Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-10 Thread Stan Brown
No piece of software can be all things to all people, Fran. Some "software suites" try to do it, and in the trying they earn a reputation for being bloated, slow, and buggy. I would deplore anything that moved GnuCash in that direction. All due respect, I think you're swimming upstream on this

Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm going to reply in-line, but please understand, I sympathize, and have been in those shoes. What I'm about to say may at first sound harsh, but please keep reading... On 12/9/20 2:03 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: Please, wake up and smell the real world small business day old burnt

Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-09 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/9/20 12:03 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: Please, wake up and smell the real world small business day old burnt coffee at the end of a 12 hour day when you are trying to do the bookkeeping and still get home for a few hours sleep before it all starts over again... Look... if you

Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-09 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 2:05 PM Fran_3 via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > There is probably a way to use the current reminder feature to "fake it" > just to get an "in your face" reminder to do whatever. I'll post back if > I come up with such. > If you create a scheduled

Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-09 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Please, wake up and smell the real world small business day old burnt coffee at the end of a 12 hour day when you are trying to do the bookkeeping and still get home for a few hours sleep before it all starts over again... Look... if you are working the front desk, or the floor, and trying to

Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-09 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Before I respond inline below, I just want to point out that GnuCash is not a calendaring system. If you want to remember things like your Boss' birthday or Valentine's day, there are much better tools (like your calendar!) to do that. So use those tools for those kinds of reminders.

[GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-09 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Problem with "Bills Due" reminder popup is if you have forgotten to Post the bill you don't get reminded.Problem with missing your boss's birthday is you forgot what date it was. So, how do you create a general purpose Reminders for various things in GnuCash like..- Post Electric Bill Today