Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-06-30 Thread Dustin Henning
have anything running MacOS so can't test but I think some of the core developers do so hopefully somebody will be able to reproduce the problem now that you have more specific info. Sincerely, Vincent On Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 11:41 Dustin Henning wrote: I'm on Ventura, so maybe

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-06-30 Thread Dustin Henning
s as a way to test multicurrency features but it's not relevant to this issue. Sincerely, Vincent Dawans On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 9:18 AM Dustin Henning wrote: My notes populated automatically on 5.0, they didn't on 5.3.  I downgraded to 5.0 and they do again.  The pop-up list works th

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-06-30 Thread Dustin Henning
for the whole transaction, Memos for things specific to a split) That usage greatly simplifies my Description list. It may not suit everyone of course. Regards, Adrien On 6/29/23 10:42 AM, Dustin Henning wrote: And it's worse.  Guess I REALLY should have read the release notes.  Now notes doesn't

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-06-29 Thread Dustin Henning
in the release announcement) Since the list also shows more recent descriptions first, it is now like 4.x, but instead of only giving you an auto-fill of the last used similar description, you get more choices. Regards, Adrien On 6/28/23 4:00 PM, Dustin Henning wrote: Sounds like a good enouh reason

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-06-28 Thread Dustin Henning
s well as added a Do Not Fill option at the top. I understand keyboards vary, but you can use the arrow keys to navigate the list (or keep typing to narrow it down) Regards, Adrien On 6/28/23 9:23 AM, Dustin Henning wrote: I haven't upgraded quite that far yet, but I am on 5.x on macOS an

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-06-28 Thread Dustin Henning
I haven't upgraded quite that far yet, but I am on 5.x on macOS and I also don't have the problem described by the OP.  Regardless, I am definitely not a fan of the new feature.  Previously, I could type a few letters and have the field populated how I wanted, now I have to select from a huge

Re: [GNC] Minor issue that's becoming an irritant...

2022-05-03 Thread Dustin Henning
Hey, I'm not on Windows anymore and don't have a multimonitor setup anyway, so I can't help you directly, but I might be able to point you in the right direction if you want to try some more searching.  You may be associating this specifically to GnuCash because you do not use any other

Re: [GNC] Feature Request/Workaround Info: Preserve "Notes" Field?

2022-05-03 Thread Dustin Henning
It used to work the way you want a long time ago, but it was so long ago that it might require a feature request now.  I have a bug open, though, and they have provided a workaround of sorts in the latest versions.  There is now an "Append" checkbox in the transaction matcher, which will keep

[GNC] Proper Way to Record Capital Gains/Losses?

2022-01-05 Thread Dustin Henning
Up until about 6 months ago, I was running an old 2.x version of GnuCash, but when I upgraded from Win7 to MacOS Big Sur, I also upgraded GnuCash, and I'm currently running 4.9.  Yesterday, I went to record my first capital gain/loss transaction since that move, and I found that the method I

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 4.9 on macOS 12.1 and Apple silicon/M1

2022-01-05 Thread Dustin Henning
It's running fine on my M1 Mac Mini, but I'm still on Big Sur. On 1/5/22 7:31 AM, timothy.b via gnucash-user wrote: Can anyone confirm that the pre-built binary release of GNUcash 4.9 functions properly on Apple silicon M1 based Macs and macOS Monterey 12.1 without having to resort to

Re: [GNC] Import csv, ofx

2022-01-05 Thread Dustin Henning
AFAIK ~ as far as I know While that is a common acronym online, FWIW, I've found I can often untangle less common ones using urbandictionary.com... https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FWIW On 1/5/22 2:40 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote: Thank you for the prompt response. A

Re: [GNC] A repository for user-contributed files

2021-12-13 Thread Dustin Henning
I don't know if one exists already or not, but assuming no, one path forward might be GitHub (or a competing non-Microsoft git service that also has a decent web interface).  I am operating under the assumption that some such service is free or has a reasonable free tier.  This would allow for

Re: [GNC] Error when editing transfer for transaction

2021-12-13 Thread Dustin Henning
In addition to the below, while I'm not sure how strong GnuCash developer preference is here, I believe most FOSS developers prefer that feature requests are entered in their bug/issue tracking systems.  For GnuCash, that would be BugZilla via https://bugs.gnucash.org.  Entering your request

Re: [GNC] Encoding;was: Bitcoin …

2021-12-13 Thread Dustin Henning
FWIW, if anyone is trying to narrow down a cause here, I've not seen the errant question marks outside of that reply to my e-mail that I asked about.  I'm also e-mailing on a Mac, but I don't receive digests, and I use Thunderbird. On 12/10/21 9:33 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Same here (also

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-10 Thread Dustin Henning
9:45 + From: "Dr. David Kirkby" Cc: GNU Cash User Subject: Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 at 16:12, Dustin Henning wrote: To be frank, consi

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-10 Thread Dustin Henning
On 12/10/21 10:14 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: Now, in 2021: * Hundreds of millions of people own bitcoin * Multi-billion dollar exchanges such as Coinbase exist, which trade in bitcoin. * Bitcoin is traded on the Swiss Stock Exchange * Multi-billion dollar companies are accepting bitcoin as a

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not

2021-12-08 Thread Dustin Henning
I'm noi sure how this is relevant.  Cash and gift cards are often used in these ways, too.  Are you suggesting GnuCcash should remove support for cash acounts? On 12/7/21 10:42 PM, Tim Hume via gnucash-user wrote: It is true that Bitcoin is loved by speculators and scammers. But it does have

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not

2021-12-08 Thread Dustin Henning
On 12/7/21 11:51 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: Things change quite quickly in the crypto currency scene. 1) The Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) was the first major charity in the UK to accept donations by bitcoin https://rnli.org/support-us/give-money/bitcoin-donations 2) Newegg,

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-06 Thread Dustin Henning
On 12/5/21 11:57 AM, john wrote: On Dec 5, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 16:09, Derek Atkins wrote: Is there not a case for adding cryptocurrency support? For anyone able to build GnuCash from the source code, I would expect it to be a trivial matter to

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Rewards Refund

2021-10-14 Thread Dustin Henning
Because it is not considered taxable income in my jurisdiction, and because I only use the credit card due to the fact that I will get rewards (otherwise I would be a check or cash guy), I record it as a negative miscellaneous expense.  Outside of jurisdictions where this would be considered

Re: [GNC] Is Additional Action Necessary After Filing A Bug Report?

2021-09-24 Thread Dustin Henning
Thanks David, Derek, and John.  I understand it's a volunteer effort and resolution isn't guaranteed, that's why I waited nearly a month before checking in.  I didn't want to seem as if I was being pushy or acting entitled to anything, but I did want to make sure that I wasn't missing

[GNC] Is Additional Action Necessary After Filing A Bug Report?

2021-09-24 Thread Dustin Henning
I thought I should ask here since some time has passed. I filed a bug report (798296) at bugs.gnucash.org on the 27th of August, and it's still marked as NEW. At this point, I'm wondering if I should have (and perhaps still should) have taken any action in addition to filing the bug.

Re: Blurred fonts with uhd 4k monitor and scaling under windows 10

2018-02-05 Thread Dustin Henning
The issue is actually that Microsoft changed how scaling works in newer versions of Windows so that programs that weren't compatible with the scaling functionality in Windows would be treated as images and zoomed rather than being scaled.  It is possible that GnuCash functions properly with

Re: Accounting for Cryptocurrency Mining Operations

2017-10-26 Thread Dustin Henning
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-virtual-currency-guidance IIRC (from reading in 2014, so don't count on me as your accountant or lawyer, of which I am neither), according to the guidance linked in the post above, mined cryptocurrency is to be reported as regular income at its then current