Re: [GNC-dev] Help manual improvements

[David T. via gnucash-devel]

David,
The file association feature is a recent (ish) addition, which explains the 
lack of documentation about it. 
There is an enhancement request pending since mid 2018 (bug 796660) noting this 
omission. Unfortunately, no one has taken up the cause. 
I asked a similar question at the beginning of 2018 
(lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-january/074200.html), and the 
reply from Geert summarizes the status as of that point. He notes specifically 
that the ability to remove an association was added for the 3.0 release.  There 
have also been changes to the path settings, but I don't have those in my brain 
right now. 
David T. 

 
 
  On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 5:00, David Carlson 
wrote:   addendum:

I have also found that I made an association using release 2.6.19 in
Windows 7 but it cannot be opened with release 2.6.17 in Ubuntu 16.04
because it is an absolute address including the Windows assigned Drive
letter to the remote server.  I assume that the Ubuntu file address also
includes the mount point address as well, so it would not be accessible
from Windows.  Is it possible to use relative addressing if the GnuCash
data file and the associated file[s] are on the same server?

David Carlson

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 4:58 PM David Carlson 
wrote:

> I just created my first link from a transaction entry to an external file
> and I discovered that there is a symbol "w" shown in the A box to the right
> of the Notes field, at least in the two line view.  However, this is not
> mentioned in the help manual under the F1 key.  In fact, all I could find
> was the mention under the Account Register Transactions Menu section
> Associate File With Transaction and Associate Location with Transaction
> descriptions do not tell how to discover which transactions have files or
> locations associated with them.
>
> Also, is it possible to search for transactions with associated files or
> locations or to edit the link if it is incorrect?
>
> Please consider elaborating on this subject when upgrading the
> documentation.
>
> Also, how do you get to the Tutorial and Concepts Guide from the F1 Key?
>
> I was using release 2.6.17 in Ubuntu 16.04 to perform this association.
>
> David Carlson
>
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Re: [GNC-dev] Pie Chart

[Stephen M. Butler]

Took me awhile to figure out how to drill down.  Double clicking didn't
do it.  I finally noticed the small print in the upper left corner that
I eventually determined said "load".  Clicking that took me to the child
accounts of the one originally clicked.  However, there was no "unload"
to go back up a level.  Only path was deeper.

Once at the deepest account, the transaction window did open and it was
easy to close that -- but still no method to back out to the original
chart (that I could determine).

I wonder if there is something more intuitive than the small print
"load" to do a drill down.

OK.  Accidentally found the "back" option under the right click.  Only
found it because I was thinking that a double click would be a natural
go deeper signal -- so what would be a corresponding "go back" signal? 
Double right click??  Tried that and found that right click did bring up
the option menu to navigate back.

So then started playing with the options on the right click.  Found that
forward worked the same as "load" but only until at the lowest account. 
Had to left click and then click on "load" to get the transaction
listing.  To be consistent, the Forward menu item should also work in
that case and bring up the transaction details.

I tried the "Inspect Element" item and decided I didn't want to know
what that was about!  <>

Hmm.  Forward isn't consistent.  Only available if you have previously
gone down a level by clicking on load. 

So you have to left click on the area of interest then left click on
load and only then will the Forward/Back items on the right click be
available.  That's awkward.

How about a double left click automatically goes down on the area
clicked or always allow a Forward if the user right clicks on the area. 
In that case go deeper on the area on which the left click happened.  Or
allow both methods.  I'm thinking the "load" in the upper left is
cumbersome and rather not have it.

Never could figure out when the "stop" item is available.

--Steve

On 1/29/19 7:36 PM, Christopher Lam wrote:
> Hello
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 09:31, Stephen M. Butler  > wrote:
>
> So far, my only negative is with the Average balance chart.  It's too
> tall and I lose the captions at the bottom (I maybe see 1 or 2
> pixels of
> them).  When I scroll down then I lose the chart title at the
> top.  I am
> running 1920x1080 (16:9)
>
>
> Agree - this is caused by *all* charts default to use 100% page size;
> I think they should be reduced to 80%, with no (IMHO) negative
> consequences.
>
> > Hint: new features added, and old features resurrected:
> > - clicky links from pie/line/bar graphs to drill down into
> > sub-charts,sub-reports, or register (this was disabled >10yrs ago?)
>
> SMB:  I don't think I made it to the register.  Just saw the
> non-selected sections expand to fill the pie.
>
>
> Try: Asset/Income/Expense/Liability Chart and keep drilling down.
> I think the Income/Expense over time may be modified to launch the
> Transaction Report highlighting relevant period. TBD tonight :)
>  
>
> SMB:  At least you have the end-of-year set correctly.  origin/maint
> 3.4-50 has a problem.  Separate email.
>
>  
> This end-of-year is the exact same bug currently affecting maint. My
> branch currently reverts the offending commit, so, cannot be
> considered safe to ship, but is adequate for testing. Thank you for
> feedback!


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Re: [GNC-dev] Help manual improvements

[David Carlson]

addendum:

I have also found that I made an association using release 2.6.19 in
Windows 7 but it cannot be opened with release 2.6.17 in Ubuntu 16.04
because it is an absolute address including the Windows assigned Drive
letter to the remote server.  I assume that the Ubuntu file address also
includes the mount point address as well, so it would not be accessible
from Windows.  Is it possible to use relative addressing if the GnuCash
data file and the associated file[s] are on the same server?

David Carlson

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 4:58 PM David Carlson 
wrote:

> I just created my first link from a transaction entry to an external file
> and I discovered that there is a symbol "w" shown in the A box to the right
> of the Notes field, at least in the two line view.  However, this is not
> mentioned in the help manual under the F1 key.  In fact, all I could find
> was the mention under the Account Register Transactions Menu section
> Associate File With Transaction and Associate Location with Transaction
> descriptions do not tell how to discover which transactions have files or
> locations associated with them.
>
> Also, is it possible to search for transactions with associated files or
> locations or to edit the link if it is incorrect?
>
> Please consider elaborating on this subject when upgrading the
> documentation.
>
> Also, how do you get to the Tutorial and Concepts Guide from the F1 Key?
>
> I was using release 2.6.17 in Ubuntu 16.04 to perform this association.
>
> David Carlson
>
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[GNC-dev] Help manual improvements

[David Carlson]

I just created my first link from a transaction entry to an external file
and I discovered that there is a symbol "w" shown in the A box to the right
of the Notes field, at least in the two line view.  However, this is not
mentioned in the help manual under the F1 key.  In fact, all I could find
was the mention under the Account Register Transactions Menu section
Associate File With Transaction and Associate Location with Transaction
descriptions do not tell how to discover which transactions have files or
locations associated with them.

Also, is it possible to search for transactions with associated files or
locations or to edit the link if it is incorrect?

Please consider elaborating on this subject when upgrading the
documentation.

Also, how do you get to the Tutorial and Concepts Guide from the F1 Key?

I was using release 2.6.17 in Ubuntu 16.04 to perform this association.

David Carlson
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