Re: [GNC] My emails are not appearing on gnucash-user@gnucash.org list.

2018-12-30 Thread Liz
On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 14:27:40 -0600 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Receiving a copy of your own messages is a mailman user preference > you can change. Personally, I prefer not to receive copies of my own > posts as they are in my ’sent’ folder already and my mail client > threads them in where they

[GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-30 Thread Jon Leech
Are there any written or video tutorials for moving shares between stock accounts? There's very little about this in the manual or the list archives, and my attempts end up subtracting shares from one account and adding what appears to be USD to the other account. Jon

Re: [GNC] Import qif does not remember account allocation.

2018-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
DaveW, As noted earlier, receiving copies of your own messages is a preference you can set. It defaults to ’no’ because many people keep copies of their own sent mail, thus our mail clients thread our sent messages into the conversation where they belong. (when using thread or conversation

Re: [GNC] Import qif does not remember account allocation.

2018-12-30 Thread DaveW
David C I apologise for the duplicated messages. (I was troubled by the fact that I saw no evidence in the List that my message was properly sent. Even now, I don't seem to be receiving my gnu-cash user copies from the List? Be that as it may, I regret the nuisance value of my emailing

Re: [GNC] Fractional prices

2018-12-30 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 30, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 06:37:56AM -0700, John Ralls wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 20, 2018, at 11:35 AM, David Jordan >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi. I have just downloaded v. 3.2. The prices of shares are showing in >>> dollars and fractions of

Re: [GNC] Fractional prices

2018-12-30 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I believe there's a preference for this. Have you set it? On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:47, Walt Mankowski wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 06:37:56AM -0700, John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Jul 20, 2018, at 11:35 AM, David Jordan > > wrote: > > > > Hi. I have just downloaded v. 3.2. The

Re: [GNC] Fractional prices

2018-12-30 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 06:37:56AM -0700, John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Jul 20, 2018, at 11:35 AM, David Jordan > > wrote: > > > > Hi. I have just downloaded v. 3.2. The prices of shares are showing in > > dollars and fractions of a dollar. How do I change the presentation to > > dollars and

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread Bruce Lang
Thanks John - just installed 3.4 and it all looks good! HNY! *Bruce* On 31/12/2018 1:46 am, John Ralls wrote: That’s https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796875 and should be fixed in 3.4 which I’ll release in a few hours. Regards, John

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread Andrew Clark
WAYLAND_DISPLAY isn't set: aclark@discus 0 ~ $ env | grep DISPLAY DISPLAY=localhost:10.0 aclark@discus 0 ~ $ env | grep WAY aclark@discus 0 ~ $ env | grep GTK aclark@discus 0 ~ $ Which is why I was confused as to how it was finding the wayland server. Setting GTK_BACKEND=x11 does work though.

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/30/18 3:15 PM, randix wrote: "Now, I don't have experience with anyone installing it on a non Ubuntu box. So, this will be an experiment. It's up to you. I won't be hurt if you pass! But I would like to know if it does work on non-Ubuntu boxes." Yea, that's what I was wondering

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread randix
"Now, I don't have experience with anyone installing it on a non Ubuntu box. So, this will be an experiment. It's up to you. I won't be hurt if you pass! But I would like to know if it does work on non-Ubuntu boxes." Yea, that's what I was wondering about...if anyone else wants to chime in,

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/30/18 2:49 PM, randix wrote: Stephen M. Butler wrote For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY --> gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb The zero after 3.4 is the commit

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread randix
Stephen M. Butler wrote >> For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile >> yourself: >> https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY >> --> >> gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb >> >> The zero after 3.4 is the commit number after the tag (there

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread David Cousens
Congratulatins to John, Geert and the rest of the team. Looking forward to trying it out David Cousens - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread Andrew Clark
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 08:22, John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:58 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > > > At Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:39:55 +1100 Andrew Clark > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Mon., 31 Dec. 2018, 00:23 Derek Atkins >> > >>> Check $DISPLAY > >>> > >> > >> Thanks Derek, but that's

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 30, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Dave H wrote: > > I'll second that :-) > > Just a note that your github download links are bad - the extraneous 3.3 > gives a 404 error. Seems they should be > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/3.4/gnucash-3.4.setup.exe > and not >

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:58 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:39:55 +1100 Andrew Clark wrote: > >> >> On Mon., 31 Dec. 2018, 00:23 Derek Atkins > >>> Check $DISPLAY >>> >> >> Thanks Derek, but that's my issue. $DISPLAY is set but gnucash doesn't >> forward the display

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Awesome! Thanks to the devs for their hard work. FYI, the GitHub download links for the installers should point to /downloads/3.4 instead of /downloads/3.3 or you’ll get a 404. Regards, Adrien > On Dec 30, 2018, at 2:15 PM, David Carlson > wrote: > > Wow, that looks like a lot of progress

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Thank you very much, worked perfectly. On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 3:34 PM Stephen M. Butler wrote: > For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY --> > gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb > > The zero after 3.4

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:39:55 +1100 Andrew Clark wrote: > > On Mon., 31 Dec. 2018, 00:23 Derek Atkins > > Check $DISPLAY > > > > Thanks Derek, but that's my issue. $DISPLAY is set but gnucash doesn't > forward the display ot the xserver in $DISPLAY unless I force it by > manually supplying

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/30/18 12:51 PM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: Thank you very much, worked perfectly. Thank you.  That is good to know.  Are you also on Ubuntu 18.04 or some other debian based box? --Steve On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 3:34 PM Stephen M. Butler > wrote: For those

Re: [GNC] Gnucash-created "closing" entries

2018-12-30 Thread David Cousens
Stan, Mike Australia has the similar provisions with your primary residence being capital gains exempt so even realized gains are not taxable income in our case. There are some restictions, e.g. if you sell within 12 months or have a pattern of selling and purchasing which indicates conducting a

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread Andrew Clark
On Mon., 31 Dec. 2018, 00:23 Derek Atkins Check $DISPLAY > Thanks Derek, but that's my issue. $DISPLAY is set but gnucash doesn't forward the display ot the xserver in $DISPLAY unless I force it by manually supplying the $DISPLAY variable to the --display parameter. e.g. This works: gnucash

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread John Ralls
That was fast! Thanks! Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:25 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY --> > gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb > > The zero

Re: [GNC] My emails are not appearing on gnucash-user@gnucash.org list.

2018-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
DaveW, Your messages *do* appear on the list: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-December/thread.html Look near the bottom of the page. Receiving a copy of your own messages is a mailman user preference you can change. Personally, I prefer not to receive copies of my own

[GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY --> gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb The zero after 3.4 is the commit number after the tag (there are currently none) and the one after that is the first attempt

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.3 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thomas, Try this: Open the folder where you installed GnuCash (/Applications is the default) Right-click GnuCash.app and choose Open. You should be prompted to confirm you want to open the file downloaded from the internet. The app will start to open, but then stop. Now, still in the

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread David Carlson
Wow, that looks like a lot of progress has been made! Thanks to the developers for their hard work! David C On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 2:03 PM John Ralls wrote: > The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 3.4, the fifth release of > the 3.x stable release series. > > Changes > > Between 3.3

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-30 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 20:08, John Ralls wrote: > > The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 3.4, the fifth release of the > 3.x stable release series. Excellent, thanks John and to the rest of the team. Colin > > Changes > > Between 3.3 and 3.4, the following bugfixes were

Re: [GNC] How to journal this transaction?

2018-12-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/30/18 11:42 AM, gn00b wrote: Someone owes me $100 (Accounts Receivable). But instead of paying me $100, they pay for an expense of mine worth $100. How would I journal this transaction? At some point you would have booked a transaction to create a short-term receivable asset with a value

Re: [GNC] How to journal this transaction?

2018-12-30 Thread David Carlson
I would either enter a simple transaction from a/r to expense or use two transactions , one from a/r to cash and one from cash to expense. David C On Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 1:44 PM gn00b Someone owes me $100 (Accounts Receivable). But instead of paying me $100, > they pay for an expense of mine

[GNC] How to journal this transaction?

2018-12-30 Thread gn00b
Someone owes me $100 (Accounts Receivable). But instead of paying me $100, they pay for an expense of mine worth $100. How would I journal this transaction? -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread John Ralls
That’s https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796875 and should be fixed in 3.4 which I’ll release in a few hours. Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 30, 2018, at 6:25 AM, Christoph R > wrote: > > Ok, I digged a bit more and found the following

Re: [GNC] Gnucash-created "closing" entries

2018-12-30 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/29/2018 6:13 PM, David Cousens wrote: Stan, The main thing is your books are telling you what you need to know and it is working for you. i get your point about net worth. It should be possible to generate a custom report which will just calculate that without having to close all the

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread Christoph R
Ok, I digged a bit more and found the following behavior: - In the register go to the accounts field and type the first letter of an existing account - the accounts picker comes up. - select the account. - Select any other input field Now it’s messed up: - hitting Right, Left or the CMD key

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread Derek Atkins
Check $DISPLAY -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On December 30, 2018 7:45:28 AM Andrew Clark wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 at 11:30, Andrew Clark wrote: Why is GNUCash ignoring the $DISPLAY variable when I'm logged in on discus? I did a little bit more digging

Re: [GNC] X Forwarding starts session on remote machine?

2018-12-30 Thread Andrew Clark
On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 at 11:30, Andrew Clark wrote: > Why is GNUCash ignoring the $DISPLAY variable when I'm logged in on discus? > I did a little bit more digging this evening and have had some success: gnucash --display="$DISPLAY" Behaves as expected and forwards the display to the ssh

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-30 Thread Finbar Mahon
Sorry, I meant doing the first option (as I  should have been:-[) before updating to 3.3. Thanks for the information. I'll have a look at the wiki. B On 30/12/2018 10:57, Colin Law wrote: On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 09:49, Finbar Mahon wrote: Hello, I want to do a backup of the current

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-30 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 09:49, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to do a backup of the current installation as of 31.12.2018 and > install the latest version (3.3?) from 1.1.2019. First is this a > worthwhile action and is there any particular process I should follow? I > have looked

[GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-30 Thread Finbar Mahon
Hello, I want to do a backup of the current installation as of 31.12.2018 and install the latest version (3.3?) from 1.1.2019. First is this a worthwhile action and is there any particular process I should follow? I have looked around the documentation but I didn't find a "how to" I am

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 03:52, Bruce Lang wrote: > > Me too > > Issue is when I enter a new transaction. It auto-fills the previous > similar transaction which is what I want but when I go to edit the > details - let's say I want to change a word using Shift-Back (or > Forward) arrow, it

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread David Carlson
John requested that users report every detail of your actions leading up to the problem and exactly which keystrokes do not work. So far the developers cannot replicate the problem. A "Same here" comment does not help with diagnosing the problem. David C On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 2:09 AM

Re: [GNC] Import qif does not remember account allocation.

2018-12-30 Thread David Carlson
Dave W, Once is enough with the duplicated messages. The previous responses by John and Derek seemed to cover your concerns but since you are asking for elaboration, I as an experienced user can answer your questions #1 & #2. The QIF Import wizard in the GnuCash Releases 2.6.21 and earlier

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread Christoph R
Same here Gruß, Christoph > Am 30.12.2018 um 04:49 schrieb Bruce Lang : > > Me too > > Issue is when I enter a new transaction. It auto-fills the previous similar > transaction which is what I want but when I go to edit the details - > let's say I want to change a word using