Re: [GNC] How to install Gnucash 3.8 on Debian 10 "buster"?

2020-03-02 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 17:51, Peter Zimmerer wrote: > > The changes in Gnucash from version 3.7 to 3.8 and beyond are mainly > covering changes because of regulatory changes of the European Union > (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Services_Directive), which > is neither bug fixing nor

Re: [GNC] GC 2.6.19 & GC 3.8

2020-03-02 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 18:27, Les wrote: > > Hi Colin: > > Thanks for your input. > > It appears that they do indeed update together. In that case both apps are accessing the same file. Colin > > Les > > > On 3/2/20 10:02 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > If you

Re: [GNC] GC 2.6.19 & GC 3.8

2020-03-02 Thread Colin Law
; (2.6.19) and (3.8). However, since I am not knowledgeable in Linux file > structure, I have decided that I will only open one file at a time. > Once I am convinced that both are maintaining the same account balances, > I will drop the 2.6.19 version. > > Thanks, > > On 3

Re: [GNC] How to install Gnucash 3.8 on Debian 10 "buster"?

2020-03-02 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 15:51, km22 wrote: > > P.S. I believe this is the bug in 3.4: > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797046 > > It is too bad there isn't a way for Debian's stable release to get bug > fixes so that the stable version in the repo remains the most reliable > version.

Re: [GNC] GC 2.6.19 & GC 3.8

2020-03-02 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 at 23:05, Les wrote: > > I have just installed GC 3.8 via Flatpak and used my 2.6 version to > start it but saved the file to a different location. What file? If you mean an accounts file it should save to wherever you tell it to save, and if you open a file using File > Open

Re: [GNC] Bug while trying to select date (01/01/2019) - immediately changes to 12/31/1969

2020-03-01 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 at 12:25, Barufa wrote: > > I'm using 3.8b+ (2019-12-29) running on Windows 10. Not the old bug then, unless it has crept back in. Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

Re: [GNC] Bug while trying to select date (01/01/2019) - immediately changes to 12/31/1969

2020-02-29 Thread Colin Law
That reminds me of an old bug I think, what version of gnucash are you running and what OS? Colin On Sun, 1 Mar 2020, 06:52 Barufa, wrote: > I would appreciate your help with a date selecting bug. Don't know if I > changed something in the Preferences menu or somewhere else, but I'm not > able

Re: [GNC] Can't get v3.8 to work, Nor generate Expense Over Time Report on v2.6.21

2020-02-26 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 00:59, David Cousens wrote: > > Leo, > > There were changes in the storage locations of configuration files between > 2.6 and 3.x described on this page on the wiki If the OP ran 3.8 and then went back to an older version could this have messed things up? Colin

Re: [GNC] 3.7 Accounts open bar

2020-02-23 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 10:55, elvis wrote: > > > On 4/12/19 3:47 am, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op dinsdag 3 december 2019 13:08:30 CET schreef elvis: > >> On 3/12/19 8:58 pm, Geert Janssens wrote: > > ... > > If you happen to be on linux (you didn't mention your platform) you could > > try > >

Re: [GNC] Small bug in the display

2020-02-19 Thread Colin Law
Does double clicking the date column header fix it? What OS are you using and what version of GnuCash? Colin On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 09:05, mhdecoursey . wrote: > > The first column of date characters is partially outside the window frame, > making some entries difficult to read. snap

Re: [GNC] help

2020-02-18 Thread Colin Law
Can you post a screenshot showing the problem? Colin On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 10:09, Keith Miller wrote: > > How to get help? > On Ubuntu the transfers dropdown is transparent so you can not read the > items in the list. > ___ > gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] Multiple copies of gnucash-user messages from the list

2020-02-15 Thread Colin Law
You will learn a huge amount if you keep getting all mail, skim them, and delete ones that are not of relevant to you. In no time you will find yourself helping others and putting a bit back into the community. If you only ask questions and take the answers then you are not putting anything back

Re: [GNC] GNUCash XML format compatibility

2020-02-12 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 16:44, Peter West wrote: > > So is there a release called 3.x? The first digit is the major release number, so the current major release number is 3 and the next major release will be the first one starting with 4. The second digit is the minor release number, so 3.7 is

Re: [GNC] GNUCash XML format compatibility

2020-02-10 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 15:21, Wirawan Purwanto wrote: > > Hi David, thanks for clarification. For every major release (either > 2.x or 3.x series), is there a guarantee for file format > compatibility? Upwards, yes I believe so. Any migration necessary would be handled by gnucash itself. There

Re: [GNC] Incorrect starting balance for 2019

2020-02-10 Thread Colin Law
First make a backup copy of your .gnucash file, in fact no doubt you are backing up your data file regularly anyway. That is the file that has the name that you gave it when you first saved it in gnucash and probably has the extension .gnucash. Does the account currently match that in the

Re: [GNC] Split Transactions

2020-02-09 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 9 Feb 2020 at 21:18, annapolishome via gnucash-user wrote: > > How do I delete split transaction associated with a specific payee? Having entered the payee name in the register and seeing that it says Split Transaction then right click that and select Delete Other Splits. Colin

Re: [GNC] Minimum window width

2020-01-22 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 04:14, Tommy Trussell wrote: > > The register window size may have improved with 3.7 or 3.8 but it still seems > pretty big to me after upgrading from 2.6.19 to 3.7 a few months ago. > With 2.6.19 I was seeing a min width of about 1000px and this went up to 1350px with

Re: [GNC] 3.8 crash on Ubuntu 18.04

2020-01-19 Thread Colin Law
Looking at the report I think that a fix has now been merged, so hopefully it will be fixed in the next release of gtk (or maybe even in the current release). Colin On Sat, 18 Jan 2020, 23:58 Fred Smith, wrote: > On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 02:59:09PM -0800, John Ralls wrote: > > > > > > > On Jan

Re: [GNC] Minimum window width

2020-01-18 Thread Colin Law
On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 at 09:07, Liz wrote: > > The problem went away in 3.7. I am not able to try that at the moment, if this has been improved that would be good. Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Minimum window width

2020-01-18 Thread Colin Law
I submitted a bug for this [1] back in 2018. The minimum window width increased in v3 for no obvious reason. There was some discussion of it here but nothing came of it at the time. Colin [1] https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796911 On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 at 02:26, Adrien Monteleone

Re: [GNC] storing password when using mysql backend

2020-01-15 Thread Colin Law
If you don't want password protection on the db then you can set it to empty. Colin On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 04:18, Fourhundred Thecat <400the...@gmx.ch> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using Gnucash 3.4 with Mysql (MariaDB) backend. > > Every time I start Gnucash, I have to type in the mysql password.

Re: [GNC] AR problems

2020-01-14 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 19:31, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user wrote: > > Win10, GC 3.8, SQLLiteI am very disappointed - to the extent that I'm angry! Rather than ranting it might be more productive if you asked for help. Explain exactly what result you want and someone may be able to point you in

Re: [GNC] Problems with opening files

2020-01-08 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 17:43, Alan Cameron via gnucash-user wrote: > > HI, > > I am a GnuCash user running on a Mac with Catalina installed. I was working > on my accounts last night and had brought them up to date. When I logged in > tonight I tried to open the file only to see an unsaved book

Re: [GNC] Anyone noticing an issue with list messages 'un-threading'?

2020-01-08 Thread Colin Law
The odd thing is that it started happening recently, so something changed somewhere, and I have not seen the issue in any other lists. Colin On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 15:15, Fred Bone wrote: > > On 08 January 2020 at 0:13, Adrien Monteleone said: > > > David, > > > > It’s quite all right. I think

Re: [GNC] Anyone noticing an issue with list messages 'un-threading'?

2020-01-08 Thread Colin Law
I think, though not fully certain, that something is messing up the In Reply To message ID, and the References section of the reply. Colin On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 06:23, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > To be clear, I’m not trying to single anyone out but at least in the > ‘Chaning’ thread, one

Re: [GNC] Anyone noticing an issue with list messages 'un-threading'?

2020-01-07 Thread Colin Law
I am seeing this too (using gmail) and it is rather annoying. I assumed it was a list issue, but do you think it is particular users that are causing it? Colin On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 19:11, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Starting in late December I noticed almost every subject is coming in as >

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-07 Thread Colin Law
> platforms. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > > > On Jan 7, 2020 w2d7, at 2:49 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > > > Is it expected that the look should be that much different between > > Ubuntu and Mac/Windows? > > > > Colin > > > > > ___

Re: [GNC] transaction entries

2020-01-07 Thread Colin Law
When it initially puts the split transaction in, right click and select Delete Other Splits (or something like that). Colin On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 07:12, Carl Hofinga wrote: > > When I make transactions entries I enter 1) the date; 2) a reference number > if applicable; 3) for the description

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-07 Thread Colin Law
Is it expected that the look should be that much different between Ubuntu and Mac/Windows? Colin On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 22:16, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > The GnuCash GTK3 wiki page will help: > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3#Visual_Styling > > Report back if there is something there you

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-03 Thread Colin Law
ons to try. I should be able to report > back with those later today. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Jan 3, 2020 w1d3, at 10:43 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > > > Has anyone else confirmed whether they are seeing this issue, and if > > so on what OS. Certainly

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-02 Thread Colin Law
; shouldn’t either. The padding is spec’d specifically, but font size might > make a difference if the padding is set in ems. > > > > On Jan 1, 2020 w1d1, at 4:31 PM, Colin Law wrote: > > > > I see what you mean. On Ubuntu with Waterfox browser they are much > tighter

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-01 Thread Colin Law
o my eye) top and bottom boundaries. > ALSO, notice that there is a separator between the two. I’d really like to > scrunch everything together like it used to be. > > I really appreciate any help you can provide. > > Bill > > > > On Jan 1, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Colin Law

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-01 Thread Colin Law
Can you post a screenshot showing exactly what you mean? Colin On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 00:55, William Marshall via gnucash-user wrote: > > Hi All, > > I don’t know if this is the right pace to ask this or not, and I’m sure it’s > already been asked many times, but Googling for solutions hasn’t

Re: [GNC] Total Debt/Credit in Register Report

2019-12-27 Thread Colin Law
Please provide an exact example of what you mean, then we should be able to explain the discrepancy. Also tell us which version of the software you are using and on what operating system. Colin On Fri, 27 Dec 2019, 16:34 ceandyek laedon via gnucash-user, < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I

Re: [GNC] Sub-accounts disappeared during upgrade 3.5 > 3.7

2019-12-16 Thread Colin Law
Are you sure they are really gone? Find a transaction in an account which was the other side of one of the missing sub accounts (so maybe a checking account transaction that went to the Main House expense account for example) open that transaction and see what it shows. Try clicking on the

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread Colin Law
The easiest way to get the right file may be to open gnucash on the old machine and use File > Save As to save it to a USB stick or similar. Then you can copy it to a suitable folder on the new machine and use File Open in gnucash to open it. On Sun, 8 Dec 2019, 21:45 The Frankses, wrote: > I'm

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread Colin Law
Are you sure you have got the correct file? What is it called and how did you get it? Colin On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 at 21:45, The Frankses wrote: > > I'm trying to migrate my GnuCash data to a new computer. When I try to open > the file from within GnuCash, I get this message: "No suitable backend

Re: [GNC] MySQL

2019-11-30 Thread Colin Law
Have you checked you can access the server using the same credentials, with a different mysql client? Colin On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 at 18:51, wrote: > > Hi > > > > I used to be able to save my Gnucash file as MySQL but recently got a new > laptop and I now get a message "the server at URL

Re: [GNC] Locked out of gnucash

2019-11-18 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 13:59, D via gnucash-user wrote: > ... > Remember that the lock file and this check exist firstly to prevent multiple > users from opening the file at one time--and that is still a possibility. That may be reason for the test but it is not the most common cause. In fact

Re: [GNC] Archiving transactions

2019-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 at 18:14, M. Rizwan Muzzammil wrote: > ... > My accounts have a large number of transactions in them. > > This seems to slow the program down, and it take a minute or so to open it > each time. How large is your accounts file (I assume that you are using the default xml file

Re: [GNC] Schedule Transaction Shows Entered but is not?

2019-11-15 Thread Colin Law
ther 11/8 is 11th August or 8th November. Colin > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:29 PM Colin Law wrote: >> >> Are you saying that in the sched tx editor it shows a date for Last >> Occurrence, but when you look in all of the accounts that it should >> affect it is not the

Re: [GNC] Schedule Transaction Shows Entered but is not?

2019-11-15 Thread Colin Law
Are you saying that in the sched tx editor it shows a date for Last Occurrence, but when you look in all of the accounts that it should affect it is not there? Make sure you check in all of them. I presume you have not changed it in the editor since that date. Colin On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at

Re: [GNC] Problem entering splits

2019-11-10 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 at 14:56, Al Heynneman wrote: > > Are you aware that gnucash.org has been down for a couple of days, or more? Yes, I have seen the several posts here about it and what is happening. Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Problem entering splits

2019-11-10 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 at 07:31, Al Heynneman wrote: > > Christopher, > > Thanks for the quick response, and the information. I'll keep an eye out > for an update in the Ubuntu repos. The standard Ubuntu repo will not get an upgrade. With Ubuntu, generally only security fixes are retrofittted

Re: [GNC] Backporting Gnucash 3.7 to Ubuntu "Bionic" (or Mint, etc.)

2019-10-26 Thread Colin Law
"The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally" means software that is *not* installed using the normal packaging system. The packaging system will not install to that location so it is safe to put things like self-built gnucash there. Colin

Re: [GNC] Newly saved file won't load

2019-10-08 Thread Colin Law
3.0 had a number of significant bugs, though I don't know if that is one of them. You should upgrade to 3.7 if possible Colin On Tue, 8 Oct 2019, 12:23 David Mills, wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using GNU cash for years and have loved it. > > I recently upgraded my Linux from OpenSUSE 42.3 to

Re: [GNC] Unable to modify existing database

2019-09-25 Thread Colin Law
Wasn't there an issue posted recently about Windows deciding that gnucash was a malicious app and not letting it write anything to disk? Colin On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 20:16, Sadhna True wrote: > > I have not changed the location where the files are saved (in my user folder > on the C:\ drive).

Re: [GNC] Adjusting debit/credit col widths in the registers

2019-09-05 Thread Colin Law
Or if you double click the column header it should resize to fit the contents. Colin On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 15:41, wrote: > > Can I adjust the debit/credit column widths in the registers? Figured out > how to get the font the size I can see, thanks for the help. Now I need to > make those number

Re: [GNC] 2 Questions About Debit Cards

2019-08-28 Thread Colin Law
Is your debit card account a separate account at the bank, or is the card just a way of taking money out of the chequeing acct? Colin On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 09:58, Haim Roman wrote: > > Hi. I'm new to GnuCash and to bookkeeping/accounting in general. I have 2 > questions about debit cards. >

Re: [GNC] Scrolling problem

2019-08-27 Thread Colin Law
row and it shows just >> one more transaction. >> >> It's been happening for several months now and if I changed anything that >> might have triggered it, I can't remember doing so. >> >> >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >> On Tue, 20 Aug 2

Re: [GNC] Scrolling problem

2019-08-20 Thread Colin Law
Check in View > Filter By that in the Date tab that Show All is selected, and in the Status tab that all boxes are checked. Colin On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18, Jonathan Silvey wrote: > > I cannot scroll to transactions at an earlier date than what's at the top > of the current screen. THis

Re: [GNC] I can no longer connect to mysql after upgrading to Debian Buster

2019-08-15 Thread Colin Law
Have a look in the gnucash trace file and see if there is anything helpful there. Colin On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 09:48, sepp wrote: > > Hi > > Sorry, I do not even know if this belongs here but I am a little lost > > I am a happy GnuCash user for years and have used Mysql as a backend for > quite

Re: [GNC] Default tab on open

2019-08-13 Thread Colin Law
Can I just check that you realise you can have multiple tabs open at once, each showing an account. So to switch accounts you just need to click on the tab. Colin On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 01:04, Rick Mobley wrote: > > Is there a place to set a "default" tab to open up to? I'd like for it to >

Re: [GNC] Price in Register Account report not decimal

2019-08-11 Thread Colin Law
Adrien > > > >> On Aug 10, 2019, at 4:09 AM, Joe Normandeau wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 10/08/2019 5:37 pm, Colin Law wrote: > >>> On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 06:19, Joe Normandeau > >>> wrote: > >>>> I'm just new to this mail list

Re: [GNC] Price in Register Account report not decimal

2019-08-10 Thread Colin Law
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 06:19, Joe Normandeau wrote: > > I'm just new to this mail list so if I get something wrong be gentle. > > I've just upgraded to GnuCash 3.3 from 2.6.13 and I can't get the price > in the register account report to be decimal. It always comes out as 2 > + a fraction ie. 2

Re: [GNC] Gnucash fails to run after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

2019-08-08 Thread Colin Law
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 07:44, James E wrote: > > I used to run Gnucash 2.6.12 in Ubuntu 14.04 . > > I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04. During the upgrade I was asked if I wanted > to keep several Gnucash files/piece of information – one of which was the > Alpha Advantage API key . I replied

Re: [GNC] Postgresql backend setup

2019-08-01 Thread Colin Law
Which version of GC are you using and on what operating system. How did you install gnucash? It is possible the build you used does not include Postgresql. Colin On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 at 13:46, Steve Riley via gnucash-user wrote: > > Greetings, > > Trying to set up a brand new set of accounts to

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction failed to create.

2019-07-31 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 07:00, AEG via gnucash-user wrote: > > It appears that I had recently turned off the "Run when data file opened" > option in Preferences when I tried to stop the window opening at startup. I > don't find that window helpful because it lists every scheduled transaction >

Re: [GNC] Use of "dash" as a Separator Character

2019-07-23 Thread Colin Law
ity and grammar: > > A legal value is any single character EXCEPT letters, numbers, “colon”, > “slash”, “backslash”, “dash”, and “period”. > > Thus, you cannot use: > > letters > numbers > colon > slash > backslash > dash > period > > Regards, > Ad

Re: [GNC] Use of "dash" as a Separator Character

2019-07-23 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 17:18, Michael Hendry wrote: > ... > The tooltip on my Mac version of GC 3.5 specifically includes “dash” as one > of the legal options. Same with 3.6 on Ubuntu. The tooltip says "dash" is allowed. I guess that is a bug. Colin

Re: [GNC] menu sizes

2019-07-23 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 05:45, Eric Rathhaus (general) via gnucash-user wrote: > > Hi - for some reason, recently whenever I open gnu cash, all the dialogue > boxes open with the bottom buttons barely visible and unusable until I drag > the box sides to make each one bigger. This is extremely

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 21:56, Robert Sisk wrote: > > I am running Linux Mint, latest version 19.1 Cinnamon. So how were you trying to open the accounts file that it says it would not allow? Accounts files (or books) are just files in exactly the same way way that, for example, MS Word documents

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions: Why create in advance?

2019-07-11 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 22:09, AEG via gnucash-user wrote: > ... > Yes, they are easy to fix if done before they are created. Unfortunately, I > had a situation where I had set some scheduled transactions to create 6 > months in advance to provide a rough idea of what the balances were likely > to

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions: Why create in advance?

2019-07-10 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 21:23, AEG via gnucash-user wrote: > > Adrien, > > Thanks for your input. > I don't really want to see the created transactions together. I want to see > (in advance) the effect scheduled transactions will have on individual > account balances when they are created but to

Re: [GNC] Editing List of Income/Expenses

2019-07-03 Thread Colin Law
You can change the name of an account, if that is what you mean by right clicking the account in the Accounts tab and selecting Edit Account. You can also move it in the hierarchy in the edit dialog. On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 18:25, Amanda Schafer wrote: > > I'm wanting to edit the list of income

Re: [GNC] Unable to reconcile

2019-07-02 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 07:58, Anna wrote: > > If you read my message, you will see that this is just what I did. > > As mentioned in my update, if a cheque is written on 23 May, for instance, > but not presented until 2nd June, and the reconciliation date is 31st May, > then with the new version

Re: [GNC] ​Re: ?Re: Using Mint

2019-07-02 Thread Colin Law
the older syntax (which will continue to work for a number of years at least). There is little difference between the two commands. Colin > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 8:56 PM Colin Law wrote: >> >> Did you run >> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Re: [GNC] ​Re: ?Re: Using Mint

2019-07-01 Thread Colin Law
Did you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade first, to make sure you system is all up to date? It may not fix it but worth checking anyway. Colin On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 21:41, Tim Kallmer wrote: > > I ran into problems. > sudo dpkg -i ./gnucash-common_3.6-0_all.deb seemed to

Re: [GNC] Unable to reconcile

2019-06-28 Thread Colin Law
If you mean you have gone through the reconcile process as you normally do, and ticked everything off that appears in the statement from the bank, but you end up with a Difference which is not zero then almost certainly you have made a small mistake. Either in entering the closing balance or one

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and OSX.15

2019-06-26 Thread Colin Law
Click either yes or no then use File > Open to browse the file you want to open. Presumably that is not the file mentioned in the dialog as that does not exist. Colin On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 18:42, Alan Magnus wrote: > When I open Gnucash in 10.15 this is what I see > > > > > Alan Magnus >

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and OSX.15

2019-06-26 Thread Colin Law
Have you tried using File > Open and browsing to the file? If that doesn't work then what happens. Note that if you are on a Mac you can't open the file by double clicking it, if that is what you were doing. Colin On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 15:06, Alan Magnus via gnucash-user wrote: > > I am

Re: [GNC] Transfer funds after reconcile, finish ???

2019-06-19 Thread Colin Law
That happens on Credit Card accounts on the assumption that you might want to enter a transaction to pay off the credit card. If you don't want to do that just click Cancel. Colin On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 07:36, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > >Hi All, >After a successful

Re: [GNC] I just don't understand reconciliation

2019-06-19 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 00:56, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > ... > So basically, I need t wait for my next statement to come to "c" the > charges that did not make it on the current statement. So reconcile > will always be a month behind. I think you may be misunderstanding what the

Re: [GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

2019-06-19 Thread Colin Law
It really is better if you subscribe to individual emails rather than the digest, at least while you have ongoing discussions here. Then you can just use Reply All which is much easier. Colin On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 02:46, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user wrote: > > "Please trim your replies when

Re: [GNC] Switch to Account that a Transfer is from by Keyboard

2019-06-17 Thread Colin Law
Not certain what you mean. Do you mean that you want to switch to the account that is the other side of the transaction? if so then the Jump toolbar button does that. Colin On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 at 23:49, JP wrote: > > How do I create a keyboard shortcut that will switch me between the entries >

Re: [GNC] Reconcile bug

2019-06-14 Thread Colin Law
Are you sure you are running 3.5? I seem to remember such a bug in one of the early 3.x releases. Colin On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 13:52, Stephen C. Camidge wrote: > > Using version 3.5 on Mac OS, I find the following: > > Reconcile a bank or credit card, but at the end, hit postpone. I do this so

Re: [GNC] Future transactions

2019-06-13 Thread Colin Law
On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 21:36, AEG via gnucash-user wrote: > ... > I don't understand why anyone would actually want to CREATE > transactions in advance because they affect the account balances, which is > not something I want to do. When transactions are entered in advance they go in with the

Re: [GNC] Additions to price database not being displayed

2019-06-08 Thread Colin Law
On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 15:32, John Ralls wrote: > > > > > On Jun 8, 2019, at 12:40 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > ... > > I am seeing it on Ubuntu with 3.5. Sorry, I should have said that. > > The latest 19.04? That's probably got the same gtk-3-24 that's causing the

Re: [GNC] File not found, file in history

2019-06-08 Thread Colin Law
On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 05:55, Centins@rq wrote: > > Thanks! > > I think the panic of losing years of Dara blinded me to the simple idea that > that was just a blank and not some imagined lost key to a proprietary file > structure or something. Then down a rabbit hole trying to get Mailman >

Re: [GNC] Additions to price database not being displayed

2019-06-08 Thread Colin Law
On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 17:27, John Ralls wrote: > > > > > On Jun 7, 2019, at 8:31 AM, Colin Law via gnucash-user > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 14:40, David Lynch via gnucash-user > > wrote: > >> > >> I recently upgra

Re: [GNC] Additions to price database not being displayed

2019-06-07 Thread Colin Law via gnucash-user
On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 14:40, David Lynch via gnucash-user wrote: > > I recently upgraded from 3.3 to 3.5 on Windows 10. > > I add prices to the share price database Tools->Price Database->FUND, > then click on a line then Add. > > When I click OK in the Add dialog, the price added is not

Re: [GNC] Pending Edit Behavior in GnuCash

2019-06-06 Thread Colin Law
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 19:04, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > > > On Jun 6, 2019, at 12:40 PM, David Carlson > > wrote: > > > > Adrien, > > > > Looking at your comments, I have two questions. > > > > 1. Does SQLite not allow pending edits at all? or is it after every > > keystroke? How do you

Re: [GNC] Unsplitting a transaction

2019-06-05 Thread Colin Law
It is not necessary to expand the transaction into split mode at all.. If you normally operate in non-split mode then just right click and select Remove Other Splits. Colin On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 20:49, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > On 6/5/19 11:45 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed,

Re: [GNC] Future transactions

2019-06-03 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 at 03:34, David Carlson wrote: > > I believe the preferences for scheduled transactions only apply as defaults > when creating new scheduled transactions. Which is exactly what it says on the dialog "Transaction Editor Defaults", so that is the default value used when creating

Re: [GNC] GnuCash thru Flathub

2019-06-02 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 12:31, randix wrote: > > Once upon a time ago, I successfully installed GnuCash on my Google Pixel > Chromebook using the flathub link... > > https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnucash.GnuCash > > > It installed

Re: [GNC] Payment month after reconcile

2019-05-30 Thread Colin Law
It would be nice to be able to specify a default value for the credit card payment date after a reconcile, something like nnth of next month for example. I can't find anything in the preferences that seems to relate to this issue. At the moment for me it defaults to 'today' I think. Colin On

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Trans shows completed 5/8 but not in register?

2019-05-19 Thread Colin Law
nt ledger > but is listed in the Expense account ledger. > > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 2:21 PM Colin Law wrote: >> >> I am confused in that case. Are you saying that the transaction shows >> the correct two accounts in one register, but does not appear at all >> in

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Trans shows completed 5/8 but not in register?

2019-05-19 Thread Colin Law
set to Show All and that all the boxes are ticked on the Status tab. Colin On Sun, 19 May 2019 at 16:54, Jack Slater wrote: > > the correct expense account. > > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 10:52 AM Colin Law wrote: >> >> On Sun, 19 May 2019 at 16:48, Jack Slater wrote

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Trans shows completed 5/8 but not in register?

2019-05-19 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 19 May 2019 at 16:48, Jack Slater wrote: > > It DOES show up on the "other side"! How would that happen and what is the > correct way to fix it? When looking at the other side what account is it referencing on *its* other side if you see what I mean. Colin > > Version 3.5 - Build of

Re: [GNC] Trustworthy easy way to install gnucash 3.5 on ubuntu?

2019-05-14 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 08:22, Nathan T Alexander wrote: > > Hi, great app, love it so much. > > The version on ubuntu and in debian is 2.6. Which version of Ubuntu? The latest Ubuntu has version 3.3. Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] undo close?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 11:45, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > On 5/7/19 3:17 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > What popup tooltip do you see if you hover over the Close button that > > you posted an image of? > > > > Colin > > I am too chicken to do it again. I

Re: [GNC] undo close?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
What popup tooltip do you see if you hover over the Close button that you posted an image of? Colin On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 10:49, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > On 5/7/19 2:37 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > I did not close the "Tab". > > The "Tab" did not close. It was

Re: [GNC] undo close?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
What do you see if you click View > Filter By, both Account Type and Other tabs therein. Also show us the whole window please for the Accounts tab Colin On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 10:49, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > On 5/7/19 2:37 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > I did not

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 09:09, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > I got back the same closed account. If you had deleted the original file and replaced it with the new one there is no way that it could have opened the old one (as it no longer existed). In fact do you actually mean that it

Re: [GNC] undo close?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 08:06, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: >GnuCash 2.3 and later > View -> New Accounts Page > > Q speakth with forked tongue. Translation. "You can't. You > have to start over. HAHAHAHAH." > > Panic? What me panic? Good think I am a backup

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
What exactly did you do when you tried to restore it from backup? Without knowing what backup s/w or strategy you use we are in the dark on what you actually did. Colin On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 03:44, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > I restore yesterday's file and still get today's booboo

Re: [GNC] Rate column appeared after Balance

2019-05-06 Thread Colin Law
Of course, I new that. Brain fade I think. Thanks Colin On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 17:35, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Hi, > > Colin Law writes: > > > Using 3.5 on Ubuntu , on just one of my Bank accounts a Rate column > > has appeared to the right of the Balance

[GNC] Rate column appeared after Balance

2019-05-06 Thread Colin Law
Using 3.5 on Ubuntu , on just one of my Bank accounts a Rate column has appeared to the right of the Balance column. I can push it off to the right but it has a habit or re-appearing. I am not aware of having done anything to make it happen. I imagine it is to do with exchange rates, but I only

Re: [GNC] GnC 3.5 for Disco

2019-05-05 Thread Colin Law
e > has just created the "correct" files I'm going to assume that I should > have used the files from the zipped file. > > But I'm going to do that tomorrow - it's getting late and I have a > (phone) date with my daughter now. I'll report back tomorrow. > > Best wishes >

Re: [GNC] GnC 3.5 for Disco

2019-05-04 Thread Colin Law
Did you make sure there were no other similar files already in the folder you downloaded to and that you downloaded the correct files? Colin On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 19:26, Eric Coates wrote: > > Stephan > > Although I???m about to relate some problems I???ve had with your GnuCash > 3.5 on Ubuntu

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