Re: [GNC] "Nested" Expense Category Report

2023-02-03 Thread Steve Cohen
Actually it's even worse than the example shown. Had there been no transactions at the top level Auto, then all the subcategories would show up without any indication that they were under the top level auto account. On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 3:37 PM Steve Cohen wrote: > I am trying to prod

[GNC] "Nested" Expense Category Report

2023-02-03 Thread Steve Cohen
I am trying to produce a report of expenses that follows the tree structure of accounts under Expenses. For example, I'd like something like this: Auto $6.50 Fees $150.00 Gas $250.00 Parking $40.25 Repair and Maintenance $2000.00 Tolls $40.00 Total Auto$2486.75 Instead, I

[GNC] Reinstall GnuCash after Ubuntu upgrade to 22.04

2022-04-24 Thread Steve Cohen
I just upgraded my system to Ubuntu 22.04 (from 21.10). As a non-official application, GNUcash seems to have been removed from the system or rendered non-functional though a launch icon remains and does nothing. Prior to install, I was running GNC 4.9. Can someone please point me in the right

Re: [GNC] Incorrect QFX Import

2021-12-29 Thread Steve Cohen
e transactions that were imported? > Some banks are not good at assigning unique FITID to transactions, and > that can cause a problem for GC. > Jean > > On 12/29/21 2:13 PM, Steve Cohen wrote: > > Additionally, I tried exiting GnuCash and trying the import again. This > &g

Re: [GNC] Incorrect QFX Import

2021-12-29 Thread Steve Cohen
Additionally, I tried exiting GnuCash and trying the import again. This made no difference. On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 4:06 PM Steve Cohen wrote: > I downloaded all of 2021's transactions from my bank in QFX format and > tried to import the file. > > As I was doing so, I noticed an

[GNC] Incorrect QFX Import

2021-12-29 Thread Steve Cohen
I downloaded all of 2021's transactions from my bank in QFX format and tried to import the file. As I was doing so, I noticed an anomaly. I receive monthly direct deposits from a pension, all arrive on or shortly after the first of each month, the same amount every month. But on the QFX import

[GNC] Fwd: Amex won't let me access QFX data without a Quicken Account

2021-01-04 Thread Steve Cohen
-- Forwarded message - From: Steve Cohen Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [GNC] Amex won't let me access QFX data without a Quicken Account To: Dean Gibson Good that you can. I can’t. When I try exactly what you describe (which used to work for me,too), I get

Re: [GNC] What does OFX Direct Connect do?

2021-01-04 Thread Steve Cohen
lly downloading your transactions in one of > the formats GnuCash supports, or getting Quicken. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jan 4, 2021, at 1:19 PM, Steve Cohen wrote: > > > > and if your financial institution, like American Express, forces you to >

[GNC] Amex won't let me access QFX data without a Quicken Account

2021-01-04 Thread Steve Cohen
I've recently picked up Gnucash after letting it slide for about a year. I want to download data from my American Express Card account in QFX format, and they won't let me do it without "deactivating and reactivating" my Quicken account. Quicken doesn't own my data, I own it. I don't even have

[GNC] American Express now forces you to use Quicken to download QFX

2021-01-04 Thread Steve Cohen
I've gone back recently to using my GnuCash and I need to download transactions from American Express. Their website now wants to force me to go through Quicken to deactivate my account and reactivate it in order to get QFX data. It's my data, not Quicken's. That was the whole reason I

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Steve Cohen
Coo CvvcoCh me On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 2:55 PM Bob Sisk wrote: > Can I set up Gnucash for separate accounts, as an example, more than one > business account and a separate personal account with a totally separate > set of data files for each to keep up with finances? > > -- > /Robert Sisk >

Re: [GNC] I just need a line feed

2019-02-07 Thread Steve Cohen
I'm not a developer of gnucash so take this with a grain of salt, but putting a '\n' where you want the line feed might work. If you're on windows, you might need to do '\n\r'. Try it, maybe it's a help to you, but no guarantees. On 2/7/19 2:34 PM, Richard Marmor wrote: On 1/27 I

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-07 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/5/19 3:42 PM, Colin Law wrote: On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 21:20, Steve Cohen <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: ... Getting rid of this file ~/.config/gtk-3.0.gtk.css which I had created and restarting the system got me back the awful scroll bar behavior I had instan

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-07 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/7/19 2:11 AM, Liz wrote: On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 17:21:35 -0500 (EST) Robert Heller wrote: *Part* of what is going on is the whole "touch screen" mania, coupled with a bitofscroll-wheelmania.ManyUI people (the ones making design choices for thevariouswidgetlibraries,includingGTK3), seem to

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

2019-02-07 Thread Steve Cohen
Thank you for this! On 1/28/19 1:55 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: Here are the three debian files for 3.4 (as released): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fV_fURy6c77e7gf6S41lTacM7dFyy7VD And here are the three for 3.4-45: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v-AWCWxbETqsXsmQ7jYX8wurL6HKASBF

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/5/19 4:21 PM, Robert Heller wrote: *Part* of what is going on is the whole "touch screen" mania, coupled with a bitofscroll-wheelmania.ManyUI people (the ones making design choices for thevariouswidgetlibraries,includingGTK3), seem to feel that nobody really is (should?) be using their

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/5/19 3:42 PM, Colin Law wrote: On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 21:20, Steve Cohen <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: ... Getting rid of this file ~/.config/gtk-3.0.gtk.css which I had created and restarting the system got me back the awful scroll bar behavior I had instan

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/5/19 3:02 PM, Colin Law wrote: On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 20:17, Steve Cohen <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 2/5/19 2:04 PM, David Carlson wrote: > GTK3 as default rather than GTK2.  I think those scroll bars first > appeared there but they seem

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
es up proportional to where you clicked instead of one page.  Thus there is no longer a 'page up' 'page down' function with the mouse button.  That gets very annoying when reading a long document. David Carlson On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 2:17 PM Steve Cohen <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/5/19 2:04 PM, David Carlson wrote: GTK3 as default rather than GTK2.  I think those scroll bars first appeared there but they seem to be becoming as fashionable as useless 'antique' bathroom sinks. While I appreciate and think I agree with the thrust of your comment, I'm not actually

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
g whatever Ubuntu 18.04 ships with out of the box. On 2/5/19 11:29 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: I was surprised to see 3.900 myself but that's what the About screen tells me: Version: 3.900 Build ID: git 3.1-100-geb67baba5+ (2018-06-03) Finance::Quote: 1.47 I am running the standard gnome version

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
just tried it with MS Excel (Win10) and it behaves exactly as you describe with your GNUcash-in-Linux experience. So it is not uncommon. But it is annoying. On 2/5/2019 10:38 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: On 2/5/19 11:33 AM, Bucky Carr wrote: Well, I am not using the Windows version and this behavior

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
@purgatoire.org>> wrote:     I've noticed that exact behavior in many other Windows programs as     well. Definitely annoying. We are not talking about Windows programs are we? Colin     On 2/5/2019 9:53 AM, Steve Cohen wrote:     > For two years something seemed not quite right ab

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
re running 3.900 as I think 3.4 is the latest. Are you running the standard (Gnome) version of Ubuntu?  Are you using X or Wayland? That should be selectable from logon screen.  I am running X. Colin On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 16:55, Steve Cohen <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: For

[GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Cohen
For two years something seemed not quite right about the use of scroll bars in Gnucash register windows, but I always just "lived with it" in a state of vague , not quite conscious annoyance. I have finally put my finger on the problem. When I click in the scroller and move my mouse, whenever

Re: [GNC] Restricting expense report to single checking account

2019-02-04 Thread Steve Cohen
On 2/4/19 5:12 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: I think only the Transaction Report will offer this flexibility. Account/Accounts - Bank account Account/Filter Type - "include" Account/Filter By.. expense accounts. On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 05:35, Steve Cohen <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>

[GNC] Restricting expense report to single checking account

2019-02-04 Thread Steve Cohen
I wish to make an expense report (pie chart, bar chart, not important which) to track spending over the past two years, but restrict the content to expenses paid out of a single checking account. I make selections that seem appropriate to this task in the dialog, but I can see through the

Re: [GNC] New User-Chase Bank Problems

2018-12-21 Thread Steve Cohen
I am also trying to set this up with Chase, where I have both bank and credit card accounts. I've tried and failed since first using GNUCash last year. Trying to understand what needs to be done. I see in the Wizard "UserId is assigned to you by the bank after applying for OFX DirectConnect"

Re: [GNC] Fixing bad Bayesian data

2018-12-19 Thread Steve Cohen
Thanks, Geert, I hadn't realized that until yesterday when another poster pointed me there, but even then I hadn't realized that this was intended as a replacement for messing with data files/perl scripts, etc. On 12/19/18 4:09 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: GnuCash 3.x also has a new tool that

Re: [GNC] Fixing bad Bayesian data

2018-12-18 Thread Steve Cohen
ow this works at all. I know that it does, but I can't imagine how. The long hex numbers are GUIDs corresponding to accounts. On 12/18/18 5:59 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: On 12/18/18 3:31 PM, Steve Cohen wrote: Thanks. Seems like none of these solutions will work if your data is stored a

Re: [GNC] Fixing bad Bayesian data

2018-12-18 Thread Steve Cohen
Thanks. Seems like none of these solutions will work if your data is stored as a .gnucash file, they only work with .xml files. Is there a way to convert this? Is the Bayesian matching applied to entries that are corrected in the account editor, or is it only applied to entries made in the

[GNC] Fixing bad Bayesian data

2018-12-18 Thread Steve Cohen
Q: How do I get the most benefit from the Bayesian learning algorithm while importing? A: First of all you should always assign transactions to the right accounts in the import dialog - accounts names containing Imbalance are definitely wrong. Next, start with a small subset of

Re: [GNC] File, Import transactions, Match Transactions form Select account

2018-06-12 Thread Steve Cohen
I'm using 3.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. I endorse this suggestion. This is about the only thing I miss about Quicken. On 06/11/2018 09:36 PM, David Carlson wrote: Robert, It makes a difference which type of file you are importing and whether you are using one of the 2.6.x releases or or a 3.x release

Re: [GNC] Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-12 Thread Steve Cohen
? On 06/11/2018 06:47 PM, Chris Good wrote: Message: 16 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:58:30 -0500 From: Steve Cohen To: John Ralls Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Ubuntu 18.04 Message-ID: <7356c569-9132-2c21-ded5-b15e1331e...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8;

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend found for" file after rebuild of gnucash

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Cohen
wrote: Op maandag 11 juni 2018 19:50:11 CEST schreef Steve Cohen: As detailed in other thread, I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to Ubuntu 18.04. After some difficulty, I built Gnucash 3.0 without error. I had been running 3.0 on 14.04 as well and had saved the data. But when I attempt

[GNC] "No suitable backend found for" file after rebuild of gnucash

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Cohen
As detailed in other thread, I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to Ubuntu 18.04. After some difficulty, I built Gnucash 3.0 without error. I had been running 3.0 on 14.04 as well and had saved the data. But when I attempt to load it I get "No suitable backend was found for [filename].

Re: [GNC] Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Cohen
Solved. the ubuntu package name is google-mock On 06/11/2018 11:26 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: Got over aqbanking, found apt-cache search and found several libraries I needed that way.  Now, though, I am stuck as follows: $ export SRCROOT=/home/scohen/github;cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr

Re: [GNC] Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Cohen
-cache is installed from cmake-extras, but I have installed that, so not sure what the answer here is. I've struck out on gmock, gmock-dev, googlemock, googlemock-dev, GMOCK, GMOCK-dev On 06/11/2018 10:58 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: Thanks, John.  Now I'm stuck on aqbanking.  I haven't yet been able

Re: [GNC] Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Cohen
and headers available? I'd rather not have to bug the list about each one. On 06/10/2018 11:37 PM, John Ralls wrote: On Jun 10, 2018, at 8:31 PM, Steve Cohen wrote: Recently, I upgraded my system to Ubuntu 18.04 (from 14.04). I had built Gnucash 3.0 on 14.04. I'm trying now on 18.04 and am

[GNC] Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-10 Thread Steve Cohen
Recently, I upgraded my system to Ubuntu 18.04 (from 14.04). I had built Gnucash 3.0 on 14.04. I'm trying now on 18.04 and am in dependency hell. The latest issue is -- No package 'gwenhywfar' found This is NOT listed on https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/README.dependencies

Re: [GNC] What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-18 Thread Steve Cohen
Thanks, this worked. And nothing special needed to be done with the icon. On 04/18/2018 08:43 AM, Colin Law wrote: > On 18 April 2018 at 14:29, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> OK, so I have been using GnuCash 3.0 on Ubuntu for a couple weeks now >&g

Re: [GNC] What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-18 Thread Steve Cohen
branches have been beaten to death here and in devel over > the last several months, > if you're really interested search the list archives or read > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git#Branches. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Apr 8, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Steve Cohen

Re: [GNC] Online Banking

2018-04-13 Thread Steve Cohen
> > It means to pass --enable-hbci to configure when building with autotools. The > cmake equivalent of --enable-hbci is -DWITH_AQBANKING, and it's on by > default, so no, you don't need to do that for 3.0. > > Tools-->Online Banking Setup opens the online banking setup assistant. It has >

[GNC] Online Banking

2018-04-12 Thread Steve Cohen
In GnuCash 3.0, I tried to enable online banking in accessing https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2 (I had previous made an unsuccessful attempt to do this with 2.6.x). The first thing I found was that after launching Tools --> Online Banking Setup, I got a popup

Re: [GNC] What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-08 Thread Steve Cohen
search the list archives or read > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git#Branches. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Apr 8, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ok, I suppose. I would have EXPECTED a release to be built from the

Re: [GNC] What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-08 Thread Steve Cohen
s, > John Ralls > > >> On Apr 8, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> My bad, I forgot what I did! I didn't build from the tarball. I built >> what I got from doing >> >> >> >> which somehow brought dow

Re: [GNC] What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-08 Thread Steve Cohen
k the timestamp on > the file you are running and make sure it matches when you built it. > > Colin > > On 8 April 2018 at 15:07, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 04/07/2018 09:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 7

Re: [GNC] What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-08 Thread Steve Cohen
On 04/07/2018 09:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > >> On Apr 7, 2018, at 7:20 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On 04/07/2018 09:38 AM, John Ralls wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 6

Re: What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-06 Thread Steve Cohen
On 04/06/2018 02:39 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > >> On Apr 6, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 04/06/2018 02:22 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@g

Re: What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-06 Thread Steve Cohen
On 04/06/2018 02:22 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > >> On Apr 6, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm newly retired and have some time ... >> I have Ubuntu 14.0.4. I'm running GnuCash 2.6.1. >> >> But if I'm willing to

What is earliest version of Ubuntu for which building GnuCASH 3.0 is possible?

2018-04-06 Thread Steve Cohen
I'm newly retired and have some time ... I have Ubuntu 14.0.4. I'm running GnuCash 2.6.1. But if I'm willing to build, is there any inherent reason why building 3.0 will fail in this environment? If not, I'll be willing to make the effort. I'd be glad for any information about bumps in the road

Re: upgrading GNUcash on Ubuntu

2018-03-04 Thread Steve Cohen
ructions: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building > > If you run into any snags, just ask, someone here will help out. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Feb 28, 2018, at 5:47 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Been using gnucash for more

upgrading GNUcash on Ubuntu

2018-02-28 Thread Steve Cohen
Been using gnucash for more than 6 months and I was wondering if there's an upgrade. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS and they only support gnucash 1:2.6.1-2. The GNUcash website recommends going with what the distribution provides, but I wonder if there are new features I'd be interested in in the