Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-03-26 Thread Fred Bone
On 26 March 2024 at 16:23, David G. Pickett said: [lots of stuff, so badly formatted as to be unreadable] PLEASE TRIM QUOTES ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-03-25 Thread Fred Bone
On 25 March 2024 at 4:13, David G. Pickett said: > Wow, the mail handler seems to hate ascii text!  Is it a side effect of > html email? > > I keep forgetting that to run stuff installed by flatpak you need flatpak > magic like this: flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash -Q >

Re: [GNC] gnucash suggestions

2024-03-20 Thread Fred Bone
On 19 March 2024 at 16:08, J. A. Harris said: [...] > (I have been repurposing currencies and do not > know how many times I have had to stop and figure out what "XTS",  "XXX" > or "AMD" actually represented.  Certainly any report I generate will be > confusing to anyone who will not know how I

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 252, Issue 33

2024-03-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 March 2024 at 22:47, Anon20x said: > Hi, > > Will you please unsub me from the mailing list, thankyou! Have you thought of following the instructions? [...] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > or,

Re: [GNC] Error Retrieving Gold Price for Price Database

2024-03-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 09 March 2024 at 16:35, john said: > XAU is a currency because ISO 4217 says it is, along with XBA (silver), Precious metals are coded as X followed by the relevant chemical symbol, so silver is XAG ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Removing Scheduled Transaction From a Closed Year

2024-02-25 Thread Fred Bone
On 25 February 2024 at 10:43, David H said: [...] > But for the odd time that you don't want the Scheduled txns created, > granted rare, there's no way currently to say, no just this once please > don't create them. I've been in this situation myself but can't remember > exactly why or what I

Re: [GNC] Start and End of Quarter Dates Incorrect - a Bug?

2024-02-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 February 2024 at 16:15, Jay McSkimming said: > GnC 5.5 > Mac OS Sonoma 14.2.1 > > Running a PNL for previous quarter, the report runs for incorrect dates > namely starting a month early and ending a month early. Similar results > for Cash Flow, Income etc. > > Seems to me that there’s a

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 07 February 2024 at 22:17, sunfis...@yahoo.com said: > Agreed. > > ⁣David T. followed by 15k of someone else's message including quotes about six levels deep featuring the whole of a messaage digest. Please trim ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] Change Printed Invoice

2024-02-06 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 February 2024 at 9:27, Glenn Fowler said: > You can edit invoice.scm and replace "Invoice" with "Tax Invoice". All > invoices after will say "Tax Invoice". ... which no doubt contravenes the law if the invoice is NOT over 1000 ... > On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 2:42 AM Lester Bennett > wrote:

Re: [GNC] SX

2024-02-01 Thread Fred Bone
On 31 January 2024 at 9:17, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) said: > On 2024-01-31 06:27, Gyle McCollam wrote: > > IIRC the calendar in SX used to show what transactions were due on each > > day when you moved the mouse to a date in the calendar, but it doesn't > > do that anymore. Is that correct or

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-13 Thread Fred Bone
On 12 January 2024 at 23:36, Adrien Monteleone said: > That's moving beyond Scheduled Transactions and into a more general case > of Templates. I'm pretty sure I've already filed an RFE for that long ago. > > I see Scheduled Transactions as a special use case of Templates, though > Scheduled was

Re: [GNC] Two questions

2024-01-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 08 January 2024 at 16:35, Barry Mahon said: [...] > 2. I subdivided an a/c to create a 2024 version, using the latest bank > account balance as the opening balance. All Ok, but the entries are in > red I cannot find in the help how to change that. This probably indicates you have the

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Fred Bone
On 28 December 2023 at 11:05, R Losey said: [...] > Since I've been on this mailing list (much less time than I've been using > GnuCash), I have always waited and watched this list for experiences with > the new version; it was thanks to this list that I heard about the extra > process problem

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

2023-12-14 Thread Fred Bone
On 14 December 2023 at 14:09, David Carlson said: > Grace, > > Please remember to reply to the list. > > I am not sure how to respond to your specific issue, other users may be > able to help. > > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 2:02 PM Grace wrote: > > > All of my scheduled transaction are set

Re: [GNC] GNU Cash not performing math functions correctly on entry [SOLVED]

2023-12-01 Thread Fred Bone
On 01 December 2023 at 9:56, Fred Tydeman said: > In GC of 4.14 using Automatic Decimal, 1/3 gets 0.33, while 1./3 gets > 33.33 That figures. Arguably it's correct. With "automatic decimal" active, the first of those means "0.01/0.03" and the second means "1/0.03" Just that people don;t

Re: [GNC] GNU Cash not performing math functions correctly on entry [SOLVED]

2023-12-01 Thread Fred Bone
On 01 December 2023 at 0:27, Adrien Monteleone said: > It is working fine here on MacOS and Linux Mint. > > Can you replicate it with a fresh test book using all default settings? I can readily replicate it on my copy of 2.6.21: 1. Check the "automatic decimal point" setting (with 2dp) 2.

Re: [GNC] Setting up an account for stocks

2023-11-28 Thread Fred Bone
Please copy the list on replies. For one thing, this gives other people the chance to come in and help: you could have had further suggestions well before I got to see your message. On 28 November 2023 at 11:41, Max Hilbig said: > Hi Fred, > > Thanks for your response. > > My first email was

Re: [GNC] Setting up an account for stocks

2023-11-27 Thread Fred Bone
On 27 November 2023 at 16:38, Max Hilbig said: > Hi, > > I am a newcomer to GnuCash and finding my way around this application. > Having set up various Assets, Equity, Expenses and Income accounts I am > now exploring the Stocks part of this application and have run into a > brick wall. I have

Re: [GNC] Hidden and duplicated accounts.

2023-11-21 Thread Fred Bone
On 21 November 2023 at 18:37, David Kirkby said: > I have a couple of questions related to accounts, and my ability to see > them and delete them. > > 1) I have some accounts for fees - you can see PayPal (GBP), PayPal (USD) > and bank fees. > > [image: image.png] > > I remember creating some

Re: [GNC] GnuCash_user: rounding errors and significant digits

2023-10-08 Thread Fred Bone
On 08 October 2023 at 4:13, David Carlson said: > Because the broker charged 15,000.00 for 1,377.41 shares? Then the effective price paid per share wasn't the stated 10.89 but slightly more (approx 10.890003702601258884) ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] GnuCash_user: rounding errors and significant digits

2023-10-08 Thread Fred Bone
On 08 October 2023 at 1:06, Bruce McCoy said: [...] > What I do not yet understand is if GnuCash considers a price per share of > 10.89 to be a precise figure, why GnuCash does not calculate 1,377.41 * > 10.89 = 15,000.00 for Jeff. If GnuCash doesn’t, would we consider making > a change to

Re: [GNC] No longer able to import OFX

2023-09-24 Thread Fred Bone
On 24 September 2023 at 10:15, Mike St. Germaine said: > Hello, > At some point earlier in the year I started receiving the attached > message when attempting to import an OFX from Citizens bank (the > message is "found 1 previously imported transactions, no new > transactions" -- the number

Re: [GNC] Request for the addition of the SLE (Sierra Leone Leone (New)) currency...

2023-09-15 Thread Fred Bone
On 15 September 2023 at 8:39, john said: > No, bug reports are helpful. We don't have any automated way to track > ISO4217 changes and none of the core team makes time to do it manually. There's always the "update newsletter"

Re: [GNC] Recovering

2023-09-15 Thread Fred Bone
On 14 September 2023 at 21:30, Adrien Monteleone said: > I'm not clear on your question. > > Are you asking which file is your data file? > > Do a search with your file manager for anything ending in ".gnucash" > > Those are 'book files'. And unless you intentionally made more than one, >

Re: [GNC] Import question

2023-09-02 Thread Fred Bone
On 02 September 2023 at 11:07, R Losey said: [...] > Hi. The issue may be with the CSV (which stands for COMMA separated > values)... if the currency contains commas, it will confuse anything that > thinks it is separated by commas. No. A field in a .CSV file that contains a comma will be

Re: [GNC] Today's search....for .lck

2023-08-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 07 August 2023 at 16:05, Adrien Monteleone said: > Barry, > > At one point you advised you had GnuCash files in: > > C:\Users\Barry Mahon\Documents\Tax accounts and returns\ > > now, you are saying it is: > > C:\users\administrato\documents > > These are 2 separate locations and two

Re: [GNC] finance Quote Not working

2023-08-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 August 2023 at 16:40, Fross, Michael said: > As an FYI, on my windows 11 installation, the default location where > GNUCash installs itself is: > > "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash" > > and the full path to the CLI executable is: > > "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli.exe" >

Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file

2023-07-27 Thread Fred Bone
On 26 July 2023 at 12:29, Mahon Finbar said: > I have a message - > > "Could not write to file C: xxx check that you have permission to > write to this file and there is sufficient space to create it" > > The file is a report of annual P that I have open , but I am not > working on it

Re: [GNC] Accounts which are both Income and Expense accounts

2023-07-24 Thread Fred Bone
On 24 July 2023 at 16:53, Chris Green said: > Is there a 'right' way to handle an account which gets payments in two > directions? > > E.g. I have good relations with a friend and we often buy things for > each other and settle up at the end of the month. Sometimes I owe the > friend some

Re: [GNC] How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?

2023-07-23 Thread Fred Bone
On 23 July 2023 at 9:34, Chris Green said: [...] > I simply want to be able to able to have (conceptually) a multi-line > entry in the income sub-account called 'Collections at services' which > records two (or maybe more) amounts of cash paid in at one time. But aren't you supposed to record

Re: [GNC] Reply convention

2023-07-19 Thread Fred Bone
On 18 July 2023 at 15:32, R Losey said: [...] > I don't think the rules can be "imposed", but if there were something in > the header or if there was something in the monthly reminder about the > etiquette of posting, that would be a big help to users that there is a > "right" way to post. You

Re: [GNC] Transferring mutual funds

2023-07-05 Thread Fred Bone
On 04 July 2023 at 16:29, AC said: > I recently moved some mutual funds from one brokerage to another. The > process did not involve a sale, it was just a transfer of control from the > old to the new. > > In my current books I keep mutual funds listed as subaccount under each > brokerage as

Re: [GNC] How to revert to previous input mode?

2023-07-02 Thread Fred Bone
On 01 July 2023 at 19:16, Pierre Fortin said: > On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 16:31:55 + Gyle McCollam wrote: > > >Pierre, > >you stated you have to: > >new method: > > +|-. TAB, TAB, p(long list with "Don't Autocomplete" at top, > > up-arrow, ENTER, pr(still long list with "Don't Autocomplete" at top,

Re: [GNC] quandary with proper entries for cost-of-goods-sold and inventory

2023-06-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 June 2023 at 15:28, Stan Brown said: [...] > One important point: If you receive messages in a digest, you'll also > need to (a) edit the subject line, by copy/pasting the subject of the > individual message you're referring to, and (b) Delete all the text of all > the messages you're

Re: [GNC] gunzip test.gnucash fails

2023-06-03 Thread Fred Bone
On 02 June 2023 at 1:20, David G. Pickett said: > Now if only the digest email back was a readable as and, unmodified from, > the email out? Try the MIME-Digest. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Finance:Quote again [sorry]

2023-05-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 May 2023 at 16:48, Graham said: > Dear team > > Apologies if I am being particularly thick, but I can't get up to date > stock prices. The last ones on the system are from March. I've spent ages > with the documentation, so I uninstalled strawberry perl, re-run the > windows install online

Re: [GNC] How do I reply to a topic?

2023-05-02 Thread Fred Bone
On 02 May 2023 at 11:16, Lipp F. said: > I am only getting the "gnucash-user Digest, Vol nnn" emails. How do I > reply to a topic or to a topic reply? Thx. It's trivial if you get MIME-digest rather than the text version. ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 April 2023 at 18:38, Adrien Monteleone said: > Ah, forgot about the 'S' variant. If I'm not mistaken, it is also > possible to convert a regular installation to 'S', but you'd have to know > you did it. It won't be an accident. Other way round. You can install Windows in "S" mode (or get

Re: [GNC] credit account negative balance increases with payment

2023-03-08 Thread Fred Bone
On 07 March 2023 at 18:50, R Losey said: > But it's not just the split transaction; EVERY charge is decreasing the > balance. It's like it thinks there was some huge overpayment and every > charge is reducing that balance. > > The attachment you provided doesn't have any payments, but every

Re: [GNC] Confusing version numbers

2023-03-08 Thread Fred Bone
On 07 March 2023 at 10:36, Maf. King said: [...] > Major release 4. Update (bug fix) 1. Update 9.. Update 12. > > Update 900 is the "preview" to the next major version (5), and similarly > 901, 902. etc. follow on in sequence... 100 possible previews should be > enough! And if

Re: [GNC] credit account negative balance increases with payment

2023-03-06 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 March 2023 at 9:47, Custom Shots said: > The credit card starts as Liabiliies:CreditCard:"specificcreditcard" It's > not that charges are reducing the balance. Charges and Payments, both, > increase the balance owed. The other half of the transaction, calculates > correctly. Not on the

Re: [GNC] Gnucash,org url is now working

2023-03-03 Thread Fred Bone
On 03 March 2023 at 7:31, Derek Atkins said: > Hi. > Indeed, it does appear that www.gnucash.org lost its brain and, although > responding, is not the gnucash website. I will notify Linas to ask what's > up. What appears to be up is the loss of an automatic redirect from

Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

2023-02-02 Thread Fred Bone
On 02 February 2023 at 21:40, Xe Roy said: > It looks like the FINISH button only is active if there is zero > difference. I will have to wait for the next statement in order to > reconcile and get a zero difference. Yes, you can only "Finish" once you have verified a zero difference. That's

Re: [GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?

2023-02-01 Thread Fred Bone
On 31 January 2023 at 21:19, Gyle McCollam said: > Martin, > Sorry to hear your PC is dying, but the upgrade is ot a complicated as you > think. 1st, what version of Windows are you running on the PC? Next it > is recommended that you upgrade to a version 3.x, then run under "Actions" > Check

Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

2023-01-29 Thread Fred Bone
On 29 January 2023 at 5:48, Tom Browder said: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 05:23 flywire wrote: > > > Anyone can run https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable in > > Windows without installing it. It is probably better than installing > > > It sounds great, but color me skeptical. I

Re: [GNC] GnuCash: What scheduled transactions can't do

2023-01-28 Thread Fred Bone
On 28 January 2023 at 9:55, Kalpesh Patel said: > Not able to see the amount or the account name in the reminder pop for > the scheduled transaction is a huge bummer for me as well. > > > > I have multiple scheduled transactions to the same institutions on the > same date for different

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-26 Thread Fred Bone
On 25 January 2023 at 21:09, Dr. David Kirkby said: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:52, Fred Bone wrote: > > > On 25 January 2023 at 20:35, Dr. David Kirkby said: > > > > > On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 19:29, Dr. David Kirkby < > > > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-25 Thread Fred Bone
On 25 January 2023 at 20:35, Dr. David Kirkby said: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 19:29, Dr. David Kirkby < > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > I have the attached transaction showing as owing $0.98 to Porkbun.com. > > The number 0.98 happens to be the difference between what this cost

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 January 2023 at 16:11, Dr. David Kirkby said: [...] > I thought monthly might work better with trying to automate what will be a > tedious process. The GnuCash Scheduled Transactions could possibly be > useful there. While you could use SXs, given that you (presumably) know exactly what

Re: [GNC] Website from WIki

2023-01-15 Thread Fred Bone
On 14 January 2023 at 22:30, Fred Tydeman said: > I am doing a search (for T-bill) on the gnucash wiki. > I get the Search Results page (with 181 results). > On the left side of the page, I click on GnuCash Website. > That gets me: Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page > That seems wrong to me. > The URL

Re: [GNC] Budget report fails in multiple currencies

2023-01-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 07 January 2023 at 10:21, ml enquirer said: > Just to add that I was wrong that this could be solved by making budgets > with a single period. I *think* this problem arises for any multi-currency > sub-accounts and becomes visible when you have a book which has been > running for many years.

Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)

2022-12-21 Thread Fred Bone
On 21 December 2022 at 0:11, Adrien Monteleone said: > Terrence, > > You nearly had it right the first time. > > You need the "#" in front of the selector: > >"#gnc-id-main-window" > > The initial post you made left off the '#' sign at the beginning. If it is > not there in your CSS file,

Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (Newbie Question)

2022-12-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 December 2022 at 22:19, p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com p.f.cuthbert@ said: [...] > So let us have an example: > > Payment by bank card (credit entry to Bank Account) of £7.24 comprising a > book (debit £5.25 to Entertainment) and some milk (debit £1.99 to > Groceries). [...] > If any kind

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-13 Thread Fred Bone
On 13 December 2022 at 16:31, Mahon Finbar said: [...] > The other question is why does expenses:travel have 'rebate' as a column > heading?? What would you prefer? "Refund" is the most likely alternative I can think of, and "Rebate" is pretty close to synonymous. Anyway, it only has that if

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-12 Thread Fred Bone
On 12 December 2022 at 15:44, Mahon Finbar said: > Another possibility? > > In March 2021 I was reimbursed 1,340.98 by an airline for a trip to > Japan which was cancelled due to Covid. > > In error I entered the reimbursement against my credit card, although I > had paid it from my bank. > >

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-12 Thread Fred Bone
On 12 December 2022 at 11:09, Mahon Finbar said: > OK, I had forgotten you cannot attach images as pics. > > I did check the a/c and afaics, I didn't pay the CC 1000 extra, I'll > check again or adjust the preferences, or something. It's not your preferences (unless you want to switch to formal

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 December 2022 at 14:58, Mahon Finbar said: > That is what I do, so why am I getting an increased -ve balance in the > balance column, like this? According to your accounts, you have overpaid the credit card by rather more than a thousand, so if you were to close the account you would be

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 December 2022 at 12:03, Mahon Finbar said: > OK, I have columns marked payment; charge; and balance. I find these non-formal labels confusing. > I translated them as payment to the bank/credit card company; spend on the > credit card and the balance after entries in one or the other. > >

Re: [GNC] Possible bug - Note added in Transfer window is ignored. Memo shown twice in Accounts

2022-12-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 December 2022 at 11:04, Dr. David Kirkby said: > If I transfer funds between two accounts (in my case bank and PayPal), I > can leave both a note and a memo. I'm not sure of what's the difference > between these, but when I look at the accounts, I see the memo shown > twice, but the note is

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 09 December 2022 at 15:58, Mahon Finbar said: > Hi, > I am sure this is explained somewhere, but I haven't been able to find a > simple explanation. > > I have a register of transactions in an a/c called credit card. > > I enter the data from the monthly statement, allocating them to various

Re: [GNC] New user: how to migrate Quicken checking account as a single, flat, checking account

2022-12-04 Thread Fred Bone
On 04 December 2022 at 11:54, Scott Traurig said: > I do understand double-entry accounting and that it is the GnuCash > paradigm. > > What I didn't understand is that on the import GnuCash did create the > requisite checking account, plus all the expense accounts. I did not see > the checking

Re: [GNC] Accounting for a pre-paid electronic toll card

2022-10-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 18 October 2022 at 22:54, Tony Vanson said: > I'm hoping that someone on this list can aid my befuddled brain to get to > grips with my problem. The tolling system here is not the automated ones > I'm used to. Here one needs to obtain an electronic card and, once done, > must be charged with a

Re: [GNC] new to Gnucash - help with general information

2022-09-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 September 2022 at 9:59, Michael or Penny Novack said: > > >5. Geoff is also correct here that gnucash saves backup so you don't > >lose data, but backuping up to another media is always a good idea. > > > And asking this question "how do I back-up my gnucash data?" implies a >

Re: [GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale

2022-09-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 September 2022 at 14:56, Jack Frillman said: [...] > The stock issues it's dividends at the end of each quarter. The stock was > sold before the end of the quarter and the dividend was issued once the > new quarter was entered. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > So there is no reason for it to

Re: [GNC] GC 3.11 crashes during "Check & Repair"

2022-08-28 Thread Fred Bone
On 28 August 2022 at 16:53, David T. said: > I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure the price db doesn't have splits; > it's just a list of commodities, prices, and dates (asking with some other > housekeeping info). > > I believe that "113 of 304" is in reference to the splits within a given >

Re: [GNC] Price editor

2022-08-27 Thread Fred Bone
On 27 August 2022 at 10:37, john said: > Yes, we changed the name in 2.6.11 to make clear the difference between > the price database window and the price editor dialog. The latter is > opened with the Add and Edit buttons on the former. Eh? I have 2.6.21 and the Tools menu item is "Price

Re: [GNC] How to bulk import about 130 Securities entries?

2022-08-17 Thread Fred Bone
On 16 August 2022 at 17:11, Robert Simmons said: > > running the *.gnucash through gunzip, add in the text, and run it back > through gzip > > As a connoisseur of bad ideas for adding data to GnuCash myself, I have to > point out that one should use a programming language that has a library >

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 50

2022-08-15 Thread Fred Bone
On 14 August 2022 at 16:17, James Baxter said: > Is there an app to work with your cell/mobile phone. > Thanks James Baxter kangaro...@yahoo.com  > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Kindly pay attention to: [...] > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re:

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-08 Thread Fred Bone
On 08 August 2022 at 10:30, Adrien Monteleone said: > Kalpesh, > > Thanks for the links. I have a need for a PDF to CSV solution for other > software and this looks like it is a good fit for me. (folks may be > shocked how many large businesses in 2022 can't generate decent business >

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 22

2022-08-08 Thread Fred Bone
On 08 August 2022 at 13:54, James Baxter said: > I am looking for something that I may have already. I have had Linux Mint > loaded on this laptop for about a month. also have been playing with > Gnucash about 3 weeks. still getting us to this, As I find it very nice > program. > As i dont

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 16

2022-08-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 August 2022 at 19:48, James Baxter said: > I am James Baxter email kangaroo52@yahoo.comas i found this next part and > i am not good with Linux and Gnucash.org. I am looking to know how to > place that code into this linux or where it is design to go. Kindly pay attention to: > When

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Fred Bone
On 18 July 2022 at 17:32, Phyllis Bruce said: > I am getting too many unanticipated results. Watched many YouTube videos > since I cannot make sense of the Help manual. I have added accounts where > they appear to belong, added my opening balances, and imported a couple > CSV files from a bank

Re: [GNC] CC card balances

2022-06-10 Thread Fred Bone
On 10 June 2022 at 15:01, Kevin T said: > I have created a new credit card account.  Completely empty, zero > balance.From one of the other accounts, I have transferred monies to this > account.Viewing this account, the transfers show up as entries in the > 'Payment' column, as they

Re: [GNC] Missing 2nd entry

2022-06-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 09 June 2022 at 6:59, David Carlson said: > The capability for zero value transactions with a single account line was > permitted starting in release 3 point something iirc as hinted by > Christopher. Really? Odd, then, that I can do it in 2.6.21.

Re: [GNC] edit --> find --> description contains fails to show accounts receivable items

2022-06-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 09 June 2022 at 13:12, Liz Dodd said: [...] > Having an account "in focus" when starting a search restricts the > search to that tab/account. > > Either a neat trick or a trap for the unwary. Trap for the unwary? I would have called it entirely obvious.

Re: [GNC] Strange incorrect due date calculated on a duplicated bill

2022-05-31 Thread Fred Bone
On 30 May 2022 at 17:35, Adrien Monteleone said: > I'm catching up on some paperwork and entering old vendor bills. I've > never seen this issue before, and can't seem to figure out why this one > bill is not correctly calculating the due date. > > Screen shot is attached. (hopefully it goes

Re: [GNC] error when I try to save in MySQL or sqlite3

2022-05-28 Thread Fred Bone
On 28 May 2022 at 8:17, David T. said: > Gustavo, > > The image didn't come through, and you didn't give the version of Gnucash > you're using, but the mail client tag line suggests that you are on > Windows, and I'll assume it's a recent version of Gnucash. The image was attached, and shows

Re: [GNC] Need Value in Scheduled transaction

2022-05-04 Thread Fred Bone
On 04 May 2022 at 8:48, Fred J. Tydeman said: > When I start Gnucash and there are scheduled transactions to be run, > the window that pops up takes me to a dividend reinvest transaction > and says it needs a value. That is confusing in that it is unknown what > value is it asking for: Shares,

Re: [GNC] Shutdown using the "X" in windows 11

2022-04-25 Thread Fred Bone
On 24 April 2022 at 23:18, Gyle McCollam said: > Using Windows 11 and GnuCash 4.10 > > Also had this issue in an older version. Clicked on the "X" to shut down > and had not saved first. In the dialogue I clicked on Cancel, but it > still shutdown. I expected "Cancel" to cancel the operation

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions

2022-04-13 Thread Fred Bone
On 13 April 2022 at 15:38, Gyle McCollam said: > I have a different question about SX. I had an insurance policy with 10 > payments. Last year's payments are complete and the SX show never for the > next scheduled payment. I want to set up a transaction for the next year > without deleting

Re: [GNC] Fw: Re: Upgrade problem

2022-03-29 Thread Fred Bone
On 29 March 2022 at 9:40, avigr...@juno.com said: > What is the filename that GnuCash uses to store the data? I need to know > what filename I am looking for when I do my search for it. It stores it under the filename you told it to use. ___

Re: [GNC] Automatic sales tax

2022-02-28 Thread Fred Bone
On 28 February 2022 at 10:28, William Prescott said: > Sebastian, > > Just to clarify, where the "item changed hands" may not be the seller's > location. I use to live just outside the border of a city that charged a > sales tax. When purchasing an item from a store within the city, I would >

Re: [GNC] Question about stock entry

2022-02-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 09 February 2022 at 20:47, Κωνσταντίνος said: > And how i can set it in stock? The "Account Type" dropdown is at the bottom left of the "New Account" window, which I think is the one you showed (part of) in your original message. You will probably need to scroll down to find the entry for

Re: [GNC] Question about stock entry

2022-02-09 Thread Fred Bone
On 09 February 2022 at 19:16, Κωνσταντίνος said: > Hello,  > I am glad that I am starting using the Gnucash. I read the guide and > seams quite easy and friendly to use.  My question is about the stock > entries.   > > In the guide   >

Re: [GNC] newbie question

2022-02-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 February 2022 at 22:32, Shevach Pepper said: > Hello there, > I have two accounts: income (n.ya.) and cash (my pocket) > I got payed $500 from n. ya. and the money is now in "my pocket". > My problem is when I record in n. ya. charge $500 and in the transfer > column 'my pocket" it records

Re: [GNC] Updates

2022-02-03 Thread Fred Bone
On 03 February 2022 at 13:57, Rhonda Anderson said: > Ok, I did find these files in my C: drive, so I should choose the most > recent "GnuCash Financial Data" file after doing the upgrade? [image: > image.png] There should be one called just "GnuCashAccounts" (its full name being that plus

Re: [GNC] Mutual Funds

2022-01-28 Thread Fred Bone
On 28 January 2022 at 16:11, John Lawton said: > I'm having issues installing GnuCash online financial quotes on Windows > 11.  I don't see the "GnuCash Group" in my start menu.  Can you install > this program remotely?  What do you suggest?John Lawton All it does is run "install-fq-mods.cmd"

Re: [GNC] Transaction Date issues during import OFX file (TD Bank)

2022-01-12 Thread Fred Bone
On 12 January 2022 at 17:53, Mattia Rizzolo said: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:46 PM xraive . wrote: > > I changed [-5:EST] to [+2:EST] and the dates are working. But I don't > > know why that would work. > > FWIW, +2:EST doesn't make sense. If you want UTC+2, that would be > +2:EET (for

Re: [GNC] Closing Books - Pros & Cons

2022-01-04 Thread Fred Bone
On 04 January 2022 at 17:17, Mattia Rizzolo said: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:39:26PM -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > You're welcome, and you did right by changing the subject. > > Unfortunately, replying to a digest doesn't thread to your original > > post. (as discussed in another thread)

Re: [GNC] Closing Books - Pros & Cons

2022-01-04 Thread Fred Bone
On 03 January 2022 at 18:34, Ryan Carver said: [...] > PS - Am I correctly replying to the List Serve in regards to "editing the > subject line" and "replying all" so the thread is documented correctly? As > mentioned, I am knew to all this. You are replying to a plaintext Digest. Threading only

Re: [GNC] A repository for user-contributed files

2022-01-03 Thread Fred Bone
On 03 January 2022 at 3:06, Adrien Monteleone said: > How do threads unthread? Here's yet another! > > Is this a Mailman problem or a user problem? (reader or sender) > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/2/22 7:11 PM, Chris Good wrote: > > Message: 5 [...] If (as here) someone is replying to

Re: [GNC] Dependency on AqBanking data (gnucash files referencing NUM in .aqbanking/settings6/accounts/$NUM)

2021-12-21 Thread Fred Bone
On 21 December 2021 at 10:48, Justin said: > I hadn't received "[GNC]" stamped copy.  I just checked my subscription > options, and I am supposed to be receiving a copy of mail sent to the > list.  Odd.  I turned on ack emails for next time. Why odd? You're using Gmail. This is expected

Re: [GNC] Why do people start new threads?

2021-12-13 Thread Fred Bone
On 13 December 2021 at 8:36, Chris Green said: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 04:06:48PM -0800, Dave Hayes wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:52:49 + > > Chris Green wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 01:16:12PM -0800, Dave Hayes wrote: > > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:24:15 + > > > > "Dr.

Re: [GNC] Encoding;was: Bitcoin …

2021-12-13 Thread Fred Bone
On 13 December 2021 at 10:23, Dustin Henning said: > FWIW, if anyone is trying to narrow down a cause here, I've not seen the > errant question marks outside of that reply to my e-mail that I asked > about.  I'm also e-mailing on a Mac, but I don't receive digests, and I > use Thunderbird. My

Re: [GNC] Can I add a customer and/or vendor to a previously entered transaction?

2021-12-12 Thread Fred Bone
On 12 December 2021 at 15:06, Dr. David Kirkby said: > I have entered a couple of transactions into GnuCash, and entered some > vendors and customers. However, the transactions are not associated with > any vendors, and I'm unsure how to do that, if it is possible - see > screenshot While I

Re: [GNC] RFE: GnuCash's File> Properties menubar item

2021-11-11 Thread Fred Bone
On 11 November 2021 at 5:14, David H said: > It's a little disconcerting that in Win 10, Gnucash 4.8, if you > inadvertently right click (usually right click = context menu) on an mru > entry it immediately closes gnucash and then re-opens initially with an > "unsaved book" in the title and then

Re: [GNC] Updating from v 2.6.16.

2021-11-05 Thread Fred Bone
On 05 November 2021 at 10:50, Mike Stillingfleet said: > Thank you Fred. > > Please excuse my ignorance but from where would I download 2.6.21. Same place as other versions. Start at https://gnucash.org Click on the link for "Version 2.6.21". > Is the check and repair functions is there a

Re: [GNC] Updating from v 2.6.16.

2021-11-05 Thread Fred Bone
On 05 November 2021 at 7:26, Mike Stillingfleet said: > Hi David, > > Ok so just to clarify are we saying the 2.6.16 can be updated to 4.8 > directly or do I have to update to 3.11 first. You might do better to upgrade to 2.6.21 first, then to 3.11, then to 4.8. And run the check-and-repair

Re: [GNC] Export Current Search

2021-11-02 Thread Fred Bone
On 02 November 2021 at 14:05, David Carlson said: > You stumped the experts and the rest of us too. Nobody remembers whether > that option was available that long ago. You would have a rather long > migration path to the current release of 4.8 or so, depending on whether > you have data files

Re: [GNC] Error importing QIF file

2021-10-24 Thread Fred Bone
On 24 October 2021 at 13:39, parag puranik said: > Fred,Repeatedly halving the file is cumbersome process. Indeed. If it takes as much as five minutes per trial, and you have 1000 entries in your file, you could expect to take rather less than an hour. So by now you could easily have

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