Re: [GNC] Multiple currencies

2022-07-17 Thread Paul Kroitor
Each account in your CoA operates in a specific currency, which is specified when you create it. I expect you haven't seen this yet, as you haven't set up your accounts. I'm pretty sure you don't need to add anything new for the Riel (KHR), as all the standard currencies are already built in. In

Re: [GNC] Multiple currencies

2022-07-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Norbert, Further to Paul's comments: managing multiple currency accounts can be confusing at first, but it begins to make sense after a while. If your need to track funds in the alternate currency is limited to occasional transactions (for example, you go on vacation and take out a chunk of

[GNC] Online Help manual CSV import section is out of date

2022-07-17 Thread David Carlson
reference:https://gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=4=C=help I wanted to report that one of the help pages for CSV file imports contained the word category, at least in the release 4.8 release, but I found that the release 4.11 online Help manual does not have the correct information specifically for

Re: [GNC] Multiple currencies

2022-07-17 Thread list+gnucash
Servus Norbert, welcome to GnuCash: On 2022-07-16 22:14, Norbert Klein wrote: I am a new gnucash user, living in Cambodia (since 32 years). I downloaded (in Windows 10), installed and tried to set up gnucash with the US$ as the basic currency (which was already set-up as a default). I have not

Re: [GNC] Online Help manual CSV import section is out of date

2022-07-17 Thread davidcousens49
David, That was likely my bad. I rewrote the Importer documentation a couple of years ago after Geert had completed a major rewrite of the CSV importer and importer code in general. I was working primarily from experimentation with the program and only a passing acquaintance with some areas of

Re: [GNC] Online Help manual CSV import section is out of date

2022-07-17 Thread David Carlson
Thank you in advance! I think these new features may be very useful to some so they should be well documented. On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 5:18 PM wrote: > David, > > That was likely my bad. I rewrote the Importer documentation a couple of > years > ago after Geert had completed a major rewrite of

[GNC] Online Help manual CSV import section is out of date

2022-07-17 Thread flywire
I think the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide is an excellent introduction for Getting Started and Managing Personal Finances. The small dataset demonstrates a lot. The only thing that really looks dated is the checkbook-style transaction descriptions which are very different to modern bank