Re: [GNC] Small bug in the display

2020-02-19 Thread mhdecoursey .
Yes, indeed, that does fix it! Linux version 5.3.0-28-generic Linux Mint, DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia" fully up to date. GnuCash 2.6.19 fully up to date. Mark H. DeCoursey 740 Shipping St. NE Salem, Oregon 97301 Cell: 425 891 0440 Ham: KJ7BLS "Justice is everyone's business"(c)

Re: [GNC] How to install GnuCash from Source for Linux ?

2020-02-19 Thread David Cousens
There are some .deb installation files that Stephen Butler produced for Ubuntu 18.04 which should work under LM 19.3 (search the mailing list for posts re debian should find them) https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux covers building from source of the most up to date versions. I

[GNC] How to install GnuCash from Source for Linux ?

2020-02-19 Thread Long
I spent a lot of time to read some topic on internet, and i couldn't find anything "EASY" to help me install GnuCash (Newest version) into my Linux Mint 19.3. Ok, if i install it from Software Center, it's older version from GnuCash webpage, and if i install it from FLATPAK, it's prevent me to

[GNC] Where should i put my account "Loan to a Friend" when they evaded debt ?

2020-02-19 Thread Long
Hello GnuCash Users, I just assumed that when i loan to a friend and they don't give my money back, and then, where should i put that Account to make it doesn't not affect my Assets ? i mean, my Asset only had 100$, "Stealer" owed to me about 20$, everytime i open GnuCash... oh, look, this month

Re: [GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion

2020-02-19 Thread John Ralls
That's not mangling the data, it's presenting the exact value of 11102.12/1975.10, a number that isn't representable as a decimal without rounding. As for the display being clever, of course it isn't, it's a computer. But it you enter the two values 11102.12 and 1975.10 GnuCash shouldn't change

Re: [GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion

2020-02-19 Thread Paul Abraham
Hmm. That seems to work, but it certainly isn't what I want. The exchange rate is now shown as "5 + 61331/98755" which is less than helpful - it most certainly is not how real world exchange rates are quoted, and it makes comparison almost impossible! Why does the display option

Re: [GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion

2020-02-19 Thread Paul Abraham
Hi, Yes, that's what I did first (it's actually what I normally do) but gnucash clobbers it to the incorrect value. I then tried entering the rate and the same thing occured. On 19/02/2020 15:18, Derek Atkins wrote: Hi, Paul Abraham [1] writes: I have real world transaction

[GNC] YNAB 4 to GnuCash Migration Tool

2020-02-19 Thread Gal Bar Mashiah
Hello, Smooth migration from YNAB 4 to GnuCash is not possible due to QIF interpretation mismatch between the programs. I wrote a tool that modifies the YNAB 4 exported QIFs so that they can be imported in GnuCash. Full readme and code is available here:

Re: [GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion

2020-02-19 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Paul Abraham writes: >I have real world transaction that involves a transfer from a GBP to a >BRL account but cannot get it to accept either the correct value in BRL >or the actual exchange rate. It insists on truncating the rate to 3 >decimal places (or 4 sig figs?) and

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Fwd: Failed - import of QIF files from Quicken

2020-02-19 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Adrien Monteleone writes: > I seem to recall a development goal being to eliminate Scheme code > except for reports. > > This might be a good candidate for just re-writing this in C/C++ with > proper tests and verbose error output and/or logging. > > If someone with the skillset is

Re: [GNC] Small bug in the display

2020-02-19 Thread Greg Feneis
Note that in some cases widening a column can put all of the columns on a common page with a scroll bar at the bottom. So it's possible for the left most column's contents (date) to appear off the screen. Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Pixel 3) On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 07:11 Colin Law wrote: > Does

Re: [GNC] help

2020-02-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Looks like the wrong screenshot. Regards, Adrien > On Feb 19, 2020 w8d50, at 11:22 AM, Keith Miller > wrote: > > Yes only mine is worse on PopOS-Ubuntu 19.10 > > Interesting. I just tried to take a screenshot. I need to bring the > screenshot app up and when I do this the transfer menu fills

Re: [GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion

2020-02-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Check that Preferences > General > Numbers > 'Force Prices to display as decimals' is *unchecked*. This should result in fractions being shown rather than being rounded or truncated. You may need to have Trading Accounts turned on, but I could be mistaken. The total decimals used I think has

Re: [GNC] How2find 1) Duplicate items imported 2)Un-Posted Bills?

2020-02-19 Thread Christopher Lam
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 01:49, Greg Feneis wrote: > I typically import qif and ofx files into checking or credit card accounts. > GC does a pretty good job of matching pending import transactions with > transactions that are already present. Also, I have tried to import a file > that I previously

Re: [GNC] Small bug in the display

2020-02-19 Thread Colin Law
Does double clicking the date column header fix it? What OS are you using and what version of GnuCash? Colin On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 09:05, mhdecoursey . wrote: > > The first column of date characters is partially outside the window frame, > making some entries difficult to read. snap

[GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion

2020-02-19 Thread Paul Abraham
I have real world transaction that involves a transfer from a GBP to a BRL account but cannot get it to accept either the correct value in BRL or the actual exchange rate. It insists on truncating the rate to 3 decimal places (or 4 sig figs?) and adjusting the amount to match, even

Re: [GNC] How to enter value when budgeting? And meaning ?

2020-02-19 Thread Long
You helped me a lot, and Thank you so much for take your time to answer my questions. Best Regards. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Small bug in the display

2020-02-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There is already a bug filed on a similar issue with dates, but I’m not sure if this has the same cause. (though one solution might work for both issues) In the meantime, you can manually resize the date column. The downside is this is only remembered per account register rather than all of

Re: [GNC] How to enter value when budgeting? And meaning ?

2020-02-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It looks like you have everything set correctly. (and you really don’t need to uninstall/reinstall when you make such changes) I see now, in Tools > Security Editor, the Dong (VND) is set for 1/100 instead of 1 as the smallest fraction. Perhaps this is why you are still seeing decimals.

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Failed - import of QIF files from Quicken

2020-02-19 Thread Geert Janssens
They should not be taken off-line, they should be taken to gnucash-devel. I have purposely left gnucash-user in cc in this mail to inform everybody, but please on future replies remove gnucash-user from the recipient list and only post to gnucash-devel. Regards, Geert Op woensdag 19

[GNC] Small bug in the display

2020-02-19 Thread mhdecoursey .
The first column of date characters is partially outside the window frame, making some entries difficult to read. snap enclosed. Mark H. DeCoursey ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] How to enter value when budgeting? And meaning ?

2020-02-19 Thread Long
i have attached 3 pictures about my computer setting. It's still have decimal after I setup my currency and number in my computer -> restart my computer -> uninstall GnuCash -> reinstall GnuCash (3.8b+) -> create a new account on GnuCash. it's weird, is it a bugs from GnuCash? 1 - Currency setting

Re: [GNC] How to enter value when budgeting? And meaning ?

2020-02-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You’re welcome, and your English is certainly good enough to get the point across, no worries. As for the currency issue, this usually isn’t set by GnuCash. You set this in your operating system settings. Unfortunately, I don’t use Windows, so I can’t help further, but it should be in