Re: [GNC] Command line quotes still not fixed

2023-04-11 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Maybe patch the code to load a junk string in there "Enter_your_key_here" and suppress the warning? -Original Message- From: Bruce Schuck To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Cc: rlo...@gmail.com; geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be; m.muruganan...@hotmail.com; hell...@gmail.com; dgpick...@aol.com Sent

Re: [GNC] Command line quotes still not fixed

2023-04-14 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Stopped working again just that quick: flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash --quotes get -- /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucashF: X11 socket /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 does not exist in filesystem, trying to use abstract socket instead. ** (process:164114): WARNING **: 00:01:07.65

Re: [GNC] Changes to transaction entry, and quirks

2023-05-02 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I miss the old entry of transaction account, as it had fewer keystrokes/clicks to get the average desired entry. I have it set to the leaf value mode, which itself is a mixed deal since sometimes I am not sure what the full path is, but it fits better (takes less column width).

[GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I often accidentally leave a transaction complete but with the cursor of that sheet still on the same line, so despite an aggressive auto save setting, such a transaction is not committed to the saved image.  Of course, if it is not in valid form, it cannot be committed!  But if the host goes do

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-05-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Yeah, it's back.   - Is Yahoo aware of their server rejects?   - Is there some magic cookie or such we need to be authorized?  Many previous fixes proposed, which did not seem to prevent its return! ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnu

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
"Don't do that!" does not prevent data loss from human error, which for this app behavior is too easy to create and not realize. If the commit was automatic every time you modified a transaction when the new state was valid, then I would not leave the tab in an uncommitted state, but that is no

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-05-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
PS: I give up on Yahoo! Switching all my securities to Alphadvantage was tiresome, as the gui was no responsive to the keyboard, but I found the source could be found using page up.  Some display at the security editor main screen or somewhere would help to see which is running quotes where, how

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-07 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
r specific situation. David T. On May 6, 2023, at 9:02 PM, "David G. Pickett via gnucash-user" wrote: "Don't do that!" does not prevent data loss from human error, which for this app behavior is too easy to create and not realize. If the commit was automatic every time y

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-05-07 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I have previously posted my mystery regarding why I am stuck 1.5301 even after downloading and installing later versions!  I went to flatpak to get later releases than the Ubuntu base.  I guess I can start doing uninstall hacks using synaptics!  If it is not broke -Original Message---

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-08 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
crontab. -Original Message- From: David T. To: David G. Pickett Cc: David G. Pickett via gnucash-user Sent: Sun, May 7, 2023 11:34 pm Subject: Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save? Nope and nope. Sorry. It seems to me that leaving GnuCash open and running a con job against the open

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-11 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
An alternative proposal is to create data elements to allow auto-saving of both the modified and unmodified transaction of uncommitted changes, so if the file is reloaded, the uncommitted state is restored as it was at the time of the save.  Then auto save would ensure these uncommitted transact

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

2023-05-13 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
You seem to get to choose either Alphadvantage, which turns slow after a few stocks, or Yahoo v6, where we wonder how long before Yahoo discovers the v6 URL bypasses their v7 authentication and they stop servicing it. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnuca

Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage

2023-05-26 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I have seen it fumble, too, not sure if it is FQ or AA.  Funds do their nav some time after 4 eastern, so I do my quotes on cron at midnight.  This also means the 6 minute run time is not a problem.  But silently lost quotes seems like a bad behavior.  Does the code log when the price fetch fail

Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage

2023-05-26 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I see last night it missed all my funds, so I am running it again.  That worked!  Maybe I will add another run to make sure!  9:15? -Original Message- From: David G. Pickett To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Sent: Fri, May 26, 2023 4:42 pm Subject: Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage

Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage

2023-05-27 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of David G. Pickett via gnucash-user Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 4:42 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage I have seen it fumble, too, not sure if it is FQ or AA.  Funds do their nav some time afte

Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage

2023-05-29 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
gnized. -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of David G. Pickett via gnucash-user Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 4:42 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] experience using Alpha Vantage I have seen it fumble, too, not sure if it is FQ or AA.  Funds do their nav some ti

Re: [GNC] gunzip test.gnucash fails

2023-05-31 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Quick tutorial on OS file name extensions (suffixes) and file type: While '.gz' tells your OS it needs to go to gunzip to be uncompressed into a file without the '.gz', gunzip does not care about the name.  To bypass the OS extension association, you can force the input and output file names usi

Re: [GNC] gunzip test.gnucash fails

2023-06-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Now if only the digest email back was a readable as and, unmodified from, the email out? -Original Message- From: David G. Pickett To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Sent: Wed, May 31, 2023 3:00 pm Subject: Re: [GNC] gunzip test.gnucash fails Quick tutorial on OS file name extensions (suffi

[GNC] Stuck on old quotes version

2023-06-05 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
What do I need to do to rise above 1.5301 ?  I may have some residue of old app deb install as well as flatpak to get later versions of gnucash. dgp@dgp-p6803w:~$ flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash --quotes infoFound Finance::Quote version 1.5301.Finance::Quote sources:aex     

[GNC] GnuCash autofill headaches

2023-06-29 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Maybe, suggestion, move the leading matches to the top of the list and the others below, maybe even sorted by match start column, and then by value.  Thus it works like as old if you type enough leading and hit tab or click on it. ___ gnucash-user maili

[GNC] Inventory

2023-09-12 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Does GNUCash do inventory at least on a small scale?  It seems like a security or stock, you could define a price for sales or a recent/current cost for supplies, and when you sell or order it might be like a stock sale or order. ___ gnucash-user mailin

Re: [GNC] Bad date not caught

2023-10-13 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
String to date parsers provide a way to tell if the entire string was not digested, see 'man strptime' that says it returns a pointer to where it stopped, should be at the end of the string. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To upda

[GNC] Enhancement suggestion

2023-11-30 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
One problem with gnucash is inadvertently uncommitted modified transactions.  It's be nice if the tab lit up if that account included such, so I can commit it before wandering off.  If the system is rebooted or gnucash is killed for batch stock price updates, these modifications are lost, even w

Re: [GNC] Enhancement suggestion

2023-12-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
wrote: Hi that is expected behavior with xml, have you tried the database format? On Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 1:05 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > One problem with gnucash is inadvertently uncommitted modified > transactions.  It's be nice if the t

Re: [GNC] Enhancement suggestion

2023-12-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
reported 13 years ago? On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 12:27 PM Glenn Fowler wrote: Hi that is expected behavior with xml, have you tried the database format? On Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 1:05 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > One problem with gnucas

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote upgrade

2023-12-05 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I run Ubuntu 22.04 and used flatpack to install: Version: 5.4Build ID: Flathub 5.4.1Finance::Quote: 1.58 $ flatpak --helpUsage:  flatpak [OPTION…] COMMAND Builtin Commands: Manage installed applications and runtimes  install                Install an application or runtime  update               

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2024-01-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Being a Linux GNUCash personal finance user, not doing electronic imports of anything but stock prices, I have found it to be relatively stable using the flatpak updates, which are far more current than the apt updates.  More aggressive users, and those on other platforms, may have more problems

[GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I schedule my periodic transactions a year in advance, but with constant inflation, often the amount goes up.  It'd be nice to have a way to, by interactive option after I update the template, have gnucash update the already generated future transactions to match an updated template transaction,

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-17 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
templates, why not have one that fires monthly? Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: "David G. Pickett via gnucash-user" Date: 1/16/24 6:18 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Gnucash Users Subject: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated te

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-18 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
of having 11 or 12 sx templates, why not have one that fires monthly? Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ---- Original message From: "David G. Pickett via gnucash-user" Date: 1/16/24 6:18 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Gnucash Users Subject: [GNC] Enhancement: Future s

[GNC] Minor silliness bugs

2024-02-13 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I run the latest gnucash from flatpak on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux.  When I launch gnucash from my taskbar of favorites, it sends a notification to my top central bar menu that it is ready, when it is only ready to display a splash, and many additional seconds must elapse before all the XML is load

[GNC] Semi-Floating decimal in stock shares

2019-08-19 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Trivial bug/suggestion: If it is proper to remove one trailing fractional zero from a three decimal to the right of the point stock shares or balance column number, why not remove 2 trailing zeros, or even 3?  Or keep all three places and have the decimal points in line?  Make up your mind!

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business

2019-08-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
features? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_Part_1161816_1163186663.158338880" --=_Part_1161816_1163186663.158338880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Perhaps make meal pledges a security, like a

[GNC] List subjects

2019-08-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
The digest should give subject and a divider between digested messages!  Sorted by subject would be really nice, too! ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.

Re: [GNC] List subjects

2019-08-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
2019 1:41 pm, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: > The digest should give subject and a divider between digested messages! >  Sorted by subject would be really nice, too! We just use mailman, so any feature requests would need to be implemented by them.  AFAIK there is no configuration

Re: [GNC] List subjects

2019-08-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
n can disable these via the General Options page. See also README.USERAGENT for more information. -Original Message- From: Derek Atkins To: David G. Pickett Cc: gnucash-user Sent: Sat, Aug 24, 2019 1:47 pm Subject: Re: [GNC] List subjects On Sat, August 24, 2019 1:41 pm, David G. Picket

Re: [GNC] List subjects

2019-08-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
-Original Message- From: Derek Atkins To: David G. Pickett Cc: gnucash-user Sent: Sat, Aug 24, 2019 2:35 pm Subject: Re: [GNC] List subjects David, On Sat, August 24, 2019 2:23 pm, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: > PS: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/faq.html > Q. M

Re: [GNC] How to get a report in a format which is easy to edit?

2024-03-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
You might export as CSV and print it from excel, Google Sheets, libreOffice Sheets or as a spreadsheet into table in a word processing document. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscr

[GNC] Separating tax years for payments in next year

2024-03-08 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I recently created ExpenseAccounts/Taxes/FederalEven and ExpenseAccounts/Taxes/FederalOdd to allow me to get a meaningful report on estimated tax and various tax withholding.  The payments in Jan 2024 for 2023 estimated and later for 2-23 tax due do not clutter the reports on 2024 tax year, and

Re: [GNC] Separating tax years for payments in next year

2024-03-09 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
, 2024 at 3:55 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: I recently created ExpenseAccounts/Taxes/FederalEven and ExpenseAccounts/Taxes/FederalOdd to allow me to get a meaningful report on estimated tax and various tax withholding.  The payments in Jan 2024 for 2023 estimated and later for 2-23 t

Re: [GNC] gnucash suggestions

2024-03-18 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I think sort order should be a selection on any table-flavored report.  For instance, I prefer the portfolio report to be symbol sorted for ease of comparison with online positions, but it is account sorted. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gn

[GNC] Finance Quotes Yahho of the rails again?

2024-03-22 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Verizon, A&T are still traded? Found Finance::Quote version 1.58.* 00:49:23  WARN [GncQuotesImpl::parse_one_quote()] Skipped NYSE:VZ - Finance::Quote returned fetch failure.Reason Error retrieving quote for VZ. Attempt to fetch the URL https://query2.finance.yahoo.com/v11/finance/quoteSummary/

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

2024-03-23 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Version: 5.5Build ID: Flathub 5.5Finance::Quote: 1.58 Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (all the latest updates from flatpak, snap, Software Updater, Software). Apparently the Usage is a bit off, or that script is not being distributed by flatpak: $ (cd /mnt/37e7c8a7-a11a-41b9-8b5e-107f726a5475/Arc2/310GB/med

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

2024-03-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 08:00:59 AM EDT, Geert Janssens wrote: gnc-fq-dump's functionality has been replaced with gnucash-cli -Q dump [ ...] Regards, Geert Op zaterdag 23 maart 2024 20:40:43 CET schreef David G. Pickett via gnucash-user: > Version: 5.5Build ID: Flat

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

2024-03-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
with gnucash-cli -Q dump [ ...] Regards, Geert Op zaterdag 23 maart 2024 20:40:43 CET schreef David G. Pickett via gnucash-user: > Version: 5.5Build ID: Flathub 5.5Finance::Quote: 1.58 > Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (all the latest updates from flatpak, snap, Software > Updater, So

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

2024-03-24 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
rote: gnc-fq-dump's functionality has been replaced with gnucash-cli -Q dump [ ...] Regards, Geert Op zaterdag 23 maart 2024 20:40:43 CET schreef David G. Pickett via gnucash-user: > Version: 5.5Build ID: Flathub 5.5Finance::Quote: 1.58 > Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (all the

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

2024-03-25 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
flatpak run --command=sh org.gnucash.GnuCash gnucash-cli --quotes info/app/bin/gnucash-cli: /app/bin/gnucash-cli: cannot execute binary file On Monday, March 25, 2024 at 03:20:24 AM EDT, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: Hi David, Am 25.03.24 um 05:13 schrieb David G. Pickett via gnucash

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

2024-03-25 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
od => yahooweb    exchange => NYSE - NYSE Delayed Price        name => Verizon Communications Inc.        date => 03/25/2024     success => 1     isodate => 2024-03-25      symbol => vz      volume => 14582800        open => 40.53    currency => USD 

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

2024-03-25 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Detail,defaultKeyStatistics resulted in HTTP response 500 (Internal Server Error)* 00:07:56  WARN [GncQuotesImpl::parse_one_quote()] Skipped FUND:WFILX - Finance::Quote returned fetch failure. On Monday, March 25, 2024 at 03:20:24 AM EDT, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: Hi David, Am 25.03.24

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

2024-03-26 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
recommend updating F::Q to 1.59. The appearance of the error is rare, not common. -- Dave Reiser dbrei...@icloud.com On Mar 26, 2024, at 00:18, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: PS: New error tonight: Found Finance::Quote version 1.58.* 23:59:55 ERROR [parse_quotesource_error()] Unreco

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

2024-03-26 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Fred, Sorry, but the mail handler makes trash out of carefully formatted and informative text.  I do not know why it hates the noble new line character?  I'd send attachments but they probably get removed, but maybe I can send Google Drive URLs to files?  On Ubuntu bugs, I can go to the web sit

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

2024-03-26 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Here is more info on the problem, as a publicly available Google drive URL to a plain text file: wget.txt | | | | wget.txt | | | On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 12:44:02 PM EDT, David G. Pickett wrote: Fred, Sorry, but the mail handler makes trash out of carefully forma

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

2024-03-28 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
So anyone care to recommend a source setting for quotes that works? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please rem

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

2024-03-29 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
stocks and currencies). On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:59 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:  So anyone care to recommend a source setting for quotes that works? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefere

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

2024-03-29 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Yes, but as I went to flatpak to get a later release, it is discouraging that it fails to get updated for newer releases of Finance Quote and for all I can tell, newer GnuCash.  Maybe they update the GnuCash but ignore the Finance Quote update? On Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 10:57:00 PM ED

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.6 Released

2024-04-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I eagerly installed it but in the Security editor Edit screen it says Finance Quote is not installed properly, and the Get Quotes of the Price screen is dimmed out. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefe

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.6 Released

2024-04-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
On my batch job it says: Price retrieval failed: Failed to initialize Finance::Quote: missing_modules JSON::Parse On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 01:07:16 PM EDT, David G. Pickett wrote: I eagerly installed it but in the Security editor Edit screen it says Finance Quote is not installed

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.6 Released

2024-04-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Ubuntu Linux 22.04.4 LTS. On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 01:10:17 PM EDT, David G. Pickett wrote: On my batch job it says: Price retrieval failed: Failed to initialize Finance::Quote: missing_modules JSON::Parse On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 01:07:16 PM EDT, David G. Pickett wrote:

Re: [GNC] Linux, Gnucash

2024-04-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Best ask the group! On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 05:06:39 PM EDT, James Baxter wrote: Sir,As I am not complaining or crying. To start with. I am using Linux Mint. I am not get my questions answered. I am looking to get Gnucash working with stock/tickers working. I have my doc, and some

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

2024-04-02 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I tried timing all for a common NYSE stock VZ but they seemed all slow or failed, so I asked others what worked for them. Now I am on a broken flatpak dist of Finance Quote 1.59 (flatpak stuff runs in an alternate universe, and even though 1.58 had json, 1.59 fails for the lack of perl json pa

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

2024-04-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
latpak to Flathub last night that I hope fixes the JSON-Parse problem. Please give it a try. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 2, 2024, at 08:54, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user > wrote: > > I tried timing all for a common NYSE stock VZ but they seemed all slow or > failed, so I asked

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

2024-04-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
My personal portfolio has 26-28 stocks (I recently closed 2 positions) (Diversity has it's virtues, and while IRSs are free choice, different 401Ks have different restricted choices.)  When it is in a mood to block, it seems to block them all, not just the last few. On Wednesday, April 3, 2

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

2024-04-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
to yahoo limits On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 10:03:26 AM GMT-7, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: My personal portfolio has 26-28 stocks (I recently closed 2 positions) (Diversity has it's virtues, and while IRSs are free choice, different 401Ks have different restr

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

2024-04-05 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
The quotes were fetched despite these usual errors, so it is only a cosmetic error. On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 09:27:11 PM EDT, Bruce Schuck wrote: On 4/4/24 4:02 PM, David G. Pickett wrote: > Ran OK for me last night, 28 seconds, but running too often seems to > create errors: >

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

2024-04-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
That's a lot of crontab weirdness for a cosmetic bug of bad code or bad install, on top of the flatpak weirdness.  Maybe either there should be some command line option to direct Finance::Quotes to the right or unusual mechanisms, or Finance::Quotes should just check and move on silently, savin

Re: [GNC] Finance::quote YahooJSON

2024-04-11 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Yes, off the rails again: Found Finance::Quote version 1.59. * 23:45:21  WARN [GncQuotesImpl::parse_one_quote()] Skipped NYSE:VZ - Finance::Quote returned fetch failure.Reason Error retrieving quote for VZ. Attempt to fetch the URL https://query2.finance.yahoo.com/v11/finance/quoteSummary/?sym

[GNC] FYI Web tables, CSV, prices info and inquiry

2024-04-12 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Not all users know that the nice table of your stocks and prices that you see on so many web sites like my morningstar portfolio can be selected and pasted into a spreadsheet like Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice Calc, maybe not perfectly, but so it is easy to turn them into a clean spreadsh

Re: [GNC] FYI Web tables, CSV, prices info and inquiry

2024-04-13 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
. On Apr 12, 2024, at 10:02 PM, "David G. Pickett via gnucash-user" wrote: Not all users know that the nice table of your stocks and prices that you see on so many web sites like my morningstar portfolio can be selected and pasted into a spreadsheet like Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreO

Re: [GNC] Finance-Quote 1.60 released!

2024-04-17 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Will there be a flatpak release?  No hurry, as yahoo fetching is still off the rails.  So many web pages one can scrape the price off of! ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: ht

Re: [GNC] Finance-Quote 1.61 released!

2024-04-30 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Flatpak? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this b

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Yes, if gnucash was running as a remote service, it might be able to deal with multiple users.  Imagine that gnucash becomes a web service and the user interface is a relatively simple web page.  Even in this scenario, you would need to avoid processing too much in JavaScript and local files und

Re: [GNC] Easier way to print to PDF

2024-05-20 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
PDF pitfall: some apps print a graphical file, which cannot be searched, and some print text with annotations to set position and font size, name, bold, italic, underlined, which can be searched.  You can even find apps to convert the first to the second!  My presbytery sends out the first, desp

Re: [GNC] Adding ASSETS & LIABILITIES to sub accounts

2024-06-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
In the realm of enhancement suggestions, if there was a special top level folder of named sets of books, and each named set of books could have its own income, expense, equity, assets, liabilities.  Then you could work a hierarchy of books in one gnucash instance. The entries in those books coul

Re: [GNC] Adding ASSETS & LIABILITIES to sub accounts

2024-06-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I was recently feeling a similar vibe as I had income taxes in expenses and refunds in income, but they are really algebraically the same thing of opposite sign until you get into US tax code of itemized deductions making them different.  The tax report does somewhat marry them back together.  A

Re: [GNC] Need help with eBay - tagging multiple sales into one payout hitting checking two business days later

2024-06-01 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I like to record my checks written on the day they were written, not cashed, but am frustrated that then I cannot check when they cleared!  Float is nice, especially if you get interest, but not something I bank on!  :D  Similarly, one bank puts a 3 day hold on transfers, so the money goes out o

Re: [GNC] Need help with eBay - tagging multiple sales into one payout hitting checking two business days later

2024-06-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
interactively one second after midnight after the cycle! On Monday, June 3, 2024 at 11:37:12 AM EDT, R Losey wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 3:40 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: I like to record my checks written on the day they were written, not cashed, but am frustrated that then I

[GNC] reconcile buttons

2024-06-15 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I loaded the latest GnuCash onto my new Win11 PC, and the first reconcile, I accidentally postponed because someone though a new Postpone button should go where Finalize used to be.  Thanks!  My Flatpak Linux GnuCash version did not do that.  I am not sure why I would want to postpone, or what t

Re: [GNC] reconcile buttons

2024-06-15 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 06:24:17 PM EDT, David Carlson wrote: The Finish button is still in the same place as forever in the Reconcile window in Version: 5.6 Build ID: 5.6+(2024-03-30) on my Windows 10 PC. On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: I loaded

[GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app menu, but many questions in install.

2024-06-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I clicked the "Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash" in my new Win11 install, but had manually download install Strawberry perl as Norton blocked it.  I clicked it again and it went into a long install that now is asking mysterious questions like USE_UNALIGNED or ZSTD.  Shouldn't it run mo

Re: [GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app menu, but many questions in install.

2024-06-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
lf Of David G. Pickett via gnucash-user Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2024 8:54 AM To: Gnucash Users Subject: [GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app menu, but many questions in install. I clicked the "Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash" in my new Win11 install, b

Re: [GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app menu, but many questions in install.

2024-06-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
to it cancelling from a missing file or folder. -g -Original Message- From: gnucash-user [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+fromvendor=outtacyte@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of David G. Pickett via gnucash-user Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2024 8:54 AM To: Gnucash Users Subject: [GNC] Discovered install lin

Re: [GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app

2024-06-18 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Only issue now is the price database window hiding itself. Some way to easily schedule price updates would be nice. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org

Re: [GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app

2024-06-20 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I suppose there is a command to gracefully kill any running gnucash instance so it does not hit a lock file?  Of course, even with auto save, with a kill, you have to clean up the lock file, and the file may lose uncommitted transactions!  It'd be nicer for the running instance to run it at an a

Re: [GNC] Discovered install link for Finance Quotes in Win11 app

2024-06-22 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
So bug report for not handling winDos drive letter? No ideas on how to ensure the current session is gracefully extinguished before trying to get quotes? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or t

Re: [GNC] Sales items, Service items, Inventory items

2024-07-19 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
While not intended for inventory, GnuCash tracks securities and foreign(alternative) currency just fine, so you could create a folder in securities for inventory, and create an account to hold inventory like a stock account holds shares of various stocks. Securities also have price history, so

[GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-02 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Windows 11 seems to reboot itself regularly for some update, when gnucash has been running a while, so it should be auto saved.  When I restart gnucash and accept that the lock file was still there, it has the tabs of a much earlier time.  Why does auto save not save the tabs open? _

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
for reports which are left open are only updated when GnuCash is manually closed.  I have proposed a button to manually save these details in Bug 729889. On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Windows 11 seems to reboot itself regularly for some update, when

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
t register tabs are open, column widths in those account registers, and settings for reports which are left open are only updated when GnuCash is manually closed.  I have proposed a button to manually save these details in Bug 729889. On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
My gcm file is pretty small, how long can it take to save it?  Does it have to mess with the windows, tabs to save?  (I didn't know saving was in two places.  Funny path, too!) 48976645947672304      8 -rwxrwxrwx   1 dgp      dgp          5069 Sep  4 13:55 /mnt/c/Users/david/AppData/Roaming/GnuC

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
or reports which are left open are only updated when GnuCash is manually closed.  I have proposed a button to manually save these details in Bug 729889. On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Windows 11 seems to reboot itself regularly for some update, when gn

Re: [GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I recall a similar conversation about the 'edited transaction', and suggesting that both the original and not confirmed transaction be in the save, but I am not recalling if we got any consensus.  These edited transactions are a bit in limbo, so I was surprised that they made it into the save. 

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-05 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
s, and settings for reports which are left open are only updated when GnuCash is manually closed.  I have proposed a button to manually save these details in Bug 729889. On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Windows 11 seems to reboot itself regularly for som

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-07 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I use the Win 10/11 Google Drive g:\ right now, so continuous backups.  But felt more secure when on Linux Ubuntu and had insync backing the gnucash data dir up to my Google Drive, so I had both a local disk copy and a remote copy, and a cron job to sync them up every night.  (The tabs did not b

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-09 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
The security concerns beg the question, should GnuCash files be password protected by the app?  It'd slow save and open a bit, but then you are less worried about the files being snooped. There are also ways to encrypt local files, and back up the encrypted files to you network drive.  Just mak

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-09 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
n and other password protection to external tools and NOT perform it internally.  GnuCash is a financial tool, not a security tool. -derek On Mon, September 9, 2024 9:59 am, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: > The security concerns beg the question, should GnuCash files be password > prote

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-09 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Nobody suggested putting a password in gnucash, just a pop up dialog to ask the user for it. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuc

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-10 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
. On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 5:35 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Nobody suggested putting a password in gnucash, just a pop up dialog to ask the user for it. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-10 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
aking the password. On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 5:35 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Nobody suggested putting a password in gnucash, just a pop up dialog to ask the user for it. -- _ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com

Re: [GNC] Rounding issues with Stock

2024-09-14 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Sometimes GnuCash and web sites round my stock shares to 2 places, TD Ameritrade and most do 3 places, for dividend reinvestment or mutual funds, but Schwab now does 4 places, so I have a mix of 3 and 4 places to reconcile to! The durable truth is that they take $x.yz and buy a.bcde or a.bcd sha

Re: [GNC] Smarter dating of account reconcile

2019-02-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
The statement date is also in the past, so the default date is pretty much never right.  In a busy account, my date would match.  While the statement date might be later than the last included transaction, there is no value in the later date, since no transactions exist in the intervening time

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