Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-07-01 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 07/01/2018 06:05 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: > Discussions are useful; but would anyone have an idealised template, or > sample output that the balance sheet should produce? Idealy with the > 'account-has-children-and-amounts' peculiarity? > The balsheet in development will, ideally, replace the

Re: [GNC] Apologies for list misuse

2018-07-01 Thread Chad Neeper
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Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

2018-07-01 Thread Erik Nesteruk
Thanks for checking, Jim. Budget creation worked properly when I first set up my books a few months ago with v3.0, but I have edited my account structure since then and had to create a new budget for our FY that started today. I'm currently on v3.2, and when I created a new "test" book with

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-07-01 Thread Christopher Lam
Discussions are useful; but would anyone have an idealised template, or sample output that the balance sheet should produce? Idealy with the 'account-has-children-and-amounts' peculiarity? The balsheet in development will, ideally, replace the current (non-eguile) one. The existing one has amounts

Re: [GNC] yoo might liek thissss

2018-07-01 Thread David Carlson
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[GNC] gnucash 3.2 failes to open database in Postgresql 10

2018-07-01 Thread Deamen TANG
Hi There, I am using gnucash 3.2 with Postgresql 10, after I have created my account in gnucash I can successfully save it into postgres, but after I close gnucash and open the account again, I get an error saying "experienced an error or encountered bad or corrupt data". I checked the postgres

Re: [GNC] Changing default font size in Gnucash 3.2

2018-07-01 Thread GT-I9070 H
Hi Dan Dickinson, For me the method via *GTK*_CONFIG_HOME/settings.ini file worked in Windows. Try using the method via *GNC*_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0.css file on your MAC. Regards Em dom, 1 de jul de 2018 às 15:04, Daniel Dickinson escreveu: > I just upgraded to Gnucash 3.2 (on Mac OS X

[GNC] yoo might liek thissss

2018-07-01 Thread Mike Evans
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Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Great point Stephen, I had forgotten that I had to remove all files from the build directory first. On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 6:36 PM Stephen M. Butler wrote: > On 07/01/2018 09:36 AM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > > I have GC3.2 on two 16.04 linux systems and in one build I have > >

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 07/01/2018 10:33 AM, Colin Law wrote: > I have just rebuilt (on 18.04) using the exact same commands and my > manifest does not include the icons. Do you know what is supposed to tell > the system to install them? > > Colin Is it possible that it detected them in the install directory during

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 07/01/2018 09:36 AM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > I have GC3.2 on two 16.04 linux systems and in one build I have > install_manifest.txt which includes the 'icons' directory and in the other > the install_manifest.txt does not exist (in this one the icons files were > installed months earlier so

Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

2018-07-01 Thread Robert Hoogendoorn
Hi, I have a similar problem with version 3.2 for windows. I have set up a new company, but when I create a budget no accounts show up. Under the new book options tab there is a budget section which suppose to have a default budget. On my end this is empty, so no default budget is available. I

Re: [GNC] Advanced Portfolio: "sell transaction causing a negative stock balance, and a subsequent buy transaction causing a zero balance"

2018-07-01 Thread Christopher Lam
Highlight the "transfer" buy transaction, click transaction duplicate, and accept the exact same day. You now have two buy transactions. Now highlight the first one and delete it. On Mon, 2 Jul 2018, 05:54 Anthony Joseph Messina wrote: > With GnuCash 3.1 on Fedora 28, I encounter the following

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 184, Issue 1

2018-07-01 Thread Stan Brown
> On 29/06/2018 I backed up my GNU file. > I did some editing, entering additional transactions and > reconciliations on the 30th, and today, without realizing that > GNUcash had opened up my backup file instead. I've been there, and I feel your pain. You've already seen people's suggestions for

[GNC] Advanced Portfolio: "sell transaction causing a negative stock balance, and a subsequent buy transaction causing a zero balance"

2018-07-01 Thread Anthony Joseph Messina
With GnuCash 3.1 on Fedora 28, I encounter the following error with the Advanced Portfolio report that I didn't receive on previous 2.6.y versions. "There is an error processing the transaction 'buying 1.4907 share units'. This may to be caused by a sell transaction causing a negative stock

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
I have found these lines in gnucash-build/data/pixmaps/cmake_install.cmake if("x${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}x" STREQUAL "xUnspecifiedx" OR NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT) file(INSTALL DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/gnucash/icons" TYPE DIRECTORY FILES

Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

2018-07-01 Thread Jim Passmore
Hmm. Puzzled, then. I just created a brand new account, without even an opening balance transaction so it has no entries, and a zero balance. When I did "New Budget" it showed up in the budget tree. I'm running version 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04. What version & OS are you on? Perhaps there is

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Roger Miskowicz
my directory listing shows: $ ls accounts/ gnucash.1icons/ migratable-prefs.xml scm/ ui/ checks/gtkbuilder/ make-prefs-migration-script.xsl pixmaps/ tip_of_the_day.list On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 3:23 PM Colin Law wrote: > On 1 July 2018 at 19:14, Colin Law

Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

2018-07-01 Thread Erik Nesteruk
Good thought, Jim, but I'm actually referring to the budget creation itself. When I click Actions -> Budget -> New Budget, the newly created budget has line-items for accounts that have transactions recorded but not for those without transactions. If I make a dummy transaction and create another

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 July 2018 at 19:14, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 July 2018 at 18:58, John Ralls wrote: > >> data/pixmaps/CMakeLists.txt. There aren't any conditionals. >> >> Does your build directory have share/gnucash/icons? >> > > No > > $ ls share/gnucash/ > accounts gnucash.1

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-07-01 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 01.07.2018 um 01:57 schrieb DaveC49: > Stephen John, Geert > > In accounting terms there are really only 3 basic account types: > Asset > Liability > Equity > > These all *must *satisfy the basic accounting equation Assets=Liabilities > +Equity. > > The two sides of this equation

[GNC] Changing default font size in Gnucash 3.2

2018-07-01 Thread Daniel Dickinson
I just upgraded to Gnucash 3.2 (on Mac OS X 10.13.4) and am having trouble setting a default font size. The current font is too small and makes it very difficult for me to read the register. Following the instructions at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3, I created the file

Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

2018-07-01 Thread Jim Passmore
Erik, Not sure, but I think you're talking about the budget *report*, and not the actual budget? If so, try this... Each report has an options dialog, found by clicking the gear icon while the report is displayed. On the Display tab there is, at least for the 2 budget reports I looked at, an

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 July 2018 at 18:58, John Ralls wrote: > data/pixmaps/CMakeLists.txt. There aren't any conditionals. > > Does your build directory have share/gnucash/icons? > No $ ls share/gnucash/ accounts gnucash.1 make-prefs-migration-script.xsl pixmaps tip_of_the_day.list checksgtkbuilder

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Yes, it does. On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 2:01 PM John Ralls wrote: > data/pixmaps/CMakeLists.txt. There aren't any conditionals. > > Does your build directory have share/gnucash/icons? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jul 1, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > > > I have just rebuilt (on

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread John Ralls
data/pixmaps/CMakeLists.txt. There aren't any conditionals. Does your build directory have share/gnucash/icons? Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 1, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > I have just rebuilt (on 18.04) using the exact same commands and my > manifest does not include the icons.

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Hi Colin, No idea, but from the 'build' directory I did: $ grep -r "gnucash/icons" * to get: data/pixmaps/cmake_install.cmake: file(INSTALL DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/gnucash/icons" TYPE DIRECTORY FILES "/home/roger/Projects/Gnucash/master/gnucash/data/pixmaps/hicolor" REGEX

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
I have just rebuilt (on 18.04) using the exact same commands and my manifest does not include the icons. Do you know what is supposed to tell the system to install them? Colin On 1 July 2018 at 17:36, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > I have GC3.2 on two 16.04 linux systems and in one build I have >

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Roger Miskowicz
I have GC3.2 on two 16.04 linux systems and in one build I have install_manifest.txt which includes the 'icons' directory and in the other the install_manifest.txt does not exist (in this one the icons files were installed months earlier so not part of my latest install). I just rebuilt GC3.2 on

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 07/01/2018 08:36 AM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > in 16.04 and GC3.2 using: > > $ locate gnc-account-report > > I found: > > /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-report.png > /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-report.png > > Are these files

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 July 2018 at 16:36, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > in 16.04 and GC3.2 using: > > $ locate gnc-account-report > > I found: > > /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/ > gnc-account-report.png > /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/ > gnc-account-report.png > > Are

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Roger Miskowicz
in 16.04 and GC3.2 using: $ locate gnc-account-report I found: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-report.png /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-report.png Are these files found in 18.04? On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Colin Law

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-07-01 Thread John Ralls
David, That’s apparently new and undocumented behavior, maybe in CMake 3.10. Thanks for reporting it. Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 30, 2018, at 1:26 AM, DaveC49 wrote: > > Hi John, > > If GnuCash is not built with Ninja, there is a cmake_uninstall.cmake file in > the top level of the build

[GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

2018-07-01 Thread Erik Nesteruk
I'm having technical trouble creating a budget and would like to hear any ideas. Background: I started using GnuCash a few months ago. Several of my income and expense accounts have not yet seen any transactions and show zero in the "Total" column. Objective: I want to create a budget and enter

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-07-01 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am Samstag, 30. Juni 2018, 05:37:28 CEST schrieb John Ralls: > > On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Christian Kluge > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Am 29.06.2018 um 19:26 schrieb John Ralls: > >>> On Jun 29, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Geert Janssens > >>> wrote:>>> > >>> Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
In the trace file I see around a dozen lines similar to * 13:29:29 WARN [gnc_load_app_icons()] No icon named 'gnc-account' found. Some gui elements may be missing their icons * 13:29:29 WARN [gnc_load_app_icons()] No icon named 'gnc-account-report' found. Some gui elements may be missing

Re: [GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
Actually I see there are more icons missing, such as the Split button icon in the toolbar. It seems that the missing files are the png files from data/pixmaps/hicolor/?/actions. Are these supposed to be copied somewhere by make install? Colin On 1 July 2018 at 11:21, Colin Law wrote: >

[GNC] autocomplete not working in 3.2

2018-07-01 Thread Michael Matz
I just upgraded from 3.0 to 3.2. macOs 10.13.5 (I skipped 3.1 because 3.0 has worked well for me, with the limited set of features I use.) When I enter a new transaction, I type the first letter in the description column and GnuCash makes a suggestion but if I continue typing the suggestion is

Re: [GNC] How To Record an In-Kind Charitable Donation?

2018-07-01 Thread Stan Brown
What I do is record a debit to charities expense, and a credit to my own expenditure. For example, if I do a mailing and use my personal stamps, I debit Charities and credit Stationery. If I drive, I debit Charities and credit Car Running Expenses. -- Regards, Stan Brown Tompkins County, New

[GNC] Uninstalling previous versions

2018-07-01 Thread Stan Brown
Here's my take, for what it's worth. At least in the Windows world, the assumption is that when you install a new version it either removes the old version entirely, or leaves the old version functional but installs the new version in parallel. (The latter is less common, but some programs do it

[GNC] Build on 18.04

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
Following the instructions for building GC 3.x on the wiki [1] has been accomplished on Ubuntu 18.04 with little difficulty, so many thanks to the contributors to the wiki. Just one small issue so far, the icons to the left of the account names are all showing as a little no entry sign, which I

[GNC] Issue importing MT940 files

2018-07-01 Thread lemonnie...@bluewin.ch
Hi. It seems that Gnucash is not reading in the full character string for the identity of the account for a MT940 import (line identifier :25:). For me, it is reading up to the last but one character. I have 2 accounts where only the last digit is different and thus it cannot recognise a

Re: [GNC] My bad

2018-07-01 Thread Tony Vanson
Thanks Colin ✌ Cheers On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Colin Law wrote: > The easiest way is to open the backup file and Save As the original > file as you have suggested. You could rename it instead but then you > would have to use File Open to open it (as GC defaults to opening the > last

Re: [GNC] My bad

2018-07-01 Thread Colin Law
The easiest way is to open the backup file and Save As the original file as you have suggested. You could rename it instead but then you would have to use File Open to open it (as GC defaults to opening the last file used as you noticed). Log files are not used by the system after they are

[GNC] My bad

2018-07-01 Thread Tony Vanson
Hi all, On 29/06/2018 I backed up my GNU file. I did some editing, entering additional transactions and reconciliations on the 30th, and today, without realizing that GNUcash had opened up my backup file instead. Is it possible to rename the now up-to-date backup file to the normal file I use, if