GnuCash Opens Dirty?

2018-02-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-devel
Hello, When I open GnuCash with no file (i.e., “gnucash --nofile”), I find that if I immediately attempt to open a different file or exit the program altogether (i.e., without doing anything to the current session), I am warned that all changes to the current file will be lost. Given that I:

Re: What version of txf export used in windows version 2.6.19

2018-02-02 Thread Alex Aycinena
Jeffrey, I don't recall where I got it, but I will send a copy directly to your email when I can get to the machine that it is on. Regards, Alex On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 4:10 PM, jeffrey black wrote: > On 1/30/2018 3:41 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: > > > --

RE: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread Matt Graham
Wow! That become contentious quick!!! The primary issue I’m seeing here is one of philosophy. What is GNUCash for? What is the purpose? What “should” be included and what “shouldn’t” be? As has been highlighted, when someone loads up software they have a preset notion in their own mind of how

Re: What version of txf export used in windows version 2.6.19

2018-02-02 Thread jeffrey black
On 1/30/2018 3:41 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Jeffrey Black > To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:13:02 -0700 (MST) Subject:

Re: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread John Ralls
> On Feb 2, 2018, at 7:25 AM, Wm via gnucash-devel > wrote: > > There is, IMO, work to be done on on the underlying db structure, have you > seen this monster ? > === > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/images/8/86/Gnucash_erd.png >

Re: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 02/02/2018 08:17, Christopher Lam wrote: Dear Devs The more I consider (b)udget transactions the more I feel it is the right solution. See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aaMoMVVTky_Df_haNAeVk3XpsgFIC7eMOOT7uurlV-s/edit?usp=sharing for an example of a report with these "b"udget

Re: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 31/01/2018 20:18, Matt Graham wrote: Love the thoughts! Simplicity is king I think. I am going to ponder your idea for longer Chris.. It may be that there is a better way to structure budgeting in gnc, or as Adrian says maybe a new user interface is the better way to go. One thing on my

Re: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 2/2/2018 7:04 AM, Wm via gnucash-devel wrote: On 31/01/2018 16:09, Christopher Lam wrote: Hi Matt- I thought this should move to the devel list, because of technical details, and this discussion will be very speculative. I had a thought about how envelope budgeting could work: "divide your

Re: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 31/01/2018 16:09, Christopher Lam wrote: Hi Matt- I thought this should move to the devel list, because of technical details, and this discussion will be very speculative. I had a thought about how envelope budgeting could work: "divide your paycheck into separate envelopes for different

Re: Future allocated money, aka Envelope Budgeting

2018-02-02 Thread Christopher Lam
Dear Devs The more I consider (b)udget transactions the more I feel it is the right solution. See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aaMoMVVTky_Df_haNAeVk3XpsgFIC7eMOOT7uurlV-s/edit?usp=sharing for an example of a report with these "b"udget and regular transactions. This demonstrates