As I stated in my reply, enter the number of shares and total amount, Skip the price, let GnuCash take care of that.
David C On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 9:21 AM Christian Pinedo Zamalloa < chr.pin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > I also agree with you that the fractional format is more difficult to read > than decimal and I also hope to return to decimal format or at least to be > able to choose between decimal or fractional format. > > Regarding my problem with price, I insert the number of shares, the prices > (in decimal format) and press enter. The decimal formal is converted to > fractional format, but fractional number is not the same that I inserted > before. :-( > > Any idea? > > -- > Christian Pinedo Zamalloa (zako) > Sent from my mobile device, please excuse brevity or typos > > El sáb., 15 sept. 2018 14:49, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > escribió: > >> Christian Pinedo Zamalloa >> >> You have discovered that it is impossible to have all three values >> shares, price and total exactly as reported by your broker because he >> usually has to round off one of the numbers. The solution is to let >> GnuCash set the price after you enter the number of shares and the total >> amount. Actually, GnuCash is closer to being correct than your broker is. >> >> You have also discovered that in release 3.3 GnuCash shows the number of >> shares in fractional format, which has the technical advantage of being >> very accurate, if very hard to read. I believe that in the future GnuCash >> may be changed back to show the number of shares in decimal format to be >> easier to read, if less accurate. >> >> David C >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 4:16 AM Christian Pinedo Zamalloa < >> chr.pin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have problems to set the correct price of a share that I am selling. >>> >>> I try to put the value "128,181208053691" which is automatically >>> converted >>> by GnuCash when i push enter key to "128 + 64/377" whose real value is >>> "128,169761". Furthermore, I checked if I insert value "1", it is >>> automatically converted by GnuCash to value "1+3/377" (1,007958). >>> >>> I don't know how to solve this mesh. Am I doing something wrong? >>> >>> -- >>> zako >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.