Thanks for this information. Would it be possible to either add a note about how this is done to the appropriate section of the FAQ or to file a bug report to enhance the program to do this without editing Perl code?
David C On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 7:57 PM, farleykj <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I've found that one of the philosophical differences in how to track > these things seems to be that some accounting systems want you to put the > bonds in as a share-per-USD relationship. And, since there is no actual > universal "symbol" for EE or other bonds of the type, there are lots of > user-defined encodings of the bond. I've even changed mine (I used to have > a > "$" sign in the symbol definitions that made handling the strings involved > annoying and was, admittedly, lacking in foresight). > The only true troubles I've had with this particular task have to do with > Perl itself. Twice I've had to do a bit of updating of modules to get > communications with the treasurydirect site to work properly. Both times I > hadn't, to the best of my knowledge, done anything to alter my setup, but > "suddenly" things stopped working. It's one of those things that is > immensely frustrating when it stops working, but brings a great deal of > satisfaction when you "fix" it, eventually. > Either way, glad the code was of use to you. Now if only I could work out > all the intricacies of using Perl to get me quotes from my 401(k) for ESOP > funds... > > > > ----- > Ken Farley > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
