John, Seems like an X-Y response. The meaning of a hack is clear, although this is more of a tweak, and where it occurs hardly matters if it's not part of a PR. A response in terms of using existing report/module code in a new report would be fine. https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/5.0/gnucash/report/reports/example/sample-report.scm#L64-L77 demonstrates creating a list of options, so it follows, changing it changes the options. I'll take it consult the list is used to mean seek advice or information, and understand some code in the repo is depreciated. None of this is core to the question.
To elaborate: 1. I'm seeking guidance on the processes involved in setting and using the date option, and how to change it. There seems to be more to the changed approach in V5 https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/tree/5.0/libgnucash/engine than covered in the documentation. Apologies in advance if terms are used incorrectly. 2. I imagine there are two approaches: 1. Override the value of year in scheme so it starts 1 July in the previous year. I understand the options and lists are defined in C++ but I'm only focused on scheme reports. Are these option values in scheme mutable or can they easily be changed to mutable? Existing textual descriptions of the options are fine. Can start/end year just be registered again in a scheme report with a new definition or redefined in scheme using the date-utilities.scm process in V4? 2. Redefine option values in C++. This is more problematic for me because I haven't been able to compile GnuCash in Windows. Nevertheless, every commit goes through a recompile as part of a CI process. Would it be feasible, and if so how, to use that process in a private fork and grab a windows executable from it to use on my PC? I expect I could work my way through the C++ code and change value definitions and lists. 3. I'd actually like to add a new date symbol for start/end of 2 years prior period. Your response previously linked from 2021 shows you have considered it. Maybe you have a better approach in mind, possibly something this year. It could be relevant. Regards _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
