Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread John Ralls
Colin, Maybe a problem with your book. I just did the same exercise (stepping in the debugger to make sure that everything was getting called in the right places, it is) and didn't get any such errors. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 20, 2019, at 8:49 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > I thought I

[GNC] Register / Accounts page Footer CSS

2019-04-20 Thread Jimmy R via gnucash-user
I guess you can call it the footer, looking for the css to alter size, font, & colors I have been through all the wiki, and I have adjusted the gtk css for the register but cannot find the footer styling. there is only one adjustment in preferences > general for negative red value checkbox

Re: [GNC] Assets don't display in CasgFlow report

2019-04-20 Thread Ron Eggler
On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 12:58 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Ron, > > I think I might understand now what you are describing. > > There are three sections to the report: > > 1. Selected Accounts > 2. Money into selected accounts comes from > 3. Money out of

Re: [GNC] Assets don't display in CasgFlow report

2019-04-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ron, I think I might understand now what you are describing. There are three sections to the report: 1. Selected Accounts 2. Money into selected accounts comes from 3. Money out of selected accounts goes to #1 is just a list - no figures The actual ‘report’ is sections #2 & #3. Some of those

Re: [GNC] Assets don't display in CasgFlow report

2019-04-20 Thread Ron Eggler
Hi Adrien, Thanks for your response! > > Edit your report options to include the accounts you want. There is an > ‘Accounts’ tab where you make the selection. > I have selected them and they do show up in the "Selected Accounts" list only there's no number amount to the right of the name. > >

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread Colin Law
I thought I would try this with 3.5 on Ubuntu 18.10. Using Save As repeatedly to sqlite3 does not result in locked files. I can go back and open the previous versions without issue. However, when saving to sqlite, which I don't normally, I do see in the trace file * 16:43:29 ERROR

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread mc
Geert I assume the state files are the .gcm files in ~/.local/share/gnucash/ But, I never change the names of the underlying files, yet still, frequently when I open a previous version, I will lose the tabs, nd just get the default "Accounts" tab. Was just trying to test it to see if I could

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread mc
Thanks John The SQL locks are in a table inside the database, not in a separate file" That would mean there is one for each gnucash file.  Good to know. "How are you creating these "earlier saved versions"" Just with "save as". Then I do some more changes, then do another "save as" with a

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread Geert Janssens
Op zaterdag 20 april 2019 17:08:02 CEST schreef Adrien Monteleone: > I figured the lock was in the db, but wasn’t certain. > > I just tested with my current data file: > > Clean exit via GnuCash > Quit GnuCash > Copy & Rename file to `test-1234.gnucash` > Re-open GnuCash > File > Open >

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I figured the lock was in the db, but wasn’t certain. I just tested with my current data file: Clean exit via GnuCash > Quit GnuCash Copy & Rename file to `test-1234.gnucash` Re-open GnuCash File > Open > `test-1234.gnucash` The file opened fine, save none of the open tabs from when I exited

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 20, 2019, at 5:58 AM, mc wrote: > > Config: > gnucash 3.5 clean install. > (X)ubuntu Linux 18.04 > gnucash files saved as sqlite. > > Am new to gnucash and testing it. > > I keep several versions of a gnucash file, > saved with names like --.gnucash > > After cleanly exiting

Re: [GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Good question, I use SQLite3 also, and there are no .LCK files in my data directory. (they might be placed elsewhere as I’m on MacOS) But I’ve never had an issue opening other files than my current one. The only thing I noticed was that you mentioned you cleanly exited before opening one of

Re: [GNC] retained earnings between two different financial periods

2019-04-20 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 20, 2019, at 2:33 AM, mc wrote: > > Config: > gnucash 3.5 clean install. > (X)ubuntu Linux 18.04 > gnucash files saved as sqlite. > > Hi > > I am new to gnucash and testing it. > Most things I have tried work as expected (and extremely well ;-) ) > > One question: on the page: >

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread David Carlson
Umakanth, Income (and Expense) accounts always need to be under the Income or Expense top account. The only way to associate them to assets or liabilities is to have similar names. I normally name them with the base name first, then some significant detail then end with Interest or whatever is

[GNC] retained earnings between two different financial periods

2019-04-20 Thread mc
Thanks David yes, I do understand that. I had misunderstood the meaning of "built-in reports automatically handle concepts like retained earnings between two different financial periods" to mean on the BS it would separately show prior years' retained earnings and current year-to-date profit"

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Sorry. I didn't really answer your second question. First question, why do you need to calculate the two interest figures separately? Does the fund manager do this? As for calculating interest, you will find it fraught with difficulty. The likelihood that your calculations will match the

[GNC] Unexpected behaviour of locking mechanis

2019-04-20 Thread mc
Config: gnucash 3.5 clean install. (X)ubuntu Linux 18.04 gnucash files saved as sqlite. Am new to gnucash and testing it. I keep several versions of a gnucash file, saved with names like --.gnucash After cleanly exiting gnucash by a normal Quit,, I may try to open an earlier saved version. I

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
I track various such items on my own books. I probably wouldn't have separate accounts for the mandatory and the voluntary contributions; they are calculated as one. I would enter each contribution type as a separate split, though. That's how I've done it myself. For what it's worth, I enter

Re: [GNC] Cannot run v3 on Windows 7 since a year

2019-04-20 Thread Jimmy R via gnucash-user
I'm using Win 7 with no problem If I recall correctly...and Im guessing here I had the same problem..its been a while. I had a one Visual C++ missing between releases. They *must *be installed in sequential order. If you have one missing in between I had to uninstall the latter versions , install

[GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread Umakanth V S
Hi All, I have recently started using GnuCash to keep track of my personal expenses. I find it to be a great software and am still learning its features. This is my first post and it pertains to entering details of employer sponsored deductions from paycheck in GnuCash. I have read other posts

Re: [GNC] retained earnings between two different financial periods

2019-04-20 Thread David Cousens
mc, The balance of Retained Earnings is a balance , i.e. the value of the sum of all the credits minus the sum of all the debits to it up to a specific date from whenever recording to the account started. When you close the income and expense accounts to retained earnings you credit (add) the

[GNC] retained earnings between two different financial periods

2019-04-20 Thread mc
Config: gnucash 3.5 clean install. (X)ubuntu Linux 18.04 gnucash files saved as sqlite. Hi I am new to gnucash and testing it. Most things I have tried work as expected (and extremely well ;-)  ) One question: on the page: www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/tool-close-book.html

Re: [GNC] Cannot run v3 on Windows 7 since a year

2019-04-20 Thread Geert Janssens
Do you have other applications on your system that use guile (like Lilypond for example) ? Regards, Geert Op donderdag 18 april 2019 13:26:08 CEST schreef Oliver Heidelbach via gnucash-user: > I reinstalled the current version again to see the log. > > It does not write any log file since

Re: [GNC] I can't see above the current widow

2019-04-20 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 17 april 2019 11:24:51 CEST schreef Jonathan Silvey: > For some reason, I cannot go above the top line of a window. I have been > through the Preferences and Help pages without success. > > Two possible clues are that the Accounts totals are correct, so the > information is there

Re: [GNC] GnuCash V3.5 Not Used By My GnuCash Database

2019-04-20 Thread Colin Law
Just pointing out that the instructions say "cd to your download folder (or where you have the above 3 files)" which you didn't do the first time round. Colin On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 at 20:02, Lawrence Joy wrote: > > A synopsis of what I did to get V3.5 loaded and working on my Ubuntu 18.04.1 >

Re: [GNC] Return of Capital

2019-04-20 Thread cicko
John Ralls-2 wrote > That's an interesting way of handling an RoC. The only downside for those > of us with different tax rates depending on how long we hold an investment > is that it resets the purchase date, and if we're not paying attention > might make one think at tax time that the $500 RoC