[GNC] Using the advanced portfolio report for mutual fund income

2020-09-03 Thread Alister Briggs
Can anybody help me work around a problem using the Advanced Portfolio Report to report income on mutual funds where a single payment is made for multiple funds? The Advanced Portfolio report requires atransaction split to include a dummy transaction of zero value as shown below: Scenario 1 -

Re: [GNC] Gnc 4.1 Make Fail - MX-LINUX (Debian Buster)

2020-09-03 Thread John Ralls
> On Sep 3, 2020, at 7:45 PM, Mike Commissaris > wrote: > > Trying to build 4.1 but cannot finish. Hope someone can help. All > dependencies seem to be met. Hope someone can help. [SNIP] > > gnucash/CMakeFiles/gnucash.dir/gnucash-gresources.c.o > [ 72%] Linking CXX executable

[GNC] Gnc 4.1 Make Fail - MX-LINUX (Debian Buster)

2020-09-03 Thread Mike Commissaris
Trying to build 4.1 but cannot finish. Hope someone can help. All dependencies seem to be met. Hope someone can help. cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/opt/gnucash-4.1 -DWITH_AQBANKING=off ~/ApplicationBuilds/gnucash-4.1 -- The C compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0 -- The CXX compiler

Re: [GNC] Mailing lists

2020-09-03 Thread Derek Zehr
Thanks for the tips Adrien. As it turns out, our company hosts our own email. And I was hoping to learn how to set up my own mail server. But am finding it to be complicated enough. Derek On 2020-09-03 6:01 p.m., Adrien Monteleone wrote: Derek, Before you go too far down the Mailman rabbit

[GNC] Auto fill repeat transaction

2020-09-03 Thread Derek Zehr
GnuCash has the neat feature of duplicating a transaction when you copy the description. What's the best way to update/change the amount? Right now I edit the Debit, then tab to the credit and type in the amount again. If I forget that step the amount is put into an Orphan/Imbalance account.

Re: [GNC] Asset accounts: cost, or value?

2020-09-03 Thread David Cousens
Marcus As a number have people have pointed out you may need to keep the cost basis of your house separate from any adjustments for the estimate of the current value you may apply to calculate your estimated current net worth. You can have your cake and eat it too in this case. Under your fixed

Re: [GNC] Asset accounts: cost, or value?

2020-09-03 Thread Stan Brown
On 2020-09-03 14:34, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Marcus, > > Are you absolutely certain you are allowed to tack those items on to the > cost basis? There may be tax implications there. If the OP is in the US, Publication 530 will hellp. https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-530 --

Re: [GNC] GTK CSS 4.0-4.1

2020-09-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The short answer on Issue #1 (UI highlights) is you'd now have to delve into the GTK theme itself. (more reading and work!) This is where the gtk.css file - for all of GTK comes into play, not just the gtk-3.0.css file that is specific to GnuCash. The theme sets a highlight for all apps

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.1 on Mac Crashing on Exit

2020-09-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You should file this as a bug report. See the Wiki about reporting crashes. Regards, Adrien On 8/25/20 5:19 PM, Alton Brantley wrote: It seems that if I have a couple of unsaved transactions, and then go to exit Gnucash, I can get a crash. If I have one or two transactions I have edited but

Re: [GNC] Ubuntu distribution version

2020-09-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Derek, Before you go too far down the Mailman rabbit hole, if you have a Linux-based Web/E-mail host, they may offer a Mailman installation as an option that is as simple as giving the list a name and setting a few preferences. (Unless you really want to run your own Mailman server that is)

Re: [GNC] Asset accounts: cost, or value?

2020-09-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Marcus, Are you absolutely certain you are allowed to tack those items on to the cost basis? There may be tax implications there. Just because you are a 'regular person' doesn't mean you don't have to keep accurate books, especially if you have to file tax/legal documents based on the

Re: [GNC] Unexpected change in reconcile status

2020-09-03 Thread doncram
In Quickbooks Desktop 2017 by the way, you absolutely can go back and change a reconciled transaction's memo info and categorization and date and so on, as long as you do not change the dollar amount. If you do try to change a dollar amount, you get the following (appropriate) message: