While I do not use those features myself, if there are some who do, I would say to keep them. If not....
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 11:41 AM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > Frank and I have both opined on > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 that the whole interest > payment as part of reconciling is stupid. I want to add to that opinion > that so is the payment transfer that optionally pops up when one finishes > reconciling a credit card account. It's a lot of program complexity that > relieves the user of very little work indeed: Those interest and payment > transactions can just as easily--maybe more easily--be created in the > register before and after reconciling, and in the case of interest they're > an obvious candidate for a scheduled transaction. > > But that's a UI change and UI changes tend to generate heated > disagreement. I want to get that out of the way up front: Who here objects > to removing the interest and payment transfer automatic popups and the > interest payment button on the reconcile info dialog, and what compelling > reason do you have for objecting? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jul 10, 2020, at 6:59 PM, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > > Thanks Jean, > > > > I filed bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 for the > issue with the global preference not being honored. > > > > And bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797855 for the button > issue on the two dialogs. > > > > Feel free to combine them if you like. I wasn't sure of developers' > intent with the global preference, so I filed them separately. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 7/10/20 5:52 PM, Jean Laroche wrote: > >> If you open a bug about it, I can try to fix that (move things to the > right place etc). At the very least, the global option should be either > fixed, or removed. > >> Jean > >> On 7/10/20 3:35 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >>> For consistency, that very wide button should probably either be > changed to a checkbox, then moved or copied to the Account Edit page as a > per-account preference. (it could remain in the dialog for discoverability > I suppose, which is what I mean by 'copied') One could change it in either > place, but ideally, it should be in one place. > >>> > >>> I'm not sure a global preference (especially one that is ignored) is > necessary if each account can be set separately. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Adrien > >>> > >>> On 7/10/20 5:16 PM, lj wrote: > >>>> I figured it out. Duh. > >>>> > >>>> There is a button on the Reconcile dialog that says "Enter Interest > Payment". In addition to letting you enter an interest payment, clicking > that button sets a per-account flag to always prompt for an interest > payment when you reconcile. > >>>> > >>>> On the Interest Payment dialog, there is a button "No Auto Interest > Payments for this Account". (It's very wide, and I didn't realize it was a > button.) That cancels the dialog, and also clears the per-account flag so > GnuCash will no longer prompt for interest payment when you reconcile. > >>>> > >>>> And the global preference Register, Reconciling, Automatic interest > transfer? It does NOTHING at all. It sets a preference flag which is never > used. It's supposed to be the default for accounts without the > auto-interest-payment flag, but it doesn't work. Note that in > libgnucash/engine/Account.cpp, the function > xaccAccountGetAutoInterestXfer() ignores its default_value argument. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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