Re: Budgeting prototype

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Neighbors
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Darin Willits wrote: | |Although I personally prefer the workbench style approach there might be |a better way to tackle this. I personally think that separating the UI |(as well as the data) would make for a better user experience. I agree |with the

Re: Budgeting prototype

2003-09-02 Thread Darin Willits
Stewart, On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 22:07, Stewart V. Wright wrote: > Hi Darin, > > > Although I personally prefer the workbench style approach there might be > > a better way to tackle this. I personally think that separating the UI > > (as well as the data) would make for a better user experience.

Lot Viewer comments

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Atkins
Linas, I just had the opportunity to take a look at the lot viewer today. Granted, I'm looking in the context of AR, but the UI is the same. I like it. Good work. HOWEVER IMHO it would have been much better if you used the gnc-query-list widget to display the two sets of lists. Basically,

Re: Budgeting prototype

2003-09-02 Thread Stephen Cuppett
While I have some minor issues with the screenshots shown, this definitely is a step in the right direction. The workbench idea, or the concept of a separate "view" for budgetary purposes is essential. One of the things that makes GNUCash essential is the simplistic "T-account" view provided by t

Re: Budgeting prototype

2003-09-02 Thread Stewart V. Wright
Hi Darin, > Ok, I finally got some screen shots put together for my ideas on the > budgeting interface in gnucash. They are really rough but give you an > idea of the direction I would like to head. You can find them here: > > http://www.darin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Nice pics. :) > They don

Budgeting prototype

2003-09-02 Thread Darin Willits
Ok, I finally got some screen shots put together for my ideas on the budgeting interface in gnucash. They are really rough but give you an idea of the direction I would like to head. You can find them here: http://www.darin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ They don't really show any new ideas which haven'

gnucash-it ML?

2003-09-02 Thread Lorenzo Cappelletti
Hi everybody, I was recently contacted by a few Italian people who are interested in helping the development of GnuCash. There are either translators and programmers. Because carrying on the project by Cc'ing to the others is becoming a tough task, I ask you if we could have a ML on our own, whe

Re: The continuing saga of profiling GnuCash

2003-09-02 Thread Jon Lapham
Linas Vepstas wrote: well, if anyone ever figures it out, please be sure to update the 'HACKING' file in the root dir of gnucash. Yup, no doubt. I already figured out some good procedures for memory profiling that I want to put in there too. -- -**-*-*---*-*---*-*---*-*-*-*---*-*---*---

Re: gnucash-it ML?

2003-09-02 Thread Linas Vepstas
Let me revise my earlier reply: On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:59:15PM -0500, Linas Vepstas was heard to remark: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:31:41AM +0200, Christian Stimming was heard to remark: > > This sounds like a great proposal from Lorenzo. As the experience with > > gnucash-de shows, such a

Re: Starting a translation...

2003-09-02 Thread Jon Lapham
Stewart V. Wright wrote: Argh. I should learn to read the rest of the document!!! Section 7 answers my previous question. Just ignore me! I'll go and sit in the corner now and be quiet... Well... the Translation HOWTO document really shouldn't have a FIXME part to it... I'll fix it. -- -**-

Re: Spam

2003-09-02 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:04:27PM -0700, Chris Lyttle was heard to remark: > Linas, > > We seem to have lost the spam filter on the mailing lists. Since the > sobig worm hit there's literally hundreds of spam messages with the > subject lines of this worm, and it takes ages to do through and clic

Re: Crash in multi-currency transactions

2003-09-02 Thread Tobias & Nicole Krais
Benoit Grégoire schrieb: On Tuesday 26 August 2003 16:17, Tobias & Nicole Krais wrote: Hi together, a few minutes ago I tested the HBCI import of multicurrency transactions. Please see below Christian Stimming wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Donnerstag, 14. August 2003 22:16, Tobi

Re: Starting a translation...

2003-09-02 Thread Stewart V. Wright
Argh. I should learn to read the rest of the document!!! Section 7 answers my previous question. Just ignore me! I'll go and sit in the corner now and be quiet... signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PR

Starting a translation...

2003-09-02 Thread Stewart V. Wright
Hi All, I was looking through the Translating GnuCash HOWTO and I came to Section 3: To find out who is the last person to work on your language, look near the top of the po/.po file which corresponds to your language. If your language does not have a .po file available, you can

Re: gnucash-it ML?

2003-09-02 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:31:41AM +0200, Christian Stimming was heard to remark: > This sounds like a great proposal from Lorenzo. As the experience with > gnucash-de shows, such a natural-language Mailing List is in fact a big > help for end user support in the specific country. I would absolut

Re: [G2] Compile error gnc_options_ui_initialize

2003-09-02 Thread David Hampton
On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 07:11, Tony Watts wrote: > Hi > > I am compiling the gnome2 branch from CVS. I get the error below, I > notice the function is in src/gnome-utils/dialog-options.c but missing > from dialog-options.h It was accidentally deleted. > I have inserted a definition in the .h and

Re: The continuing saga of profiling GnuCash

2003-09-02 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 06:14:36PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann was heard to remark: > Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Andreas Rottmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> You must set $LD_PROFILE to the SONAME of the lib to profile. This is > >> really under-documented (needed a few go

Re: The continuing saga of profiling GnuCash

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andreas Rottmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> You must set $LD_PROFILE to the SONAME of the lib to profile. This is >> really under-documented (needed a few googles to get that info). > > Does this imply we need to add EVERY gncmod* filename (well, SO

Re: The continuing saga of profiling GnuCash

2003-09-02 Thread Jon Lapham
Andreas Rottmann wrote: You must set $LD_PROFILE to the SONAME of the lib to profile. This is really under-documented (needed a few googles to get that info). Oh.. yes, I see what you mean. I'll try this out today and see what happens. Unfortunately, all the google hits I found only show people

Re: The continuing saga of profiling GnuCash

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Atkins
Andreas Rottmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You must set $LD_PROFILE to the SONAME of the lib to profile. This is > really under-documented (needed a few googles to get that info). Does this imply we need to add EVERY gncmod* filename (well, SONAME) to LD_PROFILE? > Regards, Andy -derek --

Re: Problems to build on Debian Woody

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Atkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Unknown library `xml' > checking for xmlNewDoc in -lxml... Unknown library `xml' > no > configure: error: Could not link sample xml program > > This is strange because of: > > cthulhu:/usr/lib# grep -l xmlNewDoc libxml* > libxml2.a > libxml2.so > libxml2.so.2 > libxml

[G2] Compile error gnc_options_ui_initialize

2003-09-02 Thread Tony Watts
Hi I am compiling the gnome2 branch from CVS. I get the error below, I notice the function is in src/gnome-utils/dialog-options.c but missing from dialog-options.h I have inserted a definition in the .h and it now compiles. Is this the correct fix or should a different function be used. gncmod-gno

Re: transaction dates (in accounting)

2003-09-02 Thread C. Gatzemeier
Am Samstag, 30. August 2003 05:37 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > date-entered: date the transaction was typed / imported / > whatever into GnuCash (but see below for extended > notes on an eventual audit trail). > > date-posted:rea

Re: Budgeting - Let's decide what we want!

2003-09-02 Thread Stephen Cuppett
The single budgetary concept along with the separate column would work nice, be one of the simpler things to implement and generally apply well to an individual keeping record. However, if having the program usable by a vast majority of businesses is important, budgets are an everyday thing. From

Re: Budgeting - Let's decide what we want!

2003-09-02 Thread Scott Minster
This is a long thread, but since it's pretty important, I'll throw in my thoughts anyway and hope they're useful... Stephen Cuppett wrote: In terms of definition, a budget is a separate entity from financial records used for comparison purposes and tracking at different intervals through a partic

Re: Budgeting - Let's decide what we want!

2003-09-02 Thread Stephen Cuppett
My $0.02 as to the design of budgeting in GNUCash. In terms of definition, a budget is a separate entity from financial records used for comparison purposes and tracking at different intervals through a particular time period. It's representation in GNUCash should be no different. I envision t

Re: Crash in multi-currency transactions

2003-09-02 Thread Benoit Grégoire
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 16:17, Tobias & Nicole Krais wrote: > Hi together, > > a few minutes ago I tested the HBCI import of multicurrency > transactions. Please see below > > Christian Stimming wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > On Donnerstag, 14. August 2003 22:16, Tobias Kra

Re: gnucash-it ML?

2003-09-02 Thread Christian Stimming
This sounds like a great proposal from Lorenzo. As the experience with gnucash-de shows, such a natural-language Mailing List is in fact a big help for end user support in the specific country. I would absolutely support his proposal. Linas, do you think you could set up gnucash-it for Lorenzo?

Re: Release of GnuCash Docs version 1.8.3

2003-09-02 Thread Stewart V. Wright
* Chris Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030902 00:19]: > Good catch, can you file a bug in bugzilla.gnome.org? Done. -- European Citizens: Please do a little work to convince the European Parliament to reject software patents. This page explains the issue and provides suggestions for action; take t

Re: Release of GnuCash Docs version 1.8.3

2003-09-02 Thread Chris Lyttle
Its part of gnucash-guide.xml. I just forgot to update it for the last couple of releases. Chris On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 18:33, Jon Lapham wrote: > Chris Lyttle wrote: > > Good catch, can you file a bug in bugzilla.gnome.org? > > How is this section written? Manually or is there some automated

Re: Problems to build on Debian Woody

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Atkins
GnuCash should work just fine with guile-1.4. Maybe you don't have the guile-dev (or libguile-dev?) package(s) installed? -derek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hello, > > I'm using Debian Woody and configure gives me some trouble with 'guile': > > i) It's fails to detect my version of guile. >

Re: [docs] Credit card chapter updates

2003-09-02 Thread David Kågedal
Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I updated the credit card chapter of the documentation, we now have > real screenshots! Please, if you have a few minutes, read through it > and send me recommendations. I wouldn't write the first sentence like this: Since you probably write a check

Gentoo .ebuild script with Gnucash release?

2003-09-02 Thread Jack Kirstein
Would it be possible to include a Gentoo ebuild script with future GnuCash releases? I managed to find the .ebuild for 1.8.5 in the Gentoo bug database. It would be nice if I could just download the latest and greatest Gnucash release and emerge it without waiting for it to appear in portage. -j

[gnucash-de] Re: Bug in Transaction Import; reproducable? anyone?

2003-09-02 Thread Tobias Krais (BA-Lörrach)
Hi, I can reproduce it. When I enter an amount e.g. 7,89 gnucash behaves normal, when I enter 7.89 the amount is not shown in both accounts and is also not balanced. I use Debian sid gnucash 1.8.5 Greetings, Tobias > > The latest Transaction import changes in the gnucash-1.8.5 version contains

Re: Design Decisions

2003-09-02 Thread Charles Goodwin
Linas Vepstas wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 04:18:42PM +0100, Charles Goodwin was heard to remark: has taken. It was an uncompromising vision that Havoc and other leading Havoc is paid work on Gnome full-time. I am not. I have a house, 2 kids, and need to maintain a web site, do the backups,

Re: Design Decisions

2003-09-02 Thread Charles Goodwin
Oops, accidentally didn't send it to the list. Original Message Subject: Re: Design Decisions Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:18:42 +0100 From: Charles Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: XWT Foundation To: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAI

Re: Crash in multi-currency transactions

2003-09-02 Thread Tobias Krais (BA-Lörrach)
Hi together, I did some further testing and I found the bug again. GnuCash does not crash when I enter an amount e.g. 100. The window "Rebalance Transaction" opens. I make a choice and the amount is not entered. There is just no amount at all. The failure reported is: Warning: PrintAmountInternal

Re: Crash in multi-currency transactions

2003-09-02 Thread Tobias & Nicole Krais
Hi together, a few minutes ago I tested the HBCI import of multicurrency transactions. Please see below Christian Stimming wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Donnerstag, 14. August 2003 22:16, Tobias Krais wrote: The bug is that you aren't setting the transaction split amount/values

Re: Budgeting - Let's decide what we want!

2003-09-02 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Monday 01 September 2003 11:36 am, Matthew Vanecek wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:15, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > On Monday 01 September 2003 10:01 am, Matthew Vanecek wrote: > > I still think we're talking about 2 different tasks, which could be > > handled in separate "modules". (I mentione

Re: Budgeting - Let's decide what we want!

2003-09-02 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Monday 01 September 2003 10:01 am, Matthew Vanecek wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 09:06, Stewart V. Wright wrote: > > > amounts, etc. Not the only way to do it, of course, just a suggestion > > > and what I thought would be easiest to implement. I certainly am > > > interested in seeing what y

Re: Release of GnuCash Docs version 1.8.3

2003-09-02 Thread romildo
Are the GNUCash docs available in printable form (something like PDF, PS or DVI format) somewhere? If not, how can I get them from the distribution? I have tried 'make dvi', 'make ps' and 'make pdf' without success. Regards. Romildo -- Prof. José Romildo Malaquias[EMAIL PROTECTED] Depar

Re: [docs] Credit card chapter updates

2003-09-02 Thread Tripp Lilley
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Jon Lapham wrote: > Committed to CVS, with some modifications sent to me by "tripp+gnucash". It's just "tripp" :) '+gnucash' is just there to autofile ___ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/

gnucash-it ML?

2003-09-02 Thread Lorenzo Cappelletti
Hi everybody, I was recently contacted by a few Italian people who are interested in helping the development of GnuCash. There are either translators and programmers. Because carrying on the project by Cc'ing to the others is becoming a tough task, I ask you if we could have a ML on our own, whe

Problems to build on Debian Woody

2003-09-02 Thread mhopf
Hello, I'm using Debian Woody and configure gives me some trouble with 'guile': i) It's fails to detect my version of guile. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/space/gnucash-1.8.5 > guile --version Guile 1.4 Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation Guile may be distributed under the terms o

Stock Sales - Balance sheet unbalanced

2003-09-02 Thread David G Hamblen
Hi: My problem is with the weighted-average computation causing the balance sheet to be unbalanced. This has nothing to do with the realized gain and "lots" issues which often come up on the list. The calculation seems to use absolute values when algebraic values would be more appropriate. Even i

Re: [docs] Credit card chapter updates

2003-09-02 Thread Jon Lapham
David Kågedal wrote: Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I updated the credit card chapter ... [snip] I wouldn't write the first sentence like this: Since you probably write a check or make an electronic payment to the credit card company each month [...] But that's probably because mos

Re: Release of GnuCash Docs version 1.8.3

2003-09-02 Thread Jon Lapham
Chris Lyttle wrote: Good catch, can you file a bug in bugzilla.gnome.org? How is this section written? Manually or is there some automated script thingy? On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:42, Stewart V. Wright wrote: Hi Chris and Jon, Not sure if this is particularly important, but on the "About this

Spam

2003-09-02 Thread Chris Lyttle
Linas, We seem to have lost the spam filter on the mailing lists. Since the sobig worm hit there's literally hundreds of spam messages with the subject lines of this worm, and it takes ages to do through and click 'discard' from the mailing list admin tree for each one of the spam messages. Could

Re: The continuing saga of profiling GnuCash

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Benoit Grégoire wrote: >> On Sunday 31 August 2003 08:49, Jon Lapham wrote: >> >>>Compiling this using "-g -pg" and calling it from the GnuCash guile script >>>shown above produces a gmon.out file, but it does not contain any >>>information from the GnuCash