Re: [GNC] Edit problem

2023-04-03 Thread john
Yeah, FYI the balancing code deletes the trading splits and recreates them because getting a transaction with trading splits to balance incrementally is way too hard. You don't need to delete the transaction and start over (though that certainly works), you can just delete the trading splits

Re: [GNC] Security timezone

2023-04-03 Thread john
Nope. Whoever implemented that 20 years ago didn't hook it up to anything and nobody has since. Maybe because the implementation itself isn't very useful. It's saved as a string, and only "Asia/Tokyo", "Australia/Sydney", "America/New_York", "America/Chicago", "Europe/London", or

Re: [GNC] Unsaved Book

2023-04-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You cannot double-click a file to open it on MacOS. You have to launch GnuCash then use File > Open. Once that is done, GnuCash will automatically open that same file next time you start the app. Regards, Adrien On 4/3/23 3:27 AM, THATMELANIN wrote: I am having some issues with my GnuCash

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'd check the Wiki about obtaining a Tracefile. (and/or run GnuCash from the command line to watch output) Then attempt changing a preference and see if any messages appear in either that might indicate what is happening. Regards, Adrien On 4/3/23 3:14 PM, John Griessen wrote: On 4/3/23

[GNC] Unsaved Book

2023-04-03 Thread THATMELANIN
Good Day, I hope this email finds you well. I am having some issues with my GnuCash program. Whenever i try to start/open the program, instead of it opening, I'm met with a window showing "Unsaved Book" on the title bar, and two buttons that read "save" and "Close" . Clicking on

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread Vincent Dawans
I meant to say you have to search within the dconf-editor. So install it first. Assuming Mint uses the same command as Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install dconf-editor The run dconf-editor and search for alternate in there to find the alternate-color-by-transaction setting. On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 1:21 

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread John Griessen
On 4/3/23 14:06, Vincent Dawans wrote: In my case, I installed dconf-editor (it wasn't installed by default) and then after running it, I did a search on "alternate". It returns the setting in 2 locations. Only the second one is correct for version 5.0, the first one was for older versions prior

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread John Griessen
On 4/3/23 13:44, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Are other preferences saved? I think there was a bug a while back about this being an issue in some cases on Linux. It had to do with Gsettings and file locations Nope. All check boxes are empty and cannot be checked and saved. The flatpak is at

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread Vincent Dawans
From the wiki https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations I get this information: Most of what is found under Edit->Preferences and a few extra ones are stored in [GSettings] . GSettings itself doesn't have a particular location to store this information in. Instead it relies on

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread John Griessen
On 4/3/23 13:44, John Griessen wrote: Thanks Vincent.  My appearance is just like your screenshot.  Except I can't save any check boxes on close. They are gone on open again. I compiled in a build dir to the side of the source dir. cd gnucash-5.0-build cmake -GNinja

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Are other preferences saved? I think there was a bug a while back about this being an issue in some cases on Linux. It had to do with Gsettings and file locations, but I don't remember the specifics unfortunately. Regards, Adrien On 4/3/23 1:45 PM, John Griessen wrote: I just had an easy

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread John Griessen
On 4/3/23 13:11, Vincent Dawans wrote: For me, there is a "Close" button on the dialog at the bottom right that saves the changes, same as in version 4.13. Thanks Vincent. My appearance is just like your screenshot. Except I can't save any check boxes on close. They are gone on open again.

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread David H
I find a bit of experimentation is good for the soul, usually there's more than 1 way to accomplish something :-) Cheers David H. On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 at 02:54, William Prescott wrote: > Are you suggesting that I should read the manual. What a radical idea.  > > Will > > On Apr 3, 2023, at

Re: [GNC] Edit problem

2023-04-03 Thread Fred Tydeman
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 12:14 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Can you force the USD Trading split to be 53.49? > > I seem to recall a bug related to this a few months ago. I thought it > was resolved, but you might have to delete and re-enter the transaction. > I

Re: [GNC] gnucash 5.0 register color settings don't save

2023-04-03 Thread Vincent Dawans
John, are you referring to the "double mode colors alternate with transactions" option under Edit-Preferences-Register? If so then it works fine on my version 5.0 compiled on Lubuntu 22.04. For me, there is a "Close" button on the dialog at the bottom right that saves the changes, same as in

Re: [GNC] Edit problem

2023-04-03 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/3/2023 8:11 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: I change the USD trading split to 53.49 and click on Enter and it reverts back to 53.25 I  know what I would do if faced with the problem of trying to keep multiple currencies in one set of books and every now and then having small out of balances

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread William Prescott
Are you suggesting that I should read the manual. What a radical idea.  Will On Apr 3, 2023, at 10:43, David T. wrote: This *is* documented in the Guide. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/basics-running-gnucash.html#basics-register2 David T. On Apr 3, 2023, at 2:54 PM,

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
This *is* documented in the Guide.  https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/basics-running-gnucash.html#basics-register2 ⁣David T. ​ On Apr 3, 2023, 2:54 PM, at 2:54 PM, William Prescott wrote: >Thanks David H. > >I had never mastered it before, but playing with the column widths in

Re: [GNC] Edit problem

2023-04-03 Thread Fred Tydeman
I change the USD trading split to 53.49 and click on Enter and it reverts back to 53.25 On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 12:14 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Can you force the USD Trading split to be 53.49? > > I seem to recall a bug related to this a few months ago. I

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread William Prescott
Thanks David H. I had never mastered it before, but playing with the column widths in light of your email, I now see how to get it to do what I want.. Will On Apr 3, 2023, at 05:12, David H wrote: The Description column is a special case in that it auto re-sizes to fill the available width.

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread David H
The Description column is a special case in that it auto re-sizes to fill the available width. Always work from right most column (i.e. Balance) to the left most column. Double click each header in turn to size the column automatically OR drag the right hand side column header delimiter left or

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread Karel Kadlubiec
Just place your mouse on the description and start clicking. I believe after the third or fourth click it will adjust. Karel po 3. 4. 2023 v 12:37 odesílatel Nigel napsal: > All columns can be resized except Description. This means that the > Balance column is not wide enough to display fully.

[GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread Nigel
All columns can be resized except Description. This means that the Balance column is not wide enough to display fully. Regards, Nigel ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Edit problem

2023-04-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Can you force the USD Trading split to be 53.49? I seem to recall a bug related to this a few months ago. I thought it was resolved, but you might have to delete and re-enter the transaction. Regards, Adrien On 4/3/23 3:36 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: OS: Linux Fedora 37 Gnucash: 4.13 Default

Re: [GNC] Norton Utilities prevent FQ installation

2023-04-03 Thread Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton
In case it helps others, here's an update: I've worked around the problem by (1) downloading https://strawberryperl.com/download/5.32.1.1/strawberry-perl-5.32.1.1-32bit.msi manually from my browser (Norton utilities did not block this) and (2) editing the installation script install-fq-mods.cmd

[GNC] Edit problem

2023-04-03 Thread Fred Tydeman
OS: Linux Fedora 37 Gnucash: 4.13 Default currency: USD I am trying to remove items from the Imbalance-USD account. I am in a bank account looking at a transaction where I took 1000 Turkish lira (TL) from an ATM. The transaction shows 5 splits: 53.49 being withdrawal from the bank account 1000

Re: [GNC] Security timezone

2023-04-03 Thread Fred Tydeman
So, does it matter what Timezone I pick for a security in the Security Editor? In particular, "Use local time" versus "America/New_York"? On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 6:57 PM john wrote: > > > On Apr 2, 2023, at 1:37 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > > > I am talking about price quotes. I am trying to