Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Don, Don, Don: On 2020-08-11 12:36, doncram wrote: … there is an anti-accounting vibe in the GnuCash community, which is objectively an insulting, arrogant, unyielding strain.… the computer programmers who have developed GnuCash and who support it… the computer programmer types, or at least the

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-11 Thread Christopher Lam
The issue of budgets come back from time to time. There are proposals for shadow/virtual accounts, and also my proposal for virtual transactions; none have gained any traction over the years. https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2018-January/041529.html On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 8:34 am

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-11 Thread doncram
The idea of "envelope method" then is to mirror the model of budgeting and control done by real life envelopes holding the cash allowed to be spent in each budget area. This is an inspiring model/image. The physical model is very visual, very clear... each envelope of cash is a continuous

Re: [GNC] Windows 10 Installation Drive/Folder

2020-08-11 Thread Jimmy R via gnucash-user
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Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread doncram
Yeah, this is a sore point which has been running for years, and indeed should be written up nicely somehow. Basically it needs to be said that accountant type persons need to understand that there is an anti-accounting vibe in the GnuCash community, which is objectively an insulting, arrogant,

Re: [GNC] Trouble building 4.1

2020-08-11 Thread Tim Kallmer
I did not, because I could not find it's location. If I ever go back to flatpak, now I will know where to look. Thanks. On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 6:00 AM Geert Janssens wrote: > Op zaterdag 8 augustus 2020 00:06:55 CEST schreef Tim Kallmer: > > > Thank you, David. After your suggestion, building

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread Stan Brown
On 2020-08-11 06:41, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > The point is less that the books can't be modified than whether any post > final approval modification could be easily detected. Yes and no. That is _one_ motivation for making a lock. But many of us are using GC as individuals, not as

Re: [GNC] Difficulty with online price retrieval

2020-08-11 Thread John Ralls
Samantha, Sorry, I lost that in the ensuing conversation about how to work Powershell and got hung up on the previous no Get Rate button issue. The Fetch Rate and Get Quotes buttons work a bit differently from each other: The first looks only at the currencies involved in the transaction

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 August 2020 at 20:14, elvis said: > If you want a fixed date burn a cd or use other ways of verifying the > files like md5sum > > > All of this fixed date stuff is just security theatre if you can access > the source and pretty much the same even if you can't. There seems to be a fair

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread elvis
If you want a fixed date burn a cd or use other ways of verifying the files like md5sum All of this fixed date stuff is just security theatre if you can access the source and pretty much the same even if you can't. One of the attractions of gnucash is you have access to all your accounts,

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
The fixed date locking should be stronger, ideally requiring a password. The previous year would be locked only when the Treasurer or other authorized person is really finally signing off on all reporting, after performing all necessary closing entries to recognize accruals (see my comment in

Re: [GNC] Difficulty with online price retrieval

2020-08-11 Thread Samantha Payn
I'm afraid the problem has not been solved. The Get Quotes button does light up (as I mentioned in an email to the list just after I first reported the problem), but when I click it I get an error window that says: "There was a system error while retrieving the price quotes".

Re: [GNC] Trouble building 4.1

2020-08-11 Thread Geert Janssens
Op zaterdag 8 augustus 2020 00:06:55 CEST schreef Tim Kallmer: > Thank you, David. After your suggestion, building 4.1 worked perfectly. > > As an aside for others, before building, I was able to get 4.1 via flatpak, > but my GTK-3.0.css modifications didn't work. So I prefer to build myself >