Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash Windows Bundle 4.11-1 Released

Frank, The announcements are sent both to -users and -devel. Since the guidance of the list is to reply all, a user reply-all will go to both lists. Just like your reply did. David T. On Jul 14, 2022, 11:36, at 11:36, "Frank H. Ellenberger" wrote: >Hello Allan, > >as this is a user

Re: [GNC-dev] Help: Menu Treev

My apologies to everyone. It seems my pocket has something to say on this topic. I only wish I knew what it was. Obviously it was very important, since it got said several times. David T. On Jun 14, 2022, 12:26, at 12:26, D via gnucash-devel wrote: >Hhvbblb v hhubhggvgghbvgmb > &

Re: [GNC-dev] Help: Menu Treev

Hhvbblb v hhubhggvgghbvgmb On Jun 14, 2022, 07:50, at 07:50, Ralf Zerres wrote: >Dear developers, > >with all that work in place for Co-Owner support, i still can't make it >to see the UI Menu-Entries. > >It must be something simple and stupid, but i don't get the clue. >All UI actions have

Re: [GNC-dev] Help: Menu Treevb

Hhvbblb v hhubhggvgghbvgmb On Jun 14, 2022, 07:50, at 07:50, Ralf Zerres wrote: >Dear developers, > >with all that work in place for Co-Owner support, i still can't make it >to see the UI Menu-Entries. > >It must be something simple and stupid, but i don't get the clue. >All UI actions have

Re: [GNC-dev] Help: Menu Treevb

Hhvbblb v hhubhggvgghbvgmb On Jun 14, 2022, 07:50, at 07:50, Ralf Zerres wrote: >Dear developers, > >with all that work in place for Co-Owner support, i still can't make it >to see the UI Menu-Entries. > >It must be something simple and stupid, but i don't get the clue. >All UI actions have

Re: [GNC-dev] Help: Menu Treevb

Hhvbblb v hhubhggvgghbvgmb On Jun 14, 2022, 07:50, at 07:50, Ralf Zerres wrote: >Dear developers, > >with all that work in place for Co-Owner support, i still can't make it >to see the UI Menu-Entries. > >It must be something simple and stupid, but i don't get the clue. >All UI actions have

Re: [GNC-dev] Import of prices in CSV files

All you need is a csv file with four columns: Stock (i.e., ticker), Namespace (from Gnucash) , Date, Price Follow the Importer prompts. I imagine you could figure out how to map your bank's file based on this. Original Message From: Thomas Sent: Sun Jan 16 16:19:38 EST

Re: [GNC-dev] Small changes to comment text, mostly in gnucash/import-export/import-main-matcher.h

Kevin, The preferred way to submit changes is through git PRs, not with patch files attached to emails to the lists. You'll get better results using that method. David T. Original Message From: Kevin Buckley Sent: Sun Dec 05 01:35:12 EST 2021 To: "Frank H. Ellenberger"

[GNC-dev] Fwd: Re: [GNC] Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch

Forwarding back to the list. Original Message From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" Sent: Sat Nov 27 18:37:00 EST 2021 To: "D." Subject: Re: [GNC] Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch Hi David Am 27.11.21 um 23:53 schrieb D.: > if I used flatpak, I'd try to help you, instead

Re: [GNC-dev] Chartsjs javascript not loaded in html reports since 4.6

Someone reported similar troubles a while back. Take a look at https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-July/097219.html I believe there was a simple fix. Original Message From: Antonios Hadjigeorgalis Sent: Sat Nov 27 15:54:50 EST 2021 To:

Re: [GNC-dev] Omit zero balance figures Vs Show zero balances

As I stated previously, the developers want want no entry to reflect the default. In this case, the default preference is to display zero balance accounts. Your alternative requires a value for the default (Display zero balance accounts is checked for the default), whereas the existing setting

Re: [GNC-dev] Omit zero balance figures Vs Show zero balances

Because: a) the default behavior in the reports is to display zero balance accounts,  and b) the Gnucash developers want omitted preferences to cause the default behavior. Original Message From: flywire Sent: Mon Nov 22 20:29:52 EST 2021 To: gnucash-devel Subject:

Re: [GNC-dev] old online Quotes

Daily prices for a long period of time can increase the size of a file pretty significantly. I don't recall what my own results were when I pruned my price db and replaced it with monthly numbers, but I do remember a dip in size. Whether that size affects anything in regular use is another

Re: [GNC-dev] old online Quotes

There are a few external projects that do this as well, although they are at this point rather dated, and may not work in the current environment. There is something on the wiki about these. Original Message From: John Ralls Sent: Sat Oct 30 16:10:56 EDT 2021 To: Snehal

Re: [GNC-dev] How do I get the "sign" (or side) of the transaction from the account or transaction element in xml?

I'm not sure I follow your issue, but I'll note that the list of types of accounts in GnuCash is outlined in the Help docs in Chapter 5 at https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-help/acct-types.html There are 13 types listed there. Original Message From: Arman Schwarz

Re: [GNC-dev] Removing "unused" code

I thought the eguile report was included in the distribution already. Original Message From: Christopher Lam Sent: Sat Jun 12 07:57:35 EDT 2021 To: Mike Alexander Cc: Gnucash Devel Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Removing "unused" code This particular commit aimed to simplify and

Re: [GNC-dev] Nice Job All!

I'll jump in to say that: 1) xml is still considered the primary storage format, and 2) the xml format is by default gzipped, which will render a cat illegible. You can turn off compression in GnuCash, or you can gunzip the file and cat the results. HTH, David Original Message

Re: [GNC-dev] Cookbooks

I agree with Frank's suggestions. The Guide would be the best spot (probably in the Business Setup area of chapter 13). And you do need to expand abbreviations at the first instance. >From an editorial perspective, I think a little more explanatory background >would help users understand the

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] Experimental Balance Sheet report

Ok. Thanks. I'll leave it lie then. Never mind. On Sep 16, 2020, 19:47, at 19:47, Christopher Lam wrote: >Hi David, responses inline. I'm sure you know it's my work, and I am >(for >now) happy to defend its state. TBH I do not need this report myself, >but >figure out it fills a gap. I also

Re: [GNC-dev] "Mortgage Repayment Druid"

Way back when, computer folks referred to system assistants (such as the new accounts assistant, or the mortgage setup assistant) as "druids." There was some obscure reasoning for this. Gnucash originally referred to its assistants as druids, but abandoned them for normal English terminology a

Re: [GNC-dev] Meaning of "RFE"

Of the 535 bugs listed as enhancements, 35 include the "RFE" designation; the remaining are identified by the severity designation "enhancement." Thus, I wouldn't necessarily rely on that term to locate all the RFEs that have been submitted over the years. Better to search for bugs with a

Re: [GNC-dev] Meaning of "RFE"

Request For Enhancement. Original Message From: Dean Jagels Sent: Sun Sep 06 20:50:53 EDT 2020 To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC-dev] Meaning of "RFE" In Bugzilla, I see quite a few summaries prefixed "RFE".  What does this stand for?  Is there a glossary for

Re: [GNC-dev] Dev's features of choice?

Jean, I think you raise a valid point. There does seem to be a tendency in the community to assume that a certain amount of inconvenience is to be expected. The reasons vary, but the underlying tendency remains. David T. Original Message From: jean laroche Sent: Sun Jul

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] error message with finance::quote gnc-path-check + problems with retrieving quotes for 2 symbols.

rieving quotes for 2 symbols. Also if you are in the outback without connectivity to read the wiki you are definitely not going to have the connectivity to grab quotes! LOL. -derek On Wed, June 24, 2020 3:54 pm, D. via gnucash-devel wrote: > Further : the user case for a user to be actually unable t

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] error message with finance::quote gnc-path-check + problems with retrieving quotes for 2 symbols.

Further : the user case for a user to be actually unable to access the internet to consult the wiki is I think rather extreme. Inconvenient, perhaps; maddeningly slow, even. But actually unavailable? Personally, I'm not sure how many transactions I would generate in the "outback," anyway. I'd

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] error message with finance::quote gnc-path-check + problems with retrieving quotes for 2 symbols.

Whatever. Original Message From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" Sent: Wed Jun 24 12:18:19 EDT 2020 To: "D." Cc: gnucash-devel Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] error message with finance::quote gnc-path-check + problems with retrieving quotes for 2 symbols. David, Am 24.06.20 um

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 3.906 Released

Seems like this feature needs a few more kinks worked out. At the least, saving zero width column settings should be allowed. A kludge might be to programmatically reset a zero width column to 1px on save. I doubt most users would notice or object to the difference on screen.

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] error message with finance::quote gnc-path-check + problems with retrieving quotes for 2 symbols.

Yet another documentation appendix that would be more appropriately placed on the wiki... Original Message From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" Sent: Wed Jun 24 05:25:57 EDT 2020 To: "uhopfer@gmail" Cc: gnucash-devel Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] error message with finance::quote

Re: [GNC-dev] Feedback on GnuCash 3.903

If I could set it >once >and it would apply to them all, I applaud the decision. I think it >boils >down to how the account types are defined. > >Michael > >On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 9:05 AM D via gnucash-devel < >gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> Bob, &g

Re: [GNC-dev] Feedback on GnuCash 3.903

Bob, I still don't understand fully. Are you saying that if I set my column widths differently for Stock A and Stock B, and then close both and reopen them both, that they will open with a set of arbitrarily-defined default widths for that account type, rather than the account-specific

Re: [GNC-dev] Feedback on GnuCash 3.903

Mark, If that's true, I imagine it's a mistake. At least I hope so! I trust the devs will fix it, since I'd be pretty upset to have to reset column widths on all my accounts... David Original Message From: mark sattolo Sent: Thu Jun 04 19:07:27 EDT 2020 To: gnucash-devel

Re: [GNC-dev] About 3.9 and reconciliation balances

Christopher, Those are all very good points. I do think that the goals are laudable, and I think Dale's call for further analysis is a good approach. The question of what reconciliation is supposed to be, and what it's supposed to do (beyond the most rudimentary textbook descriptions) are not

Re: [GNC-dev] About 3.9 and reconciliation balances

Christopher, I understand your frustration at trying to help and getting a negative response. In trying to fix one problem, you have unwittingly waded into a bigger one. Your message raises a couple of points. First, this rollback need not be forever. It could wait until such time as the

Re: [GNC-dev] About 3.9 and reconciliation balances

Christopher, I have to admit to some trepidation at having something as significant to my books as reconciliation suddenly changed based on data elements that aren't visible in the GUI. Are you sure the solution is better than the problem? I'm also concerned at the fact that (as with some

Re: [GNC-dev] alphavantage time out fix not obvious

Legitimate questions deserve legitimate answers. On December 2, 2019, at 10:14 PM, David Carlson wrote: Please do not feed the animals On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 6:30 AM D via gnucash-devel wrote: This was discussed in the groups--for finance::quote (https://sourceforge.net/p/finance-quote

Re: [GNC-dev] alphavantage time out fix not obvious

This was discussed in the groups--for finance::quote (https://sourceforge.net/p/finance-quote/mailman/message/36277551/) I believe there may have been a couple of cross posted messages here, though. This is not a bug for Gnucash, so probably shouldn't file one against Gnucash. I don't know

Re: [GNC-dev] Mouse usage in Gnucash

On October 12, 2019, at 3:45 AM, John Ralls wrote: > >> On Oct 10, 2019, at 10:26 PM, David Cousens wrote: >> >> Do we by any chance have some sort of standard description of mouse usage in >> GNuCash on the various OS. >> >> I am updating documentation. Docbooks has tags for description

Re: [GNC-dev] Find Transfers feature

Rob, Welcome to Gnucash! When you "label" your transfer Education:Books, in Gnucash you are putting it into a separate *account* named that. This is the fundamental difference between Quicken and Gnucash: Gnucash is a full double entry software package which uses accounts in place of

Re: [GNC-dev] Release Schedule

On May 28, 2019, at 8:06 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: >D via gnucash-devel writes: >> A custom report, as Christopher says, is a scm file. In order for it >> to run, you will have made an entry in config.user to explicitly load >> your file. >Actually, a custom .scm file

Re: [GNC-dev] Release Schedule

Derek, On May 28, 2019, at 8:05 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: >Wm via gnucash-devel writes: >> for example, what if someone is depending on a perceived fault in the >> current reporting system? <-- I don't know if I am doing this but I >> might be. >THIS could be an issue.  One person's bug is

Re: [GNC-dev] Release Schedule

Wm, To amplify, saved-reports-x.x contains saved options settings for standard reports, and not actual custom reports.. A custom report, as Christopher says, is a scm file. In order for it to run, you will have made an entry in config.user to explicitly load your file. David On May 26,

Re: [GNC-dev] Unable to compile Docs

I thought that those tools were only need to create the pdf and mobi versions. On May 8, 2019, at 5:43 PM, John Ralls wrote: > On May 7, 2019, at 9:25 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > How do I go about getting the Fontbox jar(s) referenced below. > Apparently I can't compile the docs

Re: [GNC-dev] Dormant Bugzilla Accounts

Yeah. As I mentioned at the time, my primary concern was to make the wiki reflect the status quo. It's all good. David On March 17, 2019, at 2:58 AM, Wm via gnucash-devel wrote: On 05/02/2019 15:55, Derek Atkins wrote: > All accounts that touched any GnuCash bug were migrated over. The ONLY

Re: [GNC-dev] tb, gnc or me? my trial balance is wrong and I think it is gnc not me

for 12-19 and 12-16 but not for 12-18 or 12-17-2017 and the report is using nearest in time, that could cause what you are seeing. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 7:04 AM D via gnucash-devel wrote: That sounds to me like it's using a different exchange rate from one day to another, and I'd agree

Re: [GNC-dev] tb, gnc or me? my trial balance is wrong and I think it is gnc not me

That sounds to me like it's using a different exchange rate from one day to another, and I'd agree with your assessment in that case. I would have thought that the exchange rate in the transaction would be used. Mind you, I can't wrap my head around the subtleties that seem to apply on this

Re: [GNC-dev] Dormant Bugzilla Accounts

No. There's no problem. I just want the wiki page to reflect what actual practice is. I wasn't thinking that the accounts would be removed. David On February 5, 2019, at 9:25 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: Hi, All accounts that touched any GnuCash bug were migrated over. The ONLY user data

Re: [GNC-dev] gnucash.org logins

Well, yes. Like they were! But, now that they're not... On February 3, 2019, at 8:38 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: David, On Sun, February 3, 2019 1:51 am, David T. via gnucash-devel wrote: > Hello, > > I have noticed that the logins for bugs.gnucash.org > and

Re: [GNC-dev] Tax Report Options: Payer Name Source Option

Alex, Thanks for the clarification. My example was unfortunate; my actual experience was with income accounts--precisely for dividend income accounts, for the reason you indicated. Still greyed out. David On January 22, 2019, at 3:57 AM, Alex Aycinena wrote: David, -- Forwarded

Re: [GNC-dev] The variable gnc_fq_update is not defined.

Nope. I get this error every time, even after running GC3.4 numerous times. Since I've given up on retrieving stock quotes anyhow, and I've given up on looking at what my portfolio is doing lately (ignorance may not be bliss, but it cuts down on the stress), I guess I'll just let this one

Re: [GNC-dev] Reports -- Cleanup

If the reports are getting some attention now, I'll note that there are a number of minor bugs in Bugzilla regarding reports that could use attention. I put in 773168, 773169, 773198, 773199, and 773200, which are all pretty superficial, IMHO, and might be despatched by someone with any skill

Re: [GNC-dev] Unwritten Wiki Conventions

Frank, On December 24, 2018, at 12:19 AM, "Frank H. Ellenberger" wrote: >David, >thanks for your question. Because it affects unwritten historical >conventions, I cc the list. >https://code.gnucash.org/wiki/Wiki_Conventions >Am 23.12.18 um 08:04 schrieb David T.: >> Frank, >> I just decided to

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] Accounts do not appear in budget

Another option would be for someone (other than myself, because I never have used, liked or understood the budgets module) to write some documentation for the budgets. A third option, even less likely, is for someone who cares to go in and try and make sense of the budget features, and rewrite

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki page removal

Ok. So, I'll ask someone to move "MacOSX/Quartz" to "MacOS/Quartz" then. David On December 4, 2018, at 12:35 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op maandag 3 december 2018 18:18:03 CET schreef D via gnucash-devel: > It would seem that you all have the mistaken belief that I

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki page removal

It would seem that you all have the mistaken belief that I have powers that have not been granted to me --specifically, I do not have any option to move a wiki page, thus I cannot 'preserve the talk pages' in any way, shape, or form. BTW, I'm not sure why it's suddenly a priority to change

Re: [GNC-dev] Gtk and themes

While it is true that many users on Gnucash lists bemoan the latest theme selections, I agree with Geert, John, and the blogger that the tendency is away from such individualization. I am reminded of the wonders of dot matrix printers way back when; there was an ecstatic enthusiasm for all the

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation Build Oddity

Ok, ok. You win. I surrender. On September 14, 2018, at 11:57 AM, John Ralls wrote: On Sep 14, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op vrijdag 14 september 2018 17:13:44 CEST schreef John Ralls: On Sep 14, 2018, at 7:38 AM, David T. via gnucash-devel wrote: On Sep 14, 2018, at

Re: [GNC-dev] Issues with FOP - PDF generation

On September 14, 2018, at 1:59 AM, "Frank H. Ellenberger" wrote: > >Am 14.09.18 um 03:55 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: >> OK, so I thought it would be nice to look at the changes I am implementing >> in the documentation in PDF format, since I am rather old school, and like >> to see

Re: [GNC-dev] New Account Hierarchy Setup Assistant Questions

Hello, Having raised yet another ruckus on the lists regarding documentation, I will back off altogether, and work to write documentation on the assistant as it is, taking care to balance the needs of the different user groups. My only final comment is to note that it is unfortunate that this

Re: [GNC-dev] Git Questions With Documentation

Frank, It's not in my repo because I couldn't get it to compile. To get it to compile, I had to incorporate the content of each file into ch_basics.xml. AFAICT, the new files, ch_importing.xml and ch_configuring.xml, are in my repo, attached to my bug-796855 branch. So are ch_accts.xml and

Re: [GNC-dev] Git Questions With Documentation

David, On September 13, 2018, at 1:31 AM, David Cousens wrote: > >> I tried to retain ch_accts.xml and ch_txns.xml in gnucash-guide.xml >> and simply edit the three files so that >> they became parts of a single chapter, but this resulted in mysterious >> “Failure to process entity chapter2”

Re: [GNC-dev] Long Term Documentation Directions

Frank, You raise significant points about the effect that this might have on translations. How would it be if these changes occurred in the course of a piecemeal approach? In other words, if I or someone else were to essentially remove the text from one document, put it in the other, and add

Re: [GNC-dev] Documentation Version Display

On August 24, 2018, at 2:11 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > >On Aug 24, 2018, at 10:49 AM, David T. wrote: > >On Aug 24, 2018, at 1:35 PM, John Ralls wrote: > >On Aug 24, 2018, at 10:03 AM, David T. wrote: > >John,  >On Aug 24, 2018, at 10:57 AM, John Ralls wrote: >On Aug 24, 2018, at 5:51 AM,

Re: [GNC-dev] Register Documentation Improvements (was Re: [GNC] Column widths again)

So. I just tried this out on bug 791169. I believe it worked? On August 23, 2018, at 11:47 PM, John Ralls wrote: David, It’s git. It’s never difficult to remove stuff, but on the website there’s no reflow to get back what you’ve deleted, so take a  little more care than usual. (Well, there

Re: [GNC-dev] Main WIki Page edit

Frank, Thank you for implementing the changes. WRT removing the references to the glossaries, it *was* my intention to remove them, for a few reasons. First, the glossaries are sections of either the Guide or of the wiki. Thus, like the FAQ and the Using Gnucash links, it doesn't merit top

Re: [GNC-dev] Main WIki Page edit

The glossary entry has historically been included separately on this page. When I last suggested changes for the page, it didn't occur to me to remove that separate section and incorporate references to them (there are two glossaries: one in the Guide, and the one on the wiki, each with

Re: [GNC-dev] Wiki Home page

Adrien, John, Frank, and others, Thank you all for your considered input and forbearance. In looking over the wiki-related threads I've generated in the last couple of days, I can clearly see both my petulance and pettiness on them, and I apologize. Obviously, encouraging people to get

Re: [GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

On July 11, 2018, at 4:04 PM, Wm via gnucash-devel wrote: >On 11/07/2018 03:49, John Ralls wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 10, 2018, at 6:45 PM, Wm wrote: >>> Aside: is there a reason why version changes aren't on (or easily found >>> from) the front page  of gnucash.org? they used to be there.

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

Rather than change the message (which is still a good idea), I think we should in this case fix the messenger--in other words, stop highlighting off screen data elements and stop allowing users to change things they cannot see. David T. On May 22, 2018, at 5:39 AM, David Carlson

Re: trial balance - how to find mismatch question

Geert, I think having nearest in time use future dates relative to the report date is not useful. Mind you, matching a broker statement for value (as opposed to holdings) is perhaps equally not useful. I guess I could see a point to a nearest in time using later dates (for example, when the

Mac Help works. Since when?

Hello, Another wiki thing, probably for John. The FAQ includes a Mac question about how to get help to work, but I know that it currently (2.6.19) works out of the box, and has for a few versions now. I hesitate to delete the question outright, though, because people are known to use older

Access to code.gnucash.org

Hello, I am editing the various wiki pages that address using git (mostly, "Git" and "Git for Newbies"), and I noted that on the Git page, it talks about connecting to code.gnucash.org. The newbie page, however talks solely about connecting through github. My question is this: aside from the

Re: GnuCash Draft Concept Guide, or, Whose WIki Is This, Anyway?

Certainly. I've just used what my mail program puts in. On December 1, 2017, at 8:31 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: Oh, David, Completely unrelated to this discussion... Can you use gnucash- de...@gnucash.org in the future as mail address for the list rather than

Fwd: [Bug 692961] Update Chapter 6.3 in Tutorial

Frank, I don't understand why you are updating a documentation bug that was closed in 2015. Can you explain? David Original Message Subject: [Bug 692961] Update Chapter 6.3 in Tutorial From: GnuCash Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017, 1:12 AM To: