Re: Date format specification in QIF-Import

2000-10-04 Thread Dave Peticolas
Christian Stimming writes: > Hi, > > Was there a discussion whether the date format in the QIF import should > be chosen by the user or not? I didn't find related postings in the > archive. > > This is the problem: The QIF import sticks to the US date format > MM/DD/YY if the QIF contains only a

Re: CFLAGS=-O3 ... for Gnucash 1.4.7 doesn't work.

2000-10-04 Thread Dave Peticolas
Arnold Troeger writes: > I tried something last night while building the gnucash 1.4.7 rpm for > Mandrake 7.0. I changed the CFLAGS environment variable to "i586 -O3 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -pipe -s -mpentium > -mcpu=pentium -march=pentium -ffast-math -fexpensive-optimiza

Re: CFLAGS=-O3 ... for Gnucash 1.4.7 doesn't work.

2000-10-04 Thread Arnold Troeger
Dave Peticolas wrote: > Arnold Troeger writes: > > I tried something last night while building the gnucash 1.4.7 rpm for > > Mandrake 7.0. I changed the CFLAGS environment variable to "i586 -O3 > > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -pipe -s -mpentium > > -mcpu=pentium -march=pentium

GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread Terry
Sorry if this posting becomes rather long. I have been using gnucash for several months now - since. 1.3.4, I believe, and the beginning of this posting came to me last night as I was trying to get to sleep. I believe that most of the problems I am having in using gnucash is because gnucash is re

Re: GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread Bill Gribble
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:15:03PM -0400, Terry wrote: > Sorry if this posting becomes rather long. That's OK. Your post was thoughtful and constructive. I have a somewhat different perspective on the issues you mention; I'd like to hear what you have to say about my response and how it relate

Re: GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread John Hasler
Terry writes: > ...the second journal entry of a double entry book-keeping system. There is no second journal entry in a double entry book-keeping system. There is one journal entry which is posted to two accounts. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin _

Re: GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread Terry
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, you wrote: > >A "journal entry" and a "split" are the same thing. Internally in >gnucash, "split" is the name that's used. A split is a credit or >debit to a *single* account. In terms of paper accounting, a split >is ONE entry in a "double entry" transact

Re: GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread Terry
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Terry writes: > > ...the second journal entry of a double entry book-keeping system. > > There is no second journal entry in a double entry book-keeping system. > There is one journal entry which is posted to two accounts. Thank you, I will try to remember that.

Re: GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread Kevin Finn
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Bill Gribble wrote: > > The fundamental unit of display in the register is the transaction. > In any display mode, the transaction's date, description, and number > are shown. the key to understanding the register display is to note > that the register generally shows a sing

Re: GUI - accounts vs. transactions

2000-10-04 Thread Dave Peticolas
Terry writes: > Sorry if this posting becomes rather long. I have been using gnucash for > several months now - since. 1.3.4, I believe, and the beginning of this posti > came to me last night as I was trying to get to sleep. I think the issue that is the most confusing is how memos work. You poi