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

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I've seen several threads over the years that a user wanted to make an SX based on the current account balance. I'm glad to see the code exists, and hope to see it finally included. I'll make my way through that PR discussion and chime in once I have a grasp of the nuances, but for now, I'd

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

2020-09-16 Thread Jean Laroche
Yes, the PR is indeed TL;DR. But the gist of it is indeed that the current balance is a variable that you can use in your SX. Jean On 9/16/20 11:48 AM, David Carlson wrote: Regarding https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/682, for me, as a user, I consider it TL;DR. I will comment, tho, a

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

2020-09-16 Thread David Carlson
Regarding https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/682, for me, as a user, I consider it TL;DR. I will comment, tho, a simple step or incremental improvement like making the current account balance available as a variable for SX's would be usable for that specific SX type and generally for users to

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

2020-09-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 9/16/2020 12:52 PM, David Carlson wrote: Unfortunately, it is not flexible enough to handle modern calculations involving daily interest calculations, prepayments, and other variations, but it can still be used to set up a reasonably good estimated split between principal and interest with

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

2020-09-16 Thread Jean Laroche
Note that there is a pull request that adds the ability to use the current balance of an account in a scheduled transaction. https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/682 This allows setting up a scheduled transaction for your mortgage payment that's smart enough to compute the interest owned

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

2020-09-16 Thread David Carlson
In release 2.6.19, which I am still using, it is found in the menu tree in the location Christopher Lam described. The help manual section for Account Tree > Actions > Scheduled Transactions > Mortgage & Loan Repayment... refers to a section called Mortgage & Loan Repayment Assistant which

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

2020-09-16 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 16.09.20 um 16:42 schrieb D. via gnucash-devel: > 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

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

2020-09-16 Thread Christopher Lam
I think it has been renamed to Actions > Scheduled Transactions > Mortgage & Loan Repayment...? Maybe it has hit a raw nerve with some wizards and warlords. On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 14:27, Dean Jagels wrote: > There are a couple of old enhancement requests that refer to a "Mortgage > Repayment

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

2020-09-16 Thread D. via gnucash-devel
7 EDT 2020 To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC-dev] "Mortgage Repayment Druid" There are a couple of old enhancement requests that refer to a "Mortgage Repayment Druid."  Is/was this a wizard of sorts?  Does it still exist?  The House Mortgate How-To in the doc's makes no me

[GNC-dev] "Mortgage Repayment Druid"

2020-09-16 Thread Dean Jagels
There are a couple of old enhancement requests that refer to a "Mortgage Repayment Druid."  Is/was this a wizard of sorts?  Does it still exist?  The House Mortgate How-To in the doc's makes no mention of such a thing. Thanks, Dean ___