Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-28 Thread Andrew Clark
I've also had issues with backspace not working in some versions. I think after trying to paste a value something. On Sat., 29 Dec. 2018, 18:23 Ethan Swint Ok, I’m not crazy, then! I suspect, though I’m not sure, that I encounter > it when Gnucash is saving as I try to edit an entry. I’ll bump my

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-28 Thread Ethan Swint
Ok, I’m not crazy, then! I suspect, though I’m not sure, that I encounter it when Gnucash is saving as I try to edit an entry. I’ll bump my save rate up and see if I can force the behavior. -Ethan Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2018, at 19:17, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Dec 28, 2018,

Re: [GNC] Gnucash-created "closing" entries

2018-12-28 Thread David Cousens
Stan, There is one other question which may be pertinent. I am assuming the gains and losses you are referring to are realized gains or losses and not unrealized gains or losses. If they are, should they not be reporting in an Income:Investment account rather than directly into Equity. Depending

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-28 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 28, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: > > Just encountered this bug/feature again - the backspace key stops working, > only in Gnucash, and Gnucash must be restarted to restore the functionality. > I remember encountering this pre-Gnucash 3. > > Anyone else encountered this, or h

Re: [GNC] Gnucash-created "closing" entries

2018-12-28 Thread David Cousens
Stan, At the present moment there does not appear to be any way to do what you need to do. There is no option in the current close book procedure for optionally setting the close date to anything else but the close date for the period +12 hrs. This is set as the time of the transactions generated

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/28/18 6:08 AM, Jennym wrote: Thanks Stephen, Not sure what 'the GnC method' but thanks for your suggestions. Think I now have my head around my 'problem'. GnC method lets you ignore the close accounts step as it knows about the accounting period (you did set that up) and that Income and

[GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-28 Thread Ethan Swint
Just encountered this bug/feature again - the backspace key stops working, only in Gnucash, and Gnucash must be restarted to restore the functionality. I remember encountering this pre-Gnucash 3. Anyone else encountered this, or have an idea what might be triggering this behavior? Regards, Eth

Re: [GNC] Import qif does not remember account allocation.

2018-12-28 Thread DIW
On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:13:53 -0500 Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > John Ralls writes: > > >> On Dec 3, 2018, at 6:06 AM, David wasserman > >> wrote: > >> > >> Running Ubuntu 18.04. GNC version 2.6.19. > >> > >> Whereas GNC remembers previous account allocation on my Mastercard. > >> Importin

Re: [GNC] Import qif does not remember account allocation.

2018-12-28 Thread DIW
On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:13:53 -0500 Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > John Ralls writes: > > >> On Dec 3, 2018, at 6:06 AM, David wasserman > >> wrote: > >> > >> Running Ubuntu 18.04. GNC version 2.6.19. > >> > >> Whereas GNC remembers previous account allocation on my Mastercard. > >> Importin

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Jennym
Thanks Stephen, Not sure what 'the GnC method' but thanks for your suggestions. Think I now have my head around my 'problem'. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnu

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Jennym
Thank you for your help, Michael. The system automatically has been creating backups, in my ignorance, I now see the files as running logs, and the actual file is .gnucash. I've now corrected this thinking, copying the .gnucash file to Google Drive for backup. Thanks for pointing me towards the

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Jennym
Thank you David, you're right, I don't need to 'close the books' as the accounts are only for assessing where my personal expenditure is going, and keeping track of 'cash-flow'. I hadn't thought about 'reports.' I've now discovered how to set date parameters to produce a report, and when the repo

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Jennym
Thank you for the link! Will be carefully studying the page -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Jennym
You're right Colin, and I do apologise. It was the first time after being away I managed to read the comments last evening. I didn't want to rush my replies as I want to 'digest' what's been suggested. This weekend I'll be going through each suggestion and will respond. Many thanks to all who h

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.3 Released

2018-12-28 Thread Thomas Hill
I have Mac Mohave 10.14.2. I downloaded Gnucash 3.3 and installed. Then I attempted to open it. Went through the usual open sequence, said opening, but not open. In fact, cannot find it open on my Mac. Icon still in Menu Bar, but does not show it open. Thomas Hill Web: www.masterministries.

Re: [GNC] Gnucash-created "closing" entries

2018-12-28 Thread David Carlson
Stan, You could try using the Close Books function to create model transactions then duplicate them to get copies that likely do not contain the odd dates. David C On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:37 PM Stan Brown > From: David Cousens > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Proce

[GNC] Gnucash-created "closing" entries

2018-12-28 Thread Stan Brown
> From: David Cousens > Subject: Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure > > The easiest way to achieve that would be to manually perform the closing > transactions rather than use the inbuilt procedure, then they are just > ordinary transactionsand won't have the KVP pair in th

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/27/2018 7:31 PM, David Cousens wrote: This was why accountants introduced an artificial 13th month into the financial year so that all closing transactions were forced to occur fater any other transaction that occurred within the year. Any required adjustments to the accounts are also usu

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Jennym
Thanks Colin, will now religiously back up, now I've taken the time to work it out. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefere

Re: [GNC] Basic Question (I hope) - End of Year Procedure

2018-12-28 Thread Colin Law
It is unfortunate that the original poster has not considered it appropriate to respond to the help offered here. Colin On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 05:03, Jennym <55.jennifer.mas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I only started using GNUCash last April for simple, personal accounting, so > I'm at the 'b

Re: [GNC] Increase default font on register v3.3 windows 10

2018-12-28 Thread A Alonso
NICE, Thank you GTI. You know, if I had found this early on: For settings.ini file: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0\settings.ini For CSS file C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\gtk-3.0.css And this early on, it would have saved me hours! https://wiki.gnucash.org/wi