open the report in Excel and _then_ do your copy and pasting. (You probably want Edit » Paste Special » Values, keyboard Alt+E, S, V.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-05-19 17:35, David Long wrote: > Hi > I mean copy paste from a gnucash report. > Rgd

Re: [GNC] Easier way to print to PDF

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
u can export the report (shows up as an > .html) and open it with Microsoft Edge and save it as a PDF. Well, you _could_ do that, if you like extra steps. But there's really no reason to involve any browser, let alone Edge. Excel opens HTML files just fine, as I posted this mornin

[GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

2024-06-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
its tab? I looked at the preferences and right-clicked here and there, but couldn't find anything. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

Re: [GNC] GC now only opens a report

2024-06-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Do you not have the Accounts tab? If you do, open any account and enter transactions. As an alternative, you might use Tools,,>General Journal to open the journal and enter transactions. If those things are not present, you might try closing the report -- not GnuCash, just the report. S

Re: [GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

2024-06-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
simple_ way to color the General Journal tab. :-) You answered that, "not in the UI." I've never used GTKInspector, and to be honest I don't think the minor victory of coloring that tab would justify the time I'd spend in learning curve. Again, thanks for confirming that I

Re: [GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

2024-06-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the bug tracker and ask to > add the ability to set the tab color for the General Journal. (or give > it an ID or class to expose it for CSS styling) > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 6/11/24 10:26 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> I've never used GTKInspector, an

Re: [GNC] GC now only opens a report

2024-06-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
in every ten times I run GC, and would prefer not to have it open automatically -- as long as when it does open, its configuration is the same and I don't have to re-expand all account levels, set up columns again, and so forth. If memory serves, 2.6.19 _did_ preserve the configuration. Stan

Re: [GNC] General Ledger Report Request

2024-06-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-06-13 14:04, John Ralls wrote: > The one thing we can’t do is pagination, it’s not something that HTML is > capable of. HTML as such, you're correct. But CSS is capable of formatting pages, though my attempts in non-GnuCash contexts didn't come out well. Stan Brown Te

Re: [GNC] Credit and Debit Columns in Journal View

2024-06-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nce of that asset and a credit decreases the balance. When you make a payment or return a purchase "for credit", it is indeed a credit to that account on the bank's books, but it is a debit to that account on your books. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] Imbalance Records with zero amounts

2024-06-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
To be clear, you're talking about accidentally hitting the enter key instead of the Tab key when moving between fields, right? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-06-26 17:04, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > > As you know, double-entry bookkeeping requires every transa

Re: [GNC] Balance sheet totals showing zeros?

2024-06-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Ken, thanks for taking the time to give us that detailed report of the resolution. I'm sure it will help people who have a similar problem in the future and search the archives for a solution. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-06-29 09:22, Ken McEvoy wrote: > T

[GNC] Account types "Bank" and "Cash"

2024-07-02 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nd Concepts guide and the Technical Reference manual. Maybe I didn't pick the optimum words or phrases for my search. Could someone point me at the right section? Or are account types Cash and Bank just informational, and GC doesn't treat them any differently from generic Asset? -- Stan B

Re: [GNC] Account types "Bank" and "Cash"

2024-07-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks, Adrien! Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something. I'm not using the informal labels and, as you noticed, not using GnuCash reconciling either. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-02 12:38, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > At the least, the in

Re: [GNC] Consolidated billing of two credit cards

2024-07-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
anks use the words "debit" and "credit" to match how things are on _their_ books, which is exactly opposite to how they are on the consumer's books. The transaction I would enter is: Debit to My Credit Card #1: $400 Debit to My Credit Card #2: $600 Credit to My Bank Accou

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2024-07-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ike many of us, I looked at several other accounting systems before settling on GnuCash. I owe a very large debt of gratitude to John Ralls and all the developers. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-u

Re: [GNC] Tracking Unrealized Capital Gains

2024-07-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
thing that _might_ become a taxable event at some future time. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-23 14:57, David Warren wrote: > I have been using gnucash for almost a year and have a fairly sophisticated > set of personal accounts, with lots of investment (asset

Re: [GNC] Tracking Unrealized Capital Gains

2024-07-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
axvisor.com/taxes/ Even having my own spreadsheet for estimated tax, I found this one helpful in confirming that my own spreadsheet for estimated taxes was correct. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash

Re: [GNC] Splash Screen disabled?

2024-07-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
plash screen are not due to different minor versions of GC, but rather to running on machines of different compute speed, possessing SSDs or traditional hard drives, and so forth. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-26 14:59, David Carlson wrote: > It goes away by it

Re: [GNC] Splash Screen disabled?

2024-07-27 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> On 7/26/2024 7:24 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> I have 4.14 in Windows 10 and 11. The splash screen appears, the >> progress bar for opening the last previously used file fills in from >> left to right, and when that's done the splash screen disappears. The

[GNC] Placeholder accounts and scheduled transactions

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
I'm at GC 4.14, so if 5.8 no longer posts SX to placeholder accounts there's not much point in my entering a bug. But if the behavior is still the same then I think bug report is appropriate. Would someone be willing to check, please? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA h

Re: [GNC] Placeholder accounts and scheduled transactions

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thank you, Gyle. I have entered https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799393 Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-31 08:30, Gyle McCollam wrote: > Stan, > I created a SX in 5.8 and it still allows this.  Go ahead and file your > bug report. >

[GNC] Is this a legit part of the bug process, or is it spam?

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
equirement prioritization.". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com Forwarded Message Subject:Issue/Request TNR-2287 10097 Created - Please fill the required details before the request can be taken up for estimation. Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:42:17

Re: [GNC] Is this a legit part of the bug process, or is it spam?

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
spam, it's poor programming. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-31 14:49, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > That kind-of looks like the gnucash email server has Jira hooked in to > it somewhere... > > ~mark petryk > ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com >

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
't say what backup technique or software you're using, but it should certainly have a way to exclude files from backup. I exclude *gnucash*gnucash and *gnucash*log. Another approach would be to back up only designated file MyData.gnucash. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
rences the various O/S locations. I have bookmarked: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations And, if you have Windows: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Diagrams_-_Windows This article called "Backing up data and settings" is helpful too: https://wiki.gnuca

Re: [GNC] two instances on different books

2024-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nt on which ones should change. I don't see why you think "the two instances are forced to have documents in the same directory". Just specify absolute paths for your documents, not relative paths. That's what I did, and it works just fine without even setting a path head. Stan

Re: [GNC] two instances on different books

2024-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
and Entity 2, with Entity 1 Assets, Entity 1 Liabilities, and so on under Entity 1, and similarly (but not necessarily all the same subaccounts) under Entity 2. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-

Re: [GNC] Keybinding to find txn by Value?

2024-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
case it would be "Description, Notes, or Memo" rather than "Value".) I didn't see any response to Mike's query -- possibly I overlooked it, or it got lost in the DNS kerfuffle. I don't know about Mike, but I'm using GC in Windows 10 and 11. Stan Brown Tehachapi,

Re: [GNC] Assets with two different currencies and buy/sale in different currencies?

2024-08-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
en Linked Document". The link is purely one of opening a document. Changes you make in the spreadsheet will not cause changes in the GnuCash transaction. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ion to be saved to the {name}.gcm file in the Books folder when GC closes the currently reopened file and immediately reopens it? If so, that might be a usable workaround even without any code changes. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction with Currency Conversion

2024-09-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ate of 849.51/1000. That's more work than having GC calculate the rate for you, but (if it works) it's less work than calculating the rate. You didn't say which version of GC you're using, but if it's the latest then I encourage you to enter an enhancement request to

Re: [GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
tion. Yours is a straightforward solution and I wish I had thought of it myself. :-) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscrib

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t a .gcm file. It's a per-user file, and as far as I know there's no way within GC to share reports with a different user on the same computer, and there's no way to have a given report appear only when you're working with one or more particu

Re: [GNC] Balance (Period) vs Total (Period)

2024-09-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
so "evereything from the beginning of time" and "just the current accounting period" are the same. They will be different once you are inyto your second accouinting period. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnu

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
sername for the two is different. I regularly transfer my 2 data files, the associated .gcm files, and the reports files between the two. For me, "open tabs in a file local to the user" would lose functionality that I presently rely on. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
dows knows. The encrypted container is not noticeably slower to read from or write to than my real disk, as far as I can tell. VeraCrypt is free and open source, and easy to use. It has Windows, Mac, and Linux versions. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https:

Re: [GNC] How to keep responding on mailing list?

2024-09-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
match the address at which you receive subscription emails. What I don't understand is what it is that _you_ don't understand. Obviously you have mastered the basics, or we would not see your message, which I quoted above. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Unique issue with 08/09/2024

2024-09-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
g some sort of business function? (I'm not familiar with those.) If so, could it be related to the fact that 8 Sept 2024 is a Sunday? If not, maybe give some more context about just where you are entering this date? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA ht

Re: [GNC] Heidi EDIT company name Help

2024-09-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
them.) > I also want to know how to delete a couple of practice companies I > created by mistake. How did you create these "practice companies"? Do you mean just additional GnuCash books? If so, you can simply delete the *.gnucash and *.log files for those companies.

Re: [GNC] Newbie trouble deleting transaction

2024-10-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
have no option, because our banks no longer offer downloads of account activity in a form that GC can accept (or never did). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
to pay attention to your feeling that 4% is too much. There's a "sleep-at-night factor" for withdrawals from investments, just as there is for selecting choosing a ratio of stocks to bonds in your portfolio, or choosing individual stocks and bonds versus mutual

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-09-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
John, thank you! For newer listmembers who may not know: the developers are not paid. They are all volunteers, working without monetary compensation to make our lives and GnuCash better. We owe them a debt of gratitude that we can never repay, but at least we can say "thank you!"

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
This may not be relevant to GnuCash, but I'm a retiree too, and strategies for retirement spending are certainly interesting to me. I'm not a financial professional, nor was I one before retirement, but I've done a lot of reading over the past 10 years and will be happy to exchange knowledge, which

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for the kind words! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-10-07 09:57, R Losey wrote: > I want to add my thanks; it was a clear explanation, and interesting > reading. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnuca

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for that, Alice. I didn't know that existed, but I'll find it useful. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-10-06 15:02, NoobAlice via gnucash-user wrote: > For those of us in the USA, the federal BLS has a nice inflation > calculator that can take

Re: [GNC] Font size

2024-10-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
have the same issue and benefit from a public thread. Or someone else may have a solution, which you would miss by a one-to-one reply. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

Re: [GNC] Font size

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
messages. But before you do that, please try this: Click Start » Run, or press the Windows logo key and the R key at the same time. In the window, paste or type this exact text: %APPDATA%\GnuCash That will open the folder you need to work with. Please follow the last paragraph of Ken Pyzik'

Re: [GNC] Font size

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
22 (It's a good idea to bookmark the FAQ, and check it before you ask a question.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscr

Re: [GNC] Two currencies involved in purchase and reimbursement

2024-10-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ese things they are actually harder to use than "Debit" and "Credit", which have been around for half a millennium or more. A number of other posters have made similar comments about "debit" and "credit actually making things easier. There's really very little

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
cked automatically when you create a new book, and has no impact on the present book. Or at least, that's how I read the wording next to the boxes. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnu

Re: [GNC] Could not obtain the lock for **GnuCash-datafilestring**

2024-10-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
data file. Only then can you safely click "Open Anyway". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gn

Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

2024-10-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
tech support, but I never knew it had a name. Thanks! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailma

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t how a given event fits into the double-entry structure. In GC, we need the same thought process we used to follow before recording a transaction in leather-bound ledgers with pen and ink. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucas

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