Re: [GNC] Adding a new currency
Op vrijdag 8 juli 2022 14:52:58 CEST schreef Esteban Maringolo: > But is the list of currencies hardcoded? Isn't it in some table? > It's in an xml file. If you self-build, you could add your own currencies in that file and have extra currencies. A patch to add these extra currencies will only be accepted in the gnucash code base though if the extra currencies are ISO-4217. To have anything in vanilla gnucash, the user interface and the data store format have to be changed in order to be able to clearly distinguish ISO currencies from custom ones. That's quite a bit of work :) Regards, Geert ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Adding a new currency
Hi, Technically, the list is hard-coded into the application at compile-time, but it is built from an XML file that contains the list of currencies. That XML is converted to C code that "loads" the list of currencies at runtime. So, yes, technically you could add your own custom currency to your custom-built version of GnuCash. However, you will need to maintain that "forever". Your data file will never work on a "standard" version of GnuCash (without your currency change). And any update will require you to rebuild the application with your change. Enjoy! -derek PS: Someone did agree on IRC (in principle) to pay me a certain fee to implement this feature, saying they'd be back in a week (technically they said 10 days) to confirm. But they never returned to confirm. *shrug* On Fri, July 8, 2022 8:52 am, Esteban Maringolo wrote: > But is the list of currencies hardcoded? Isn't it in some table? > > As for cryptocurrencies, there was XBT for Bitcoin, but nothing else. > > Regards, > > Esteban A. Maringolo > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 9:43 AM Geert Janssens > wrote: >> >> Op vrijdag 8 juli 2022 10:18:51 CEST schreef Peter West: >> > So cryptocurrencies will never be supported currencies, because >> > cryptocurrencies will never be part of ISO-4217. >> > >> >> At some point I proposed to add code to allow non-ISO-4217 currencies. >> While not formally >> correct this could be helpful for simple personal accounting. Such >> alternate currency group >> could also have been used to manage crypto currencies. >> >> Unfortunately I don't have time left to implement this and I don't think >> any of the other >> active devs has it anywhere on their priority list. >> >> So "never" ? Depends. For to to have any chance though it will require >> someone to step up >> and implement this in a way that fits the gnucash design and concepts. >> >> Regards, >> >> Geert >> >> > — >> > Peter West >> > p...@pbw.id.au >> > “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat >> against >> > that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” >> > > On 8 Jul 2022, at 2:51 am, john wrote: >> > >> On Jul 7, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Esteban Maringolo >> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Hi, >> > >> >> > >> Is it possible to manually add a new currency to the list of >> currencies? >> > >> >> > >> I will take care of updating the exchange rate. >> > > >> > > No. Currency in GnuCash is defined as "currencies recognized by >> ISO-4217". >> > > Everything else is a commodity. >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > John Ralls >> > > ___ >> > > 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. >> > >> > ___ >> > 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. >> >> >> ___ >> 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. > ___ > 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. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant ___ 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 al
Re: [GNC] Adding a new currency
But is the list of currencies hardcoded? Isn't it in some table? As for cryptocurrencies, there was XBT for Bitcoin, but nothing else. Regards, Esteban A. Maringolo On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 9:43 AM Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op vrijdag 8 juli 2022 10:18:51 CEST schreef Peter West: > > So cryptocurrencies will never be supported currencies, because > > cryptocurrencies will never be part of ISO-4217. > > > > At some point I proposed to add code to allow non-ISO-4217 currencies. While > not formally > correct this could be helpful for simple personal accounting. Such alternate > currency group > could also have been used to manage crypto currencies. > > Unfortunately I don't have time left to implement this and I don't think any > of the other > active devs has it anywhere on their priority list. > > So "never" ? Depends. For to to have any chance though it will require > someone to step up > and implement this in a way that fits the gnucash design and concepts. > > Regards, > > Geert > > > — > > Peter West > > p...@pbw.id.au > > “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against > > that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” > > > On 8 Jul 2022, at 2:51 am, john wrote: > > >> On Jul 7, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Esteban Maringolo > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Is it possible to manually add a new currency to the list of currencies? > > >> > > >> I will take care of updating the exchange rate. > > > > > > No. Currency in GnuCash is defined as "currencies recognized by ISO-4217". > > > Everything else is a commodity. > > > > > > Regards, > > > John Ralls > > > ___ > > > 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. > > > > ___ > > 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. > > > ___ > 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. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Adding a new currency
Op vrijdag 8 juli 2022 10:18:51 CEST schreef Peter West: > So cryptocurrencies will never be supported currencies, because > cryptocurrencies will never be part of ISO-4217. > At some point I proposed to add code to allow non-ISO-4217 currencies. While not formally correct this could be helpful for simple personal accounting. Such alternate currency group could also have been used to manage crypto currencies. Unfortunately I don't have time left to implement this and I don't think any of the other active devs has it anywhere on their priority list. So "never" ? Depends. For to to have any chance though it will require someone to step up and implement this in a way that fits the gnucash design and concepts. Regards, Geert > — > Peter West > p...@pbw.id.au > “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against > that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” > > On 8 Jul 2022, at 2:51 am, john wrote: > >> On Jul 7, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Esteban Maringolo > >> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Is it possible to manually add a new currency to the list of currencies? > >> > >> I will take care of updating the exchange rate. > > > > No. Currency in GnuCash is defined as "currencies recognized by ISO-4217". > > Everything else is a commodity. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > ___ > > 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. > > ___ > 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. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Adding a new currency
So cryptocurrencies will never be supported currencies, because cryptocurrencies will never be part of ISO-4217. — Peter West p...@pbw.id.au “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” > On 8 Jul 2022, at 2:51 am, john wrote: > > > >> On Jul 7, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Esteban Maringolo wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Is it possible to manually add a new currency to the list of currencies? >> >> I will take care of updating the exchange rate. > > No. Currency in GnuCash is defined as "currencies recognized by ISO-4217". > Everything else is a commodity. > > Regards, > John Ralls > ___ > 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. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Adding a new currency
> On Jul 7, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Esteban Maringolo wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible to manually add a new currency to the list of currencies? > > I will take care of updating the exchange rate. No. Currency in GnuCash is defined as "currencies recognized by ISO-4217". Everything else is a commodity. Regards, John Ralls ___ 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.
