Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account

2023-09-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-04 21:28, Jediator wrote: > Let's not to discuss whether it's a good idea or not to delete an > account that contains transactions.  It's a valid user function in GC to > delete a non-empty account.  I've never done that myself, but from discussions I followed here in the past, when

Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account

2023-09-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-03 12:12, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > Each of those transactions in the CC account you are deleting had > another account associated with it (at least one other account, could be > more if a "split"). I am not familiar with your usage of the word "split", but I don't think it's

Re: [GNC] cannot open data file

2023-09-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-05 19:12, suk wah Bernstein wrote: > [image: Screen Shot 2023-09-02 at 1.28.38 PM.png] Looks to me like a straightforward message: the file is not there. That's not a GnuCash problem. The file was there at one time -- we know that because it's in the history list. But since then it

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-10 09:01, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 > days, but you can change that with 'View > Filter by...' Sadly, there is > no way to turn off the filter by default, and it has to be reset each > time the General Journal is

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
you auto-complete a description, well, at least until 5.x, but > they still do if I enter then anew) > > - > As for 5.4, that's due 9/24, 11 days from now. (almost always on a > Sunday evening, I think) > > see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Schedule > On

Re: [GNC] Automatic population of posting values based on description ACROSS accounts

2023-09-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-16 13:31, R Losey wrote: > There are functions to Cut, Copy, and Paste Transactions... I use them when > I find I have posted a transaction to the wrong credit card account. For those who may not know ... It's also possible simply to change the wrong credit card to the right one,

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-31 08:38, David Carlson wrote: > Back in the day when I used Windows fairly regularly and before Windows 7 > (i.e. Windows XP or Vista or even earlier days) when it may have been > installed into a 32 bit computer, it was fairly common to see Windows using > special foreshortened

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-28 08:05, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > With regards to Nigel's comment, over the past month and a half, > there have been well over a hundred messages sprinkled across > eight different threads that seek to address the situation. At > some point, it would seem that the problems

Re: [GNC] Automatic population of posting values based on description ACROSS accounts

2023-09-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-12 03:48, Jan via gnucash-user wrote: > GnuCash "remembers" the description of postings and fills in previous > values, e.g. for account and value. This memory seems to be account > dependent, i.e. postings from one account are not remembered in another. Is > it possible to turn the

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-12 10:42, Michael Hendry wrote: > > On 12 Sep 2023, at 18:17, George Riner wrote: >> I really wish there was a keyboard shortcut to open/close the Splits on the >> transaction I'm in. > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Keyboard_Shortcuts > > I use a Mac, so the file I’ve edited is

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-12 12:46, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > accelerator map file is only written during install and not every start of > Gnucash Well, perhaps, but it _is_ written at every _close_ of GnuCash, as George Riner and I found, separately, by experiment. And in that writing, the lines we added

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-12 15:48, jbonn...@internode.on.net wrote: > Here are some notes I have on how I achieved this on Windows 10 > > For Windows users, I found that accelerator-map file in > > C:\Users\john\.gnucash\accelerator-map The items stored in the {username}\.gnucash folder relate to GC "2.6

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-12 14:46, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > In Version 4.14 onwards there was a changein the way accelerator map was > handled, please see below for more details. ... > > Change the handling of accelerator maps. Gtk no longer supports > changing these from the menus and the save no

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks! But that change is in release notes for 4.9, i.,e. the pre-release 5.x, so that wouldn't be relevant to 4.14, right? And the change is marked as not related to a bugfix. So I'm still confused. Was there a bug in 4.14's handling of accelerator keys in accelerator-map, or wasn't there? I'm

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
s I do, your odds of having issue with the feature aren't > likely to be high for the same reason(s). Of course, 5.4 will be out > soon enough. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 9/13/23 1:29 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> Thanks! But that change is in release

Re: [GNC] gnucash_user: rounding errors and significant digits

2023-09-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-09 12:19, Ken Farley wrote: > I really don't see what is so difficult to understand about this. > > The key equation is AMOUNT = PRICE * SHARES > > Gnucash works under the philosophy that two of those terms must be > maintained precisely: > > AMOUNT - the total cost of the

Re: [GNC] Some questions about the Account Summary Report

2023-08-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-31 04:04, Chris Green wrote: > Why is the amount for 'Lloyds' further left than the other amounts? Is > it simply because it's a lower level sub-account? Yes. Each lower level of subaccounts is further left. To control the number of columns displayed for subaccounts, see Levels of

Re: [GNC] How to display account total with subaccounts in a report

2023-10-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-26 14:25, Jediator wrote: > Forgive my ignorance, but where is the P Account options located?  Do > you mean report options?  Could you please be specific on how to set the > options (not very obvious)?  Thanks! > > On 10/26/23 5:16 PM, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: >> in the P Account

[GNC] Scheduled Transactions: Monday before the 4th Wednesday

2023-10-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Every month, I get a direct deposit two days before the fourth Wednesday of the month. That's not the same as the third Monday. For example, this month the fourth Wednesday was 25 October, so the deposit came on 23 October, which is the fourth Monday. Next month, the fourth Wednesday will be 22

Re: [GNC] Struggling with column width

2023-10-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-30 06:31, Donna F via gnucash-user wrote: > Every time I read about a solution, I try it and it > doesn't work. Like double-clicking on the Balance Header, which made > the column smaller. Double-clicking again made it so small it > disappeared. Dragging the column header from the right

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions: Monday before the 4th Wednesday

2023-11-01 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for the suggestion, Kevin. It's an interesting idea, but it looks like it would be more work than I'm doing now. And also ... I could make a mistake in setting the dates manually. With the present scheme -- 4th Wednesday of each month, transaction posts two days early -- at least I can

Re: [GNC] Dealing with escrow account

2023-11-02 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-11-02 12:04, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > You are unlikely to receive an amortization table for free (I would have > had to pay a bit extra for it and that was four? decades ago. Truth-in-Lending legislation has changed A LOT in those four decades. At closing for my house, three years

Re: [GNC] Additional 'Accounts' columns not being saved on closing program

2023-11-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
meaning I have to re-select them for each session. > > Whilst this is not the end of the world - obviously, it is > annoying and any help in solving it would be appreciated. > On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 at 11:36, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > wrote: >Check permissions on your .gc

Re: [GNC] Additional 'Accounts' columns not being saved on closing program

2023-11-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-11-04 03:36, G R Hewitt wrote: > Gnucash 5.4 > MacOs High Sierra 10.13.6 > > Hello, > > I have been unable to find a reason as to why, in the 'Accounts' tab, > the additional column 'Total (Period)', in this case - or any other I > choose - > will not save when I close GnuCash, meaning

Re: [GNC] Automatic population of posting values based on description ACROSS accounts

2023-09-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-23 08:55, Jan via gnucash-user wrote: > Just trying it one more time, in case somebody knows the answer. Thanks in > advance, Jan You got some suggestions when you posted this before. Did you try them? I think your best solution -- maybe your only solution -- is to work in the

Re: [GNC] gnucash tab shortcut remap

2023-09-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
There was some recent discussion on the list about accelerator keys. Users can't change them in 4.14, but they can in 5.x. 5.4 is due out later today, so upgrading is the solution. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-09-22 11:01, User Foss wrote: > New user > > Can

Re: [GNC] Finding my Company data

2023-09-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-18 11:10, Dick Courter wrote: > I just uploaded the most recent version of Gnu Cash. Now I cannot find > my Company data used by the older version even though the installation > notes said it would not be lost. How do I find it? Dick, it's where it always was. Installing GnuCash

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-25 12:40, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > ChatGPT cannot give you an answer. > > It is designed to spit out sentences that plausibly sound like a human > answered your question. > > There is a universe of difference between the two. > > One implies accuracy, the other is B.S. that appears

[GNC] Finding my company data

2023-09-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Forwarding to the list. Please, always send replies directly to the list, so that all can benefit or contribute. Forwarded Message Subject: Gnu Cash: Finding my company data Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:45:48 -0700 From: Dick Courter Thanks Stan Was not sure how to answer using

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.4 Repackaged

2023-09-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Relating to this bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799092 On 2023-09-29 14:13, David H wrote: > No Stan, seems to happen in both 5.4 and 5.4.1 for me anyway :-) > > Cheers David H. Bummer! But thanks for letting me know. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.4 Repackaged

2023-09-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-29 09:22, john wrote: >> On Sep 29, 2023, at 04:07, Ian Keiller via gnucash-user >> wrote: >> >> Odd thing happens when trying to update from 5.4 to 5.4.1 on Windows. Setup >> shows an error: >> The following applications are using files that need to be updated by Setup. >> It is

Re: [GNC] Custom Multicolumn Report - Win 10

2023-10-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-06 13:21, Nigel Staples wrote: > Having looked at this further. I can make changes to the options on a > report but the change is not reflected in the display. This appears to be > true for any change. However if I save the report, close the display and > then reopen it the changes are

Re: [GNC] GnuCash_user: rounding errors and significant digits

2023-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-07 09:54, Bruce McCoy via gnucash-user wrote: > Our question for discussion is as follows: > >     >What are the plans to help our users whose >     >books are out of balance by a cent or so? In the name of heaven, will you never let it go? How many times must you bring up

Re: [GNC] Can't download GNU

2023-10-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-16 14:33, Daniel Stutzman via gnucash-user wrote: > I have been trying various times to download GNU cash on my computer.  It > says "download will start in 5 seconds.  then after the fie seconds it waits > a little and then says "Thank you for downloading GNU.  But I haven't gotten

Re: [GNC] Attaching receipts to expenses voucher

2023-10-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Right-click on a Description or Memo block and select "Manage Document Link...". That is how it works in 4.14; I don't imagine it's much different in 5.4. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-10-21 04:30, Chris Jewell wrote: > Hi All, > > Great to be using GNUcash for a

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-20 18:35, David Cousens wrote: > I disagree however that the non-accounting terminology should be the default. > The non-accounting terminology is often not precise in its meaning whereas > once > you have understood the definitions, the meaning of the accounting terminology > and its

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-21 08:58, Edwin Booth via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks again to all! But here’s a simple question that I need the answer to > so I may start entering expenses. I have set up an account hierarchy tree and > now I want to assign expense accounts to specific transactions that I made >

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-22 09:47, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Why do you want to close the books? Habit? > GnuCash is designed to not need to. I was closing books because otherwise I thought I couldn't see current year's income and expense totals. But, as Adrien taught me, if you just want a way to see the

Re: [GNC] scheduled transactions: simple or compound interest calculations in

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-22 13:36, Name Same wrote: > One thing I note is that in the transaction template, I had to show > a debit action into the bank account, and a credit action from > Income:interest to keep the sheet balanced. Is that the right thing to do? Absolutely. Debits must balance credits in

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-22 12:55, Quinn Wood wrote: > The only use case where retained earnings comes into play is when > performing bookkeeping for a business that is taxed separately from its > owners. I don't think that's right. (1) I was on the Board of a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, and we had retained

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-22 10:42, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I am also of the opinion that hiding or obfuscating terms and concepts > is not the solution. +1 It usually makes things harder not easier, as this very thread has illustrated at great length. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/

Re: [GNC] Reply convention

2023-08-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-22 15:21, Brad Morrison wrote: > I know that GnuCash (https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo) > does not use the current version of the Mailman mailing list software > (now 3, not 2 - https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/), but does > anyone know if the various email formatting

Re: [GNC] GNU Cash for Android

2023-08-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-16 11:01, Paras Desai wrote: > > I looked for Android fork for GC and was presented with two apps > 1. GNU Cash > 2. GNU cash mobile. > I think they are independent and not connected with GC ORG. That's my understanding too. > However, I just wish to understand if I use any of the

Re: [GNC] CSV Import

2023-08-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-24 14:15, jackielou wong wrote: > I have 500 transactions under checking account for importing files... how > can i put this all in linked accounts... > > Everytime i do that they fall to imbalance usd.. can you help to fix it. So Jackielou, This suggestion may seem inefficient,

Re: [GNC] Profit and loss report

2023-08-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-25 12:31, Roger Lewry via gnucash-user wrote: > Please can anyone tell me if it is possible to generate a P report > for a previous accounting period? I have been able to create a report > for the period from 1 January 2023 to the present time but cannot see > how to specify a different

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Gnucash

2023-08-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-25 16:30, Maf. King wrote: > I've just had a thought on a possible reason the original file could not be > saved. I may be barking up the wrong tree. > > Does Win have a maximum length for a filename? It does, both for filename specifically (see below) and for total of

[GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?

2023-08-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
My own accounting period is the calendar year, but a nonprofit I'm keeping books for uses a fiscal year ending July 31st. Accounting period seems to be a per-user setting, not a per-book setting. Is there actually a way to have different accounting periods for different books. (Yes, I know I could

[GNC] Placement of autosaves and log files (was: Today's search....for .lck)

2023-08-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-06 08:58, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I can see the benefit to having logs and backup files together with the > data, but I'd prefer if they were in their own sub-directories > automatically. If I had a binary choice to put autosaves and logfiles "in same folder" or "in a sub-folder",

Re: [GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?

2023-08-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 8/5/23 4:34 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > My own accounting period is the calendar year, but a nonprofit I'm > keeping books for uses a fiscal year ending July 31st. Accounting period > seems to be a per-user setting, not a per-book setting. Is there > actually a way to ha

Re: [GNC] Upgrade to 4.14 (was: Upgrade to 3.11: question)

2023-08-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-04 17:05, Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.21/3.11/4.14) wrote: > The main point of this is a possible solution to a problem someone else > reported a few days ago. [Namely, upgrading to 4.14 from 3.x, then running > 4.14 and having GC not open the last-used book. I'm in Windows 10 and Windows

Re: [GNC] Today's search....for .lck

2023-08-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 8/6/23 11:14 AM, Chris Green wrote: > Having all the GnuCash log files and such cluttering up the directory > is a nuisance. On 2023-08-06 09:23, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I'll add for those who are risk takers, there is: > > Preferences > General > Retain log/backup files > 'Never' > > or

Re: [GNC] Upgrade to 4.14

2023-08-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > That's good to know Stan. > > That would be some good info for the FAQ on upgrading if you have the > time to add it. > > If not, maybe someone else here can. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 8/6/23 11:33 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wr

Re: [GNC] Copying report formats to new PC

2023-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-14 09:43, Richard Stanton wrote: > I'm moving GNUCash to a new PC. I've moved the data files, but > I've also got a bunch of customised graphs that open by default > when I open that file. When I open the file on the new PC, > those are missing. I've googled, and as a result have tried

Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer.

2023-08-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-12 10:50, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > Suppose  you asked us "I used a word processor to create a document. How > do I move THIS document to another computer?" > > You would expect us to say something like "Well what did you name that > document and into what directory (file

Re: [GNC] About auto-completion

2023-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-14 16:19, David Carlson wrote: > I wish to support the 'search throughout' method.  I admit that it took > me several seconds to get used to it but it reduces the size of the > short list of partial matches very quickly until I can pick the winner > very easily.  Since I am now

[GNC] About auto-completion

2023-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
I know there's been a lot of controversy about auto-completion in GC 5.x. I'm waiting for 5.4 to finish my upgrade, but have been using 4.14 for a week or so now. One thing I just noticed is that, on the accounts tab, when I type the first few letters of an account name it now matches the first

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you > can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default > to only 30 days, but that can be changed. Unfortunately, the change is > not sticky. It was not

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> On 2/8/24 12:41 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you >>> can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default >

Re: [GNC] Import CSV settings location

2024-02-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-07 07:01, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > Can you click on Help->About and does it show the various paths in use? That's a nice feature, and I never knew it was there. Thanks for posting! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 5.5

2024-02-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-06 16:51, accounting Billing wrote: > From: accounting Billing > Date: Tue, Feb 6, 2024, 3:00 PM > Subject: GNUCash 5.5 > To: , , < > christopher@gmail.com> > > We are willing to use GnuCash for our business accounting, But we are > facing some issues. > > When I try to add any

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

2023-12-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-13 16:04, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On MacOS at least, this does not work once you hit the Accounts tab. At > that point, the tab takes input as if you are doing a visible-text > search. There is no way with the keyboard to navigate off that tab > again. (so far as I can figure out) >

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

2023-12-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-17 08:34, Gyle McCollam wrote: > If your columns are too wide the balance column may be out of view. If that > is the case, you may have a scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, which you > can use to see the balance column. If you have the scroll bar and don't want > to scroll

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

2023-12-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-14 08:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > If I'm not mistaken, that is part of the setting for each Scheduled > Transaction. You set how many days in advance you want it to remind you. > If you would only want same-day, I'm hazarding a guess that "0" days > would work. If that doesn't, try

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

2023-12-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-14 12:23, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > I think Grace means that when you fire up GNC, it displays scheduled > transaction window which has all of the transactions configured in that > book. She (and I) think just displaying what is being added at that > firing up should display only for

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

2023-12-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-12 11:47, Thomas wrote: >> I always have a set of standard tabs/registers open in the main window >> (GnuCash v5.4). >> As it is quite a number of tabs in the meantime, it becomes rather >> tiresome to scroll from one end to another is there a way to have >> a drop down menu on

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

2023-12-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-12 17:19, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Another keyboard shortcut you may find useful is CTRL + ALT + PAGE UP/DOWN > will cycle through your tabs. Indeed yes! Thanks, Glenn! (I'm terrible with a mouse, so I try to do absolutely as much as possible with the keyboard.) Stan Brown Tehachapi,

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-28 09:05, R Losey wrote: > As a former software engineer, I've thought about volunteering, but it > seems so massive an undertaking that it daunts me. I suppose I could create > a VM (if my machine is powerful enough to handle a VM) and do some beta > testing. VirtualBox should work in

Re: [GNC] How is "auto asset transfer" used in an asset account?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 12/28/23 4:31 PM, Andrew Gross wrote: > I also tried a google > search with the operand "site:gnucash.org" but that didn't reveal > anything either. On 2023-12-28 16:17, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I could be mistaken, but I think Google dropped support for such > advanced searches a few years

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 28 December 2023 at 11:05, R Losey said: > I supposed the best way to beta test new versions would be to create a VM > and play with it there; I wouldn't want to corrupt my good working copy or > financial records. On 2023-12-28 14:34, Fred Bone wrote: > The other approach is PortableApps. The

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-28 17:26, Geoff wrote: > If you are already running Windows 10/11 with an existing Pro, > Enterprise, or Education licence (but not a Home licence) then Windows > Sandbox is an easy way to create a (temporary) Virtual Machine, and it > only requires 4GB RAM and 1GB free disc space.  You

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-28 22:25, R Losey wrote: > I'm pretty sure I'm running Win10 Pro; Settings » System » About The easiest way to get into settings s the Windows Logo key + I, if you have the Windows Logo key. If not, Google for "windows open settings" (without quotes) and that will tell you. I had

[GNC] Copying Windows error messages (was: Gnu cash Version 5.5 error message)

2023-12-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-25 07:48, Paul Kroitor wrote: > It's always > been a huge annoyance to me that Windows rarely allows error messages in > dialogs to be copied for searches etc. Right-clicking in the message and then pressing Ctrl+C -- without attempting to highlight anything with the mouse -- usually

Re: [GNC] Accounting Period Change issue

2023-12-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-19 07:40, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > I am concurring that DATA is in a file of "program data" that gets read > in when the "program" starts and that the "change accounting period" > function changes this data. But it doesn't. The accounting period is a setting, not data. Changing the

Re: [GNC] Search not working

2023-12-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-08 15:52, Xe Roy wrote: > When I search for 19.26 I get no results even though I just entered a > transaction for that amount. > I selected NUMBER as the search criteria. > I tried NEW SEARCH and REFINE SEARCH. > I tried CONTAINS and EQUALS. > I tried ALL CRITERIA and ANY CRITERIA. >

Re: [GNC] Business Income Statement: manipulating Cost of Goods sold (Eric Chapman)

2023-12-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-09 07:30, Chris Skudder wrote: > I'd suggest *NUMBERING* the expense accounts - the field is called > "Account Code." > Get to it by editing the account, in the account tab. > Number the accounts in the sequence in which you want to see them. > Most often, accounts are numbered in

Re: [GNC] new accounts are omitted from reports

2024-01-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-10 11:17, Scott Ellsworth wrote: > I have a strange problem now: When I create new income accounts, they > are omitted in income statement reports, and the numbers in them are > omitted from the totals. Yes, that's how GC works. After you create new accounts, you need to go open

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-11 12:55, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > Long time user working in Windows 10 with Gnucash 4.13. > > I have a number of scheduled transactions that I use; one of them > has multiple splits. With the new year, I needed to update this > scheduled transaction. I began modifying the

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
With older versions of GC, it used to take a long time to open a file. With 4.14, and I presume with 5.x, it's almost instantaneous. So why is there any discussion of saving previous-year data? It seems reasonable to me to archive a file as of 12-31-20XX, because you can't have too many archives.

Re: [GNC] Budget car payment

2024-01-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-13 10:34, Dennis Powless wrote: > Are there other options to export besides HTML? Say to excel in csv or txt? Directly, no. But you can open the exported HTML file in Excel and then File » Save As a variety of formats including CSV and text. I've never done this myself, but it has

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-17 04:41, David Carlson wrote: > An SX can be constructed to have at least two separate register > transactions, and probably as many as 12 register transactions but they may > be limited to firing on the same schedule and date. I have one SX wth two > register transactions that has

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Don't forget, changing "split" to a "new term" would mean program changes. When I click on a line within a transaction and then click the delete icon, a popup asks whether I want to delete "the split". And that happens whether there are two splits in the transaction or more than two. (It is of

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

2024-01-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
But, as R Losey pointed out, that would take considerable development effort. Is there any actual benefit to switching to a 64-bit program, and is that benefit large enough to justify the development effort, even if all the needed libraries are available in 64-bit forms. It seems to me that the

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-12 08:17, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I am not unsympathetic to that conundrum! > > On 1/12/24 12:23 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> if I have to remember to run the SLR in order to have them created, >> then I've just changed the work, not reduced it. I'm confused. I'm not

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 5.5 Windows - included Net Worth Linechart report now crashes the UI

2023-12-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-19 02:43, Anthony Vanson wrote: > Restarting Gnucash displays "Could not obtain the lock for C:" Task > Manager does not show > Gnucash as running. "Open anyway" does open Gnucash as expected but > attempting trying to open the above report, crashes again. Any fix please? Restarting

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

2023-12-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-19 00:33, Paras Desai wrote: > This made me think, in order to prevent this from recurring by some > careless guys like me, is it possible to restrict the width of each > column to a minimum dimension of pixels? That _looks_ like an idea, but I would not support it because

Re: [GNC] closing accounts

2023-11-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-28 13:51, Elmar wrote: > How do you actually CLOSE but not delete an account, so that no new > transactions can ever be posted to it, i.e. mark it as read only? Yes, that's right. The GnuCash word for a read-only account is a

Re: [GNC] Why or why not to do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)

2023-12-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
line anyway. I don't have Liz's contact info, but sent John a request. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-12-04 17:48, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > > On 2023-12-04 17:29, Eric C

Re: [GNC] Navigation through chart of accounts: shortcuts or bookmarks?

2023-12-01 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-01 15:07, Art Chimes wrote: > I have a pretty large number of accounts, and there is name > duplication. For example, I might have a S 500 index fund in my > brokerage account and another one in a traditional IRA and maybe yet > another one in a trust account. My usual strategy is

Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

2023-11-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-11-24 11:23, David Cousens wrote: > That is a function of the email client program you are using not the mailing > list admins. Actually, it's both. Email clients may show options to reply to list, or they may not. (My Thunderbird email client sometimes does and sometimes doesn't.) But

Re: [GNC] Advise me please: go up to 5.4.2 or stay at 4.13?

2023-12-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-04 11:10, Eric Chapman wrote: > > BTW, in 2024, I hope to use GnuCash at least monthly to input the data … >  I need less of a year-end crunch, but the growing season was too > hectic to deal with it this year. Of course your work flow is your decision. Just as a data point, I've

Re: [GNC] Why or why not to do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)

2023-12-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-04 17:07, Eric Chapman wrote: > OK, it looks as if it's just as good not to close the books, if, e.g., I > might want to run an income statement comparing 2022 and 2023. > > However, does that mean that every time I look at the "Accounts" tab I > will see ever-growing amounts that

Re: [GNC] UI Problem with 4.14

2023-12-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-07 10:57, Robert Heller wrote: > I have a UI problem (failure?) running GNC 4.14 under Ubuntu 22.04. I tried to > shrink the Description column (make it narrower) in the general ledger display > of an account, but Description column only wants to get wider. Draging the > right edge to

Re: [GNC] SX

2024-01-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-31 06:27, Gyle McCollam wrote: > IIRC the calendar in SX used to show what transactions were due on each day > when you moved the mouse to a date in the calendar, but it doesn't do that > anymore. Is that correct or am I remembering wrong? It doesn't do that > anymore. In 4.14 I

Re: [GNC] Multiple Fiscal Years

2024-02-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-03 16:13, Jay McSkimming wrote: > Is there any solution (other than repeated manual system-wide changes) to > allow for multiple fiscal years for different sets of accounts arising from > different country tax years? > > Are there any add-ons or means to allow this? I'd be delighted

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

2024-01-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
.org/sid/gnucash>. The Flathub and MacOS builds > support both x86_64 and arm64. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Jan 18, 2024, at 14:42, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) >> wrote: >> >> But, as R Losey pointed out, that would take considerable developm

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-21 17:04, Myron A Schroeder wrote: > when I used the icon to > call up GNUCash, the data file was vacant. A search on the the hard drive > found it and the data was displayed as usual. Neat. Or, in the File menu, click one of the recently-used files in the numbered list. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
You need not depend on comparing the account balances by eye. Export both reports in HTML, which is a text format (as opposed to binary), and then use a diff utility or comparison program. In Windows, I have been using the free CSDIFF for many years. The company that provided it doesn't seem to

Re: [GNC] Advanced portfolio report picking up wrong price

2024-02-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-03 09:16, Dan O'Brien wrote: > I’ve attached a screen shot of the report Please try again. You need to _attach_ the image, not _embed_ it. (If you can see the actual image in your message before you hit Send, you have embedded it rather than attaching it.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-11-14 09:06, David Kirkby wrote: > If I want to find something, Edit -> Find will find it, but 99% of the time > I want to search by a value, not by description. Is it possible to change > the default, so I don't have to keep selecting "Value" each time? I've wondered about this too, with

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

2023-11-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-11-18 11:02, Tim via gnucash-user wrote: > I tried migrating my 10+ years of data. Thank you for the excellent > migration tools. I was able to enter a few simple transactions but then when > I came to entering a credit card payment, which I enter as a split > transaction with line items

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