Yes, it is the alignment of numbers that is the problem. Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8
On 06/18/2018 06:35 AM, Christopher Lam wrote: > Hi Stephen > Thank you this is very helpful. > From my understanding the non-eguile version does produce satisfactory > headings and contents. > However its alignment of numbers is odd? > Is the alignment of subtotals and totals perfect in your amended > eguile report? How should it look if there are deeper levels of > subaccounts? > For html export, open the report tab, then File>Export>Export Report. > I believe the standard balsheet can be refined but this will take some > time. > C > > On 18 June 2018 at 00:32, Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net > <mailto:kg...@arrl.net>> wrote: > > Interesting on the age. I thought I'd downloaded the most recent > Linux > install. But, my version is 2.6.19 built from rev c1b5e6c8d+ on > 2018-04-09. May be best to wait for the next release due out > early next > week and see how those reports look. > > In the interim, attached are: > 1. GVE.gnucash -- my current set of books for an apartment > building I'm > selling > 2. Balance Sheet - standard.pdf -- Standard Balance Sheet report > (unformatted) > 3. Balance Sheet - formatted.pdf -- Eguile balance sheet after my > changes were applied > (Wife still has problems but willing to work with this. > Specifically, the "Profit/Loss" line should be part of Equities and be > added just after Retained earnings. She thinks I should have just one > line of retained earnings rather than the yearly line I created when > closing the books each year -- I'll have to clean up my chart of > accounts to accomplish that -- sigh!) Plus, I have top level accounts > with the five major names (Assets, Liabilities, Equities -- maybe > should > rename to Capital, Income and Expense). So the report does look funny > with the section titles repeated due to my top level accounts. > > I was going to include the eguile version -- but it no longer wants to > link in when I put that code back in place. Wish I truly > understood how > that linkage works. Doesn't seem to function as documented -- at > least > as to how I read/understood the document! But, since eguile is going > away, that probably doesn't matter. > > Also, is there a way to dump the html version of the reports. I think > that is what you wanted but I've only figured out how to capture > the pdf > version to a file rather than letting it print. Seems strange as I do > have 20 years on Unix type systems -- but mostly as an Oracle DBA and > didn't delve deep into the O/S. Even my korn shell scripting ability > has atrophied in the past year. > > I need to head out and attempt to destroy some bamboo that the > previous > owner let escape. Plus put in the column bases for the greenhouse the > wife wants for her orchids. Isn't retirement fun! How did I ever > have > time to make the daily trip to downtown Seattle for a living? > > --Steve > > > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com <mailto:stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com> > kg...@arrl.net <mailto:kg...@arrl.net> > 253-350-0166 > ------------------------------------------- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > On 06/15/2018 09:06 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: > > Thanks; this is from an old version of eguile balsheet which is > > already obsolete in 3.X onwards, and I know it'll be more > difficult to > > fix as time goes by. There are already changes from timepair to > > time64, compulsory CSS, removal of slots access... There is no > active > > eguile maintainer anymore, and I really cannot understand eguile. > > > > Would you be kind to comment upon the HTML output (File > Export > > > Export Report) of the standard (non-eguile) balsheet, with desired > > amendments? I can try to amend with backward compatibility. > > > > For bonus points, if you have a sample datafile with accounts and > > transactions that highlight the various functionality of balsheet > > (e.g. income/expense, equity, any foreign currency conversions or > > stock purchases - I'm sure the wife will have them in her textbooks) > > I'm sure I can fix the standard balsheet to her standards! > > > > So, wishlist: > > > > * datafile with example transactions > > * current html report of standard balsheet > > * annotated ideal report produced by standard balsheet :) > > > > Let's keep this discussion public for external input too. > > > > Regards > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Stephen M. Butler* <kg...@arrl.net <mailto:kg...@arrl.net> > <mailto:kg...@arrl.net > <mailto:kg...@arrl.net>>> > > Date: 16 June 2018 at 00:45 > > Subject: The two modules > > To: Christopher Lam <christopher....@gmail.com > <mailto:christopher....@gmail.com> > > <mailto:christopher....@gmail.com <mailto:christopher....@gmail.com>>> > > > > Hope this helps. As I mentioned in the list email, perhaps > there is a > > way to show the Trading Accounts if they are present and suppress if > > they are not. > > > > Also, I think it would be acceptable to have an Income/Expense > Report on > > a separate page but generated by the same module. That would ensure > > that the Profit/Loss line (or whatever folks want to call it) > would be > > the same for both reports. But my wife was adamant that they > are two > > separate reports. > > > > Thanks for the example as this is my first time seeing this > language. > > You might find that I took some shortcuts where it wasn't > appropriate > > for the long haul -- especially around the printing of the > Profit/Loss > > line. I'm still now sure what the #t #f and a couple of the other > > parameters actually do -- I just got the report to look right! > > > > --Steve > > > > -- > > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > <mailto:stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com> > <mailto:stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > <mailto:stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com>> > > kg...@arrl.net <mailto:kg...@arrl.net> <mailto:kg...@arrl.net > <mailto:kg...@arrl.net>> > > 253-350-0166 > > ------------------------------------------- > > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 > 81D8 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. 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