Re: [GNC] Newbie Q: some transactions imported to wrong category

2019-09-08 Thread Bitmancer
Thank you again, David. I fear I have taken a double dose of Stupid with my Brunch. I understand double-entry accounting, more or less. I will RTFM in the Loans area. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___

Re: [GNC] Newbie Q: match Description to Transfer

2019-09-08 Thread Bitmancer
Thanks again, David. I am using v3.6 from the Arch Linux distro. I finally figured out *almost everything* that I complained about. Now I would like to compare my expenses at two grocers. My Expenses:Groceries ledger combines them financially.

Re: [GNC] Newbie Q: match Description to Transfer

2019-09-08 Thread Bitmancer
Liz, I am using Arch Linux 5.2.10 with GnuCash 3.6 Build ID: 3.6+(2019-06-29) Regards, Bitmancer -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Newbie Q: some transactions imported to wrong

2019-09-07 Thread Bitmancer
o wrong > category > Message-ID: < > 1567898582174-0.post@.nabble >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Bitmancer, > ... > > Hi Bitmancer, > > If you're using GnuCash V3.x, you can also use Tools, Import Map Editor > to delete entrie

Re: [GNC] Newbie Q: some transactions imported to wrong category

2019-09-07 Thread Bitmancer
Thank you for your timely answer, David. Responses in context: David Cousens wrote > ..., it will open to display > both splits of the transaction on separate lines. If you click on the > account you wish to change a down arrow appears on the right handside and > clicking on that will open an

[GNC] Newbie Q: some transactions imported to wrong category

2019-09-07 Thread Bitmancer
All of my Natural Gas utility payments got imported to my Cell Phone category. One of my Mortgage Payments got imported to Auto Insurance category. How can I correct their categories in GnuCash? Thanks for any help. (I am semi-perl-literate, and can run perl scripts against xml extractions if

Re: [GNC] Newbie Q: match Description to Transfer

2019-09-07 Thread Bitmancer
That did the trick. I split everything by month! Then I learned that by DOUBLE CLICKING on an account, I could change it from UNRECONCILED to the correct Expense. Nowhere in the online docs that I read does it say to DOUBLE CLICK. I would recommend that we alter the docs to fix this! -- Sent

[GNC] Newbie Q: match Description to Transfer

2019-09-03 Thread Bitmancer
Just starting out to use GnuCash. Imports fine from my bank to my Checking account. Now I have to make sense of it all! In the Checking ledger, there are many different creditors. For example, "Kroger" in the Description field. How can I label all "Kroger" entries with "Expenses:Groceries" in