Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-23 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 21/02/2019 21:47, Christian Kluge wrote: I’ve just seen that my final words I have to say to Wm haven’t reached the general public. Wrong, it is normally me that gets blocked not other people. I survive because I have residual project value. I’ve considered giving up on trying to make

[GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-21 Thread Christian Kluge
I’ve just seen that my final words I have to say to Wm haven’t reached the general public. I’ve considered giving up on trying to make him understand how things are really handled. Am 21.02.2019 um 15:51 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: > On 20/02/2019 20:05, Christian Kluge wrote: >> >> Let me

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-21 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 12/02/2019 17:29, Alex Aycinena wrote: John - what you are saying is absolutely correct except for the part about working on it for three years. I did start it a while ago, but then other commitments have prevented me from working on it at all for a couple of years. The part you describe

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-21 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 12/02/2019 17:29, Alex Aycinena wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: John Ralls To: Wm Cc: gnucash-de...@lists.gnucash.org Bcc: Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:48:53 -0800 Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark On Feb 11, 2019, at 6:49 PM, Wm via

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-21 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 20/02/2019 20:05, Christian Kluge wrote: Am 20.02.2019 um 14:09 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: On 17/02/2019 19:50, Christian Kluge wrote: I think this should be in user not devel It might be your so called valuation exercise, but it annoys me very much that Finance::Quote doesn’t fetch

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-21 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 18/02/2019 06:43, David Cousens wrote: I must admit I don't use trading accounts much at present. I'll check out how they handle it. I like trading accounts, they make sense to me. If you don't do a lot of stuff outside of your home currency you probably needn't bother unless you are

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-20 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 20.02.2019 um 14:09 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: > On 17/02/2019 19:50, Christian Kluge wrote: >> It might be your so called valuation exercise, but it annoys me very >> much that Finance::Quote doesn’t fetch the daily average quotes from the >> ECB yet. > > Any F::Q valuations should not

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-20 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 18/02/2019 19:15, Christian Kluge wrote: There is one exception to this being VAT calculation. Sect 16 Par 6 of the German VAT act stats that foreign currency amounts should be converted with the monthly ECB averages or the actual daily rates.

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-20 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 17/02/2019 19:50, Christian Kluge wrote: Am 17.02.2019 um 19:58 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: On 15/02/2019 01:44, David Cousens wrote: If I start in Savings RUB , select the Savings EUR account and enter 100 it is assumed to be in RUB not EUR as GnuCash operates at present. This is

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-20 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 15/02/2019 01:44, David Cousens wrote: I haven't read all the recent list replies yet but I think this sort of thing If the book currency is USD (or AUD or any other third currency) then the currency conversion becomes EUR<->USD<->RUB. The double conversions involved to the EUR and RUB

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-18 Thread Christian Kluge
Hello, Am 18.02.2019 um 09:29 schrieb Thoma, Herbert: > Just my humble opinion, see below inline. > > Am 17.02.2019 um 20:50 schrieb Christian Kluge: >> Am 17.02.2019 um 19:58 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: >> Often times with cash transactions it happens that people use simple >> exchange rates

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-18 Thread Thoma, Herbert
Just my humble opinion, see below inline. Am 17.02.2019 um 20:50 schrieb Christian Kluge: Am 17.02.2019 um 19:58 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: Often times with cash transactions it happens that people use simple exchange rates which are nowhere near the actual rates. So I might be paying 5 EUR

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-17 Thread David Cousens
Wm, I must admit I don't use trading accounts much at present. I'll check out how they handle it. I take your point on the difference between amounts entered in a transaction as distinct from the value at a specific point in time in a balance sheet or even TB. you would want recording aof a

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-17 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 17.02.2019 um 19:58 schrieb Wm via gnucash-devel: > On 15/02/2019 01:44, David Cousens wrote: >> If I start in Savings RUB , select the Savings EUR account and enter >> 100 it >> is assumed to be in RUB not EUR as GnuCash operates at present. This is >> clear, both registers are balanced and

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-17 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 15/02/2019 01:44, David Cousens wrote: Wm, My apologies for being long winded in the following, but I think it is necessary to achieve clarity in what is proposed or intended. Not at all, I appreciate your effort and have read what you have written more than once. The "book currency"

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-14 Thread David Cousens
Wm, My apologies for being long winded in the following, but I think it is necessary to achieve clarity in what is proposed or intended. The "book currency" is the currency assigned as the default currency, i.e the currency of the root account, when you create a new book or file using the

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-14 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
On 12/02/2019 04:48, John Ralls wrote: On Feb 11, 2019, at 6:49 PM, Wm via gnucash-devel wrote: at the risk of appearing to be an imperialist, what is "book currency" ? I think of "home currency" as whatever currency most people close to you (the reader) use to buy and sell ordinary

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-12 Thread Alex Aycinena
> > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: John Ralls > To: Wm > Cc: gnucash-de...@lists.gnucash.org > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:48:53 -0800 > Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark > > > > On Feb 11, 2019, at

Re: [GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-11 Thread John Ralls
> On Feb 11, 2019, at 6:49 PM, Wm via gnucash-devel > wrote: > > at the risk of appearing to be an imperialist, what is "book currency" ? > > I think of "home currency" as whatever currency most people close to you (the > reader) use to buy and sell ordinary stuff like carbohydrate staples

[GNC-dev] book currency is what ... question mark

2019-02-11 Thread Wm via gnucash-devel
at the risk of appearing to be an imperialist, what is "book currency" ? I think of "home currency" as whatever currency most people close to you (the reader) use to buy and sell ordinary stuff like carbohydrate staples (rice, bread, etc) and water in the UK that is GBP, in the USA it is