Hi Adrien, Thank you for your interest. The first day of the week is, of course, a personal preference. However, because it is set to Monday everywhere else in my life, it would be more convenient if GnuCash were set similarly.
Yes, I am aware of System Preferences > Language & Region; that is where I have set the first day of the week for the rest of my computer. Thank you for pointing that out. The main issue that makes life difficult with GnuCash using Sunday as the first day of the week is in our business. We have a small editing business, but we don't work conventional hours. Basically, we work whenever we can fit it in. That means we might be working at 11p on a Sunday or 6a on a Tuesday. However, we still find it convenient to break our time up into weeks. Reports from our time-tracking software help us know if we are doing enough income work to make our goals. Reports from our accounting software (GnuCash) help us know if our income is matching expectations and helping us reach our goals. However, it is just a little more difficult because the time tracking software is set to use Monday as the first day of the week, but GnuCash refuses to accept that setting. A second place this problem makes trouble for me is entering transactions. Sometimes I type dates and sometimes I select them from the drop-down menu. That menu puts Sunday on the far left of the block instead of the far right where I expect it. Thus, I sometimes click the wrong date because I forget that GnuCash does this. Of course, this is just one example, but I think it gives the flavor. Naturally we could change our whole life around to use Sunday as the first day of the week, but we don't want to do that. Computers should adjust to the users' lifestyle, not the other way around. We can also just make do, accepting that the accounting week starts on Sunday and the time-keeping week starts on Monday. That is how we have functioned since we switched to GnuCash about five years ago. I understand that the developer pool is small. This is why I have not bother reporting the many bugs I work around every day. When I first started using GnuCash, I reported what I saw, but it quickly became clear that the developers feel they have bigger fish to fry. Given that I have no time to offer to this effort, I stopped wasting my time. I would love to help with the development. I even have some of the skill required and could probably get up to speed fairly quickly, but my to-do list is way too long for me to take on any new projects. Frankly, if I were going to get back into development, I would seriously consider starting from scratch rather than trying to fix the mess that is GnuCash. Best, John > On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > System Preferences > Language & Region is where you can set first day of the > week. (I’m on Mojave) > > But I see it has no effect on the calendar displayed in the Scheduled > Transaction editor. (not sure where else this would matter) > > I’d have to ask (because I have Sunday as my first day and I don’t understand > the utility of changing it), how does not being able to change it impact your > use of GnuCash? What is more difficult by the day being set to Sunday? I > really mean this as a curiosity. Is it merely a matter of you’ve always seen > calendars start on Monday and it looks odd and sometimes hard to comprehend > at a glance? > > What parts of the app other than the Scheduled Transaction editor is this an > issue for? > > Please note, the developer pool is small, their time is not infinite, and > they are all volunteers. (and I’d guess they all have day jobs) They have a > roadmap for prioritizing their time. If something is an annoyance but the app > is still usable, it is likely to be pushed to the back burner unless someone > new decides to jump in and help address it. > > Regards, > Adrien _______________________________________________ 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
