Re: [GNC] Switching to trading accounts in existing database

2021-01-20 Thread Mike Alexander
On 19 Jan 2021, at 20:08, Lukas Haase wrote: So I got recommended using trading accounts. But suddenly all my previous multi-currency transactions get a small grey box with a cross (hinting the transaction is inconsistent). How do I best deal with this? Is it possible to keep my old multi cur

Re: [GNC] Fwd: GnuCash window placement

2021-01-20 Thread David Carlson
Thanks everyone! I now have a huge red area on my forehead where I slapped myself when I had the epiphany that I should use Super-Tab to circulate across workspaces and Alt-Tab to circulate within the current workspace. Now to figure out how to extricate the transaction window from under the acco

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread John Ralls
Do I remember correctly that you're using the SQL backend? That works a bit differently because there's no way to have a lock file if you're connected to a DB server. Instead of a lock file it has a lock table inside the database. If you copy the database (and with SQLite3 it looks just like a f

Re: [GNC] Fwd: GnuCash window placement

2021-01-20 Thread David Cousens
David This handbook page blog post may help with alt-tab on Ubuntu. https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2019/02/alt-tab-display-separate-windows-ubuntu-18-04/ https://askubuntu.com/questions/123977/how-to-ungroup-windows-on-unity-task-switcher On Linux Mint I can create keyboard shortcuts to

Re: [GNC] Fwd: GnuCash window placement

2021-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was thinking of GnomeTweak tool. There might be a separate UbuntuTweak still. (I think there was one for Unity) Also, take a look here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/464946/force-alt-tab-to-switch-only-on-current-workspace-in-gnome-shell They are trying to achieve the opposite, but your

Re: [GNC] Fwd: GnuCash window placement

2021-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I seem to recall that is a user preference in Ubuntu. Sorry I don't remember how or where to change it. Perhaps a 3rd party customizer that exposes extra gnome prefs might be the solution. (I can't for the life of me remember the proper app names, but they should be easy to find) Regards, Adri

[GNC] Fwd: GnuCash window placement

2021-01-20 Thread David Carlson
Sorry, in the last sentence of the message below I used the noun desktop where I meant to use the noun workspace, i.e. Alt-Tab circulates between windows only on the current workspace, not through all open windows on all workspaces. I want to revert to circulating around all windows in all workspa

[GNC] GnuCash window placement

2021-01-20 Thread David Carlson
Today I am trying something completely different. For the first time (for me) I am importing an OFX file into GnuCash 3.8 in a Ubuntu 20.04 Virtualbox computer. For the first time I am having issues with trying to see the transaction that I am currently trying to assign an account to because it i

[GNC] Fwd: Re: Where does Gnucash remember what it did last - I want it to forget!

2021-01-20 Thread Stan Brown
Put the desired data file name on the GnuCash command line. If you use several files at different times, you can create a shortcut or an alias to load GC with each one. (I'm running in Windows, and GC definitely works that way for me. I don't have Linux to test with, but you can test it easily e

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 12:03:48PM -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On 1/20/21 8:24 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 09:04:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > NB: there is no need to start over every year; GnuCash hapily accounts for > > > multiple years of data and reports kno

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 1/20/21 8:24 AM, Chris Green wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 09:04:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: NB: there is no need to start over every year; GnuCash hapily accounts for multiple years of data and reports know how to handle that. That might make sense for me, I'm not quite sure. It's no

Re: [GNC] Where does Gnucash remember what it did last - I want it to forget!

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 12:11:28PM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > HI, > > GnuCash will always re-open the last file you used. > > If you don't want that, then supply the --nofile option. > OK, thanks Derek. I've been reading the documentation and, apparently, the MRU information is stored in dcon

Re: [GNC] Where does Gnucash remember what it did last - I want it to forget!

2021-01-20 Thread Derek Atkins
HI, GnuCash will always re-open the last file you used. If you don't want that, then supply the --nofile option. -derek On Wed, January 20, 2021 12:02 pm, Chris Green wrote: > When I open gnucash *anywhere* (as in anywhere in the directory > hierarchy) it *still* insists on opening the last acc

[GNC] Where does Gnucash remember what it did last - I want it to forget!

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
When I open gnucash *anywhere* (as in anywhere in the directory hierarchy) it *still* insists on opening the last accounts I used. I don't want it to second guess me like this, I want an 'empty' GnuCash unless I tell it which accounts to open. I've removed ~/.local/share/gnucash and I have removed

Re: [GNC] RUNNING BALANCES

2021-01-20 Thread davidbrown.rdps
Wed 20th Jan Having set up a Transaction report and a General Ledger report, I note in the options under the DISPLAY TAB there is a check box to enable a "Running Balance". Under the Options GENERAL TAB I have my Start and End dates chosen as the "Start of Accounting period" and "End of Accoun

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 09:08:27AM -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > Question: do you have selinux enabled? It is possible that somehow you have > the wrong selinux context set on the directory or don't have a selinux > context > set at all. > No selinux here. > At Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:33:33 +

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 09:04:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, January 20, 2021 8:33 am, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:23:23AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> The lock file is created in the same directory as the data file. > >> Is that directory

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Robert Heller
Question: do you have selinux enabled? It is possible that somehow you have the wrong selinux context set on the directory or don't have a selinux context set at all. At Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:33:33 + Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:23:23AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > > H

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, January 20, 2021 8:33 am, Chris Green wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:23:23AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The lock file is created in the same directory as the data file. >> Is that directory not writeable? That would cause the error. > > The directory is definitely wr

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:23:23AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > The lock file is created in the same directory as the data file. > Is that directory not writeable? That would cause the error. The directory is definitely writeable and there definitely isn't any sort of lock file in the di

Re: [GNC] End of year, how to clone a set of accounts for the new year?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:07:07AM -0500, D. wrote: > From: Chris Green > > > > Is there any easy way to create a set of empty copies of an existing > > set of accounts so I can start the new year easily? > > File -> Export -> Export Accounts > I just did that and on trying to open the new, emp

Re: [GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, The lock file is created in the same directory as the data file. Is that directory not writeable? That would cause the error. If GnuCash cannot create (and lock) the lock file then it will throw the error. If you are SURE that there is not another process running, you can "Open Anyways" and t

Re: [GNC] End of year, how to clone a set of accounts for the new year?

2021-01-20 Thread D. via gnucash-user
File -> Export -> Export Accounts Original Message From: Chris Green Sent: Wed Jan 20 07:01:42 EST 2021 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] End of year, how to clone a set of accounts for the new year? Is there any easy way to create a set of empty copies of an existin

[GNC] Where does gnucash put the lock file on Linux?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
I seem to have an odd error with GnuCash saying another copy is running but only when the xxx.gnucash file is in a certain location. I needed to move my gnucash database, called general.gnucash to a new location as it's end of year. After copying it I can still open it in its original location bu

[GNC] End of year, how to clone a set of accounts for the new year?

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Green
Is there any easy way to create a set of empty copies of an existing set of accounts so I can start the new year easily? -- Chris Green ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: htt