Re: [GNC] can't open files

2024-04-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
USB stick? If so, make sure it is connected before you open GC. Do you by any chance have your GnuCash data files on an encrypted drive? If so, make sure that you have activated decryption before you open GC Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ _

Re: [GNC] Recommend Accounting Books

2024-04-20 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
plate? GnuCash itself gives you the option of adopting a "starter" set of accounts, which you can then customize to your specific situation. See "New Account Hierarchy Setup" in the Guide. Best wishes for good fortune in your business! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMat

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-04-09 09:55, R Losey wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 8:42 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > mailto:stan%2...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > On cash basis, it's not an expense until it's paid. Therefore, _nothing_ > is recorded until the payment date after the

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
le check"; see <https://www.bankrate.com/banking/checking/how-long-is-a-check-good-for/> I don't know the legal position if the payee could have cashed the check but for no compelling reason waited to do so until it became stale. Are you obliged to write a new check to replace the stale one, or is

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
s "The act of writing a check on a bank account in an amount in excess of actual funds on deposit in the account and then depositing that check in a second account at a different bank to create a spurious deposit there, allowing checks to be drawn, or credit secured, based on the second ac

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the cash basis or accrual basis. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Find account

2024-03-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-03-30 07:28, Fred Tydeman wrote: > Thank you. That worked. > I was trying to use Ctrl-F while in Chart of Accounts. While in the Accounts pane you don't need to "use" anything. Just start typing a part of the name you're looking for. (It doesn't need to be the beginni

[GNC] Surprising error messages

2024-03-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
missing and that I should correct? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com* 07:51:29 WARN [gnc_spawn_process_async()] Could not spawn perl: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory) * 07:51:29 ERROR <> gnc_process_get_fd: assertion 'proc' failed * 07:51:29

Re: [GNC] Help

2024-03-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
someone else today. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-03-17 16:10, Anon20x via gnucash-user wrote: > Please unsub me from the list, thankyou. > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >

Re: [GNC] gnucash suggestions

2024-03-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
made".) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ On 2024-03-17 14:36, J. A. Harris wrote: > On 3/17/24 15:54, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >> Your lack of accounting and understanding of the history of double >> entry is confusing you. ... > .. >> Thus

Re: [GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant

2024-03-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
opposed to manually tweaking the amounts) is never to buy multiple taxable items in the same transaction. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferen

Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total

2024-03-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
method to calculate sales tax; it just doesn't match the legally acceptable method that Amazon used. You could file a GnuCash enhancement request asking for the tax tables to include "tax by item" or "tax by subtotal". Or you could ask Florida to mandate one method or the other, not

Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total

2024-03-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
uot;vendor software problem", but the mathematical issue that Michael Novack alludes to. If that's not what you're doing, what exactly is not matching to what? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

2024-02-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for writing, but nothing changes in the display, whether I hold down the mouse button or not. But see David H's screen shot, sent a few minutes ago. That shows many currencies, but everything in my book is in US$, so I suspect that's why I don't get anything in the drop-down. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

2024-02-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks. Maybe it's because everything is in US dollars in my books. I see from your screen shot that it gives you different currencies to choose from, but that wouldn't apply to me. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-02-24 15:12, David H wrote: > Stan, > > Thi

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

2024-02-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
to click to change what's displayed in that bar. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-02-24 11:36, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > the bottom ticker net asset displays multiple accounts, from the drop down > select Grand total then it will show you the net asset as per your b

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

2024-02-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> delete? Sure. 1. Click Action » Scheduled Transactions » Scheduled Transaction Editor. 2. Click one of the scheduled transactions you want to delete, and click the Delete button. 3. Repeat step 2 as many times as necessary. As for the transactions that have already fired, you're going to hav

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> On 2/8/24 12:41 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you >>> can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default >

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> not sticky. It was not sticky in 2.6.19, but it is sticky in 4.14 if you tick the box when creating the filter. If you're using 5.x, is it sticky there? If not, the bug should probably be reopened or a new bug filed. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https:

Re: [GNC] Import CSV settings location

2024-02-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-07 07:01, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > Can you click on Help->About and does it show the various paths in use? That's a nice feature, and I never knew it was there. Thanks for posting! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 5.5

2024-02-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
lts will not be as you expect and you'll get immensely frustrated. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.o

Re: [GNC] Multiple Fiscal Years

2024-02-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
hat accounting period is a per-user preference, not a File » Properties preference. I suppose you _could_ create additional user accounts, and have a different accounting period ("tax year") in each, but then there's no automated way to synchronize all the other preferences, report layouts, and

Re: [GNC] Advanced portfolio report picking up wrong price

2024-02-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-03 09:16, Dan O'Brien wrote: > I’ve attached a screen shot of the report Please try again. You need to _attach_ the image, not _embed_ it. (If you can see the actual image in your message before you hit Send, you have embedded it rather than attaching it.) Stan Brown Tehachapi,

Re: [GNC] SX

2024-01-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
. In 4.14 I found I have to click once on a date; just hovering isn't enough. Maybe it's the same in whatever version you're running? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-01-21 17:04, Myron A Schroeder wrote: > when I used the icon to > call up GNUCash, the data file was vacant. A search on the the hard drive > found it and the data was displayed as usual. Neat. Or, in the File menu, click one of the recently-used files in the numbered list. S

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
a 1.3 MB file added to the mailing list's archives. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-19 09:23, Simon Roberts wrote: > Well, that's one possibility I suppose. > > Is this not a feature that would find fairly widespread use? Indeed, is it > not a featur

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

2024-01-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Well, I don't have any skin in the game, since both my computers have 64-bit Windows. It just seems a pity to shut out the minority who have 32-bit Windows. But that's a development decision, so I won't keep harping on it. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-18 20:21

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

2024-01-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
that the original poster's argument in favor is that 32-bit programs have been around for a long time. While that's true, it doesn't seem to me like any reason to abandon them. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-18 13:30, John Ralls wrote: > An x64 build will work only on 64-

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
e transaction or more than two. (It is of course possible to have a transaction that has but one split, with amount equal to zero. I do it as a way of making a memo that isn't tied to any financial transaction, for instance the number of miles I drove for charity in a given month. GnuCash has no problem with th

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

2024-01-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
29 transactions of two splits each. There are no formulas, however. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucas

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
. But after archiving that snapshot, what's the problem with just continuing to use the original of the file that copied into the archive? That's what I've been doing since 2018, and it seems to work just fine. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-13 14:29, David Carlson

Re: [GNC] Budget car payment

2024-01-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
has been posted many times on this mailing list. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listi

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

2024-01-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ollars.) So it sure looks like formulas work. Again, maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue the person was talking about. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update you

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

2024-01-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ransaction fires you'll have a split for Imbalance. You can then change that to the desired account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to un

Re: [GNC] new accounts are omitted from reports

2024-01-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
d come up with a clear and simple rule for GC to follow that wouldn't have bad results in some cases. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to un

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
provided, you can Ctrl+C copy a file on one side and then Ctrl+V paste it on the other. Not as intuitive as drag-and-drop, but serviceable. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ows 10 in a VirtualBox without a Windows product key, during my three-step upgrade from 2.6.19, using the Windows 10 reference above. I haven't tested the Windows 11 procedure, but it's from the same source, one that is usually reliable. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] How is "auto asset transfer" used in an asset account?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nced searches a few years ago. Some of them, yes. The plus sign and the quote marks no longer work as advertised, for instance. But "site:" still works, at least for now. I use it all the time. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
a volunteer testing on "real" GC. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t know where to begin. If the programmers could give some guidance -- "test this version that fixes bugs X and Y", I could do that, and in the course of exercising the test version for the stuff I normally do in GC I could report any new bugs I noticed. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA

[GNC] Copying Windows error messages (was: Gnu cash Version 5.5 error message)

2023-12-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
- usually works for me. Not 100%, but usually. The only way to find out if it worked in a given instance it to try to paste it into some text area with Ctrl+V. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnu

Re: [GNC] Accounting Period Change issue

2023-12-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
period is a setting, not data. Changing the accounting period changes the rules for processing the data, but the underlying data (your transactions) are unchanged. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

2023-12-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t because sometimes we _want_ to make a column disappear. Adrien's suggestion appeals to me: add a menu item to restore default widths of all columns. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To up

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 5.5 Windows - included Net Worth Linechart report now crashes the UI

2023-12-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ed to wait for a custom reply. <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ> Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lis

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

2023-12-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
n the sum of the other column widths exceeds the window's width.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucas

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

2023-12-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
scheduled transaction that is scheduled to fire in the future. Upon opening GC, if Grace is actually getting transactions popping up that are not supposed to fire today, I wonder if perhaps she has set them to repeat every day. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

2023-12-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
d ___ days in advance" are both unchecked (unticked), so that the transaction is not created before its assigned date, and there's no advance reminder. I suppose it's possible to tick either or both boxes and leave the number of days at zero, the default, but since they're not ticked by default i

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

2023-12-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
panel doesn't "capture" Ctrl+Alt+PgUp. When I press that combination, it takes me to the next register tab. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

2023-12-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-12-12 17:19, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Another keyboard shortcut you may find useful is CTRL + ALT + PAGE UP/DOWN > will cycle through your tabs. Indeed yes! Thanks, Glenn! (I'm terrible with a mouse, so I try to do absolutely as much as possible with the keyboard.) Stan Brown Teh

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

2023-12-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
st; I've just tried it. > See also the /GnuCash Guide/, section 2.3.5 Tab Bar > <https://cvs.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/basics-interface1.html>. > This mentions the menu (a "list of tabs"). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] Business Income Statement: manipulating Cost of Goods sold (Eric Chapman)

2023-12-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
umn in the Accounts panel, then double-clicking in that column for the first account, entering the code, and repeating for each account in turn. That also makes it easier, by keeping the context on screen at all times during the numbering process. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Search not working

2023-12-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ter, GC will search only within that register. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu

Re: [GNC] UI Problem with 4.14

2023-12-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
figuration files are here: <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations> and there's also a Linux-specific diagram here: <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Diagrams_-_Linux> Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-u

Re: [GNC] Why or why not to do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)

2023-12-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
line anyway. I don't have Liz's contact info, but sent John a request. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-12-04 17:48, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > > On 2023-12-04 17:29, Eric C

Re: [GNC] Why or why not to do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)

2023-12-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
umn, though, because for Asset and Liability and Net Worth you never close the books anyway: the relevant total is always the total of transactions since Day Zero. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-

Re: [GNC] Advise me please: go up to 5.4.2 or stay at 4.13?

2023-12-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
point, I've found that entering transactions the same day works well for me. That way things are fresh in my mind and I'm less likely to forget to enter cash purchases. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Navigation through chart of accounts: shortcuts or bookmarks?

2023-12-01 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the account name matching is recalculated from the beginning each time you type another character. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or t

Re: [GNC] closing accounts

2023-11-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-28 13:51, Elmar wrote: > How do you actually CLOSE but not delete an account, so that no new > transactions can ever be posted to it, i.e. mark it as read only? Yes, that's right. The GnuCash word for a read-only a

Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

2023-11-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
person-instead-of-the-list problem, would cause some other problem. I can't remember what that problem was, but as far as I can recall everyone accepted that it would be worse than people having to learn to remember to send replies to the list. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

2023-11-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
on the cash basis. Even the IRS will let you use either basis, though I don't know anyone who uses the accrual basis for _individual_ income taxes. Apart from some very small businesses, almost every business uses the accrual basis. GnuCash makes it easy to use the accrua

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

2023-11-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
of my credit cards give me cash back on purchases. (Since the bonus categories on two of my cards change periodically, I do have to keep track of which card I should use on a given transaction, which can be a nuisance.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

2023-11-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ransaction isn't in Imbalance, I'm confident that you can find it by the Ctrl+F procedure. After you've found your transaction, edit the Imbalance line to the desired account and amount of your next split. (You can't delete the Imbalance split while you're in the Imbalance register. The same is tr

Re: [GNC] linking pre-existing assets with liabilities

2023-11-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks very much for posting your solution. That will be helpful for future people who have a similar question. And even for folks like me who may not need it right now, still it's interesting! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-16 16:39, AP wrote: > On Fri, Nov

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ondered about this too, with one change of detail: I'd like to change the default for Find to "Description, Notes, or Memo". Is there any way, or is one under development? If not, I think I know how to enter a feature request. Stan Brown Tehachap

Re: [GNC] Additional 'Accounts' columns not being saved on closing program

2023-11-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
meaning I have to re-select them for each session. > > Whilst this is not the end of the world - obviously, it is > annoying and any help in solving it would be appreciated. > On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 at 11:36, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > wrote: >Check permissions on your .gc

Re: [GNC] Additional 'Accounts' columns not being saved on closing program

2023-11-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ooks, and according to <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations> USER_DATA_HOME is /Users//Library/Application Support. (On OS X 10.6 and older, replace Application Support with Applications Defaults. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___

Re: [GNC] Dealing with escrow account

2023-11-02 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
BTW, GnuCash's loan wizard matched my amortization table perfectly. If there were really so many amortization methods out there, that would have been quite a remarkable coincidence. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mail

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions: Monday before the 4th Wednesday

2023-11-01 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
trust GC to get the dates right. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-01 04:11, Kevin Buckley via gnucash-user wrote: > On Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 at 03:32, Stan Brown > wrote: >> Every month, I get a direct deposit two days before the four

[GNC] Scheduled Transactions: Monday before the 4th Wednesday

2023-10-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
. Just in case I've missed something, is there any way to have the transaction appear on the right day (two days before the fourth Wednesday) and with that Monday date, not the Wednesday date? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Struggling with column width

2023-10-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
You may want to bookmark the FAQ list: <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ> The specific FAQ about column widths is <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F> That addresses how to recover a disappeared c

Re: [GNC] How to display account total with subaccounts in a report

2023-10-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
u haven't thought about but, once you see them, you will decide to change them from the defaults, like the one that Murgan mentioned in response to your earlier message. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailin

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
e to call that "discretionary spending money", _especially_ the unrealized gains. While the _name_ Retained Earnings may not be appropriate for every entity, the _thing_ is, as far as I can see. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucas

Re: [GNC] scheduled transactions: simple or compound interest calculations in

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
e credit an account or credit to an account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/li

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-10-22 10:42, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I am also of the opinion that hiding or obfuscating terms and concepts > is not the solution. +1 It usually makes things harder not easier, as this very thread has illustrated at great length. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2023-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ings, and select the columns you want to see. You probably want to keep the "Total" column as well, to show current balances for Assets, Liabilities, and Equity. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing lis

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
tion, but maybe you missed their messages. I know there's a lot of documentation. But start with section "I. The Basic Knowledge" in the Tutorial and Concepts Guide at <https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=5=C=guide> The answer to your question is in that chapter. Stan

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
can be adapted to that use. Very well stated! I agree wholeheartedly. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.g

Re: [GNC] Attaching receipts to expenses voucher

2023-10-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Right-click on a Description or Memo block and select "Manage Document Link...". That is how it works in 4.14; I don't imagine it's much different in 5.4. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-10-21 04:30, Chris Jewell wrote: > Hi All, > > Great

Re: [GNC] Can't download GNU

2023-10-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
s which browser and which operating system you are using. If I guessed right, then you might want to change your browser's Downloads settings to have it ask you where to place each download in future.. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___

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

2023-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
must you bring up the same non-point? Many people have explained how arithmetic works, and John Ralls has explained how GnuCash works. Do you really think you're going to get a different answer the N+1st time you post? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA htt

Re: [GNC] Custom Multicolumn Report - Win 10

2023-10-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the changes are present. This seems to imply it is program > rather than machine related. Always press Ctrl+R after changing report options or changing the underlying data. Sometimes it's not necessary, but it never hurts. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https:

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.4 Repackaged

2023-09-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Relating to this bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799092 On 2023-09-29 14:13, David H wrote: > No Stan, seems to happen in both 5.4 and 5.4.1 for me anyway :-) > > Cheers David H. Bummer! But thanks for letting me know. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://Brow

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.4 Repackaged

2023-09-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> Regards, > John Ralls Do I interpret the text of the bug report correctly, that this occurs in version 5.4.1 but not 5.4? (I'm a little confused because the headers say "Version: 5.4".) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ __

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
se of the Hollywood writers strike, and a lawsuit by several well-known literary authors. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe

Re: [GNC] gnucash tab shortcut remap

2023-09-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
There was some recent discussion on the list about accelerator keys. Users can't change them in 4.14, but they can in 5.x. 5.4 is due out later today, so upgrading is the solution. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-09-22 11:01, User Foss wrote: > New user >

Re: [GNC] Automatic population of posting values based on description ACROSS accounts

2023-09-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the transaction to Account A. If only one split in a particular transaction references Account A -- the usual case -- and you change Account A in that split to reference some other account, the transaction will disappear from Account A's register and appear in the other account's register. Stan Brown Te

[GNC] Finding my company data

2023-09-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Forwarding to the list. Please, always send replies directly to the list, so that all can benefit or contribute. Forwarded Message Subject: Gnu Cash: Finding my company data Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:45:48 -0700 From: Dick Courter Thanks Stan Was not sure how to answer using

Re: [GNC] Finding my Company data

2023-09-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
kup files. They are unfortunately named with your main data file name, followed by .gnucash. and a timestamp and .gnucash again. Any files that contain .gnucash twice, or that end in .log, are not your data file and you generally should not open them in GnuCash. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://Brow

Re: [GNC] Automatic population of posting values based on description ACROSS accounts

2023-09-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
action as outlined above. (Some people will edit a recent transaction but not a transaction that was entered months ago. That's my own approach.) For people's personal finances, it's a matter of taste which approach to use. I just mentioned editing an old transaction as another possibility. Stan Brown Teh

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
, but of course it's a very individual taste. We are fortunate that there are usually multiple ways in GC to accomplish a given thing. Thanks for the release schedule. I knew John would post a note after release, and was planning to download and install then. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
such a thing existed. My Description lines mostly look like thing: vendor and then most of my Memo items are empty. I think I'll wait for 5.4. I haven't checked the chronology, but it can't be too far away now. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-09-13 11:59, Adrien

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
reluctant to upgrade to 5.3 because of the auto-completion issues with transactions, which I understand will be fixed in 5.4. If it really means no customizable accelerator keys in 4.14, I'll live with that. But I'd at least like to be sure that's what it means. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the > file accelerator-map in GNC_CONFIG_HOME > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GNC_CONFIG_HOME> > and if it's not found will copy in the default one. Where did that text come from, please? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
older -- unless I'm severely misinformed, GC doesn't create it. Certainly I don't have such a folder on my Windows 10 system, and there's no mention of it at the URL I gave above. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
added to accelerator-map are simply discarded. I have Windows 10 and GC 4.14. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] keyboard shortcut - how to implement for open/close splits?

2023-09-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
File Open dialog does indeed pop up. But Ctrl+0, Ctrl+1, and Ctrl+2 don't seem to do anything. Even worse, when GC closes it rewrites the accelerator-map file _without_ those four lines I added. Do user-configured accelerator keys just not work in Windows, or am I doing something wrong? Stan Brown Tehacha

Re: [GNC] Automatic population of posting values based on description ACROSS accounts

2023-09-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t; it possible to turn the automatic population of posting values based on > description ACROSS accounts on? Sure -- do data entry in the General Journal rather than in a particular account register. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

2023-09-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
), but II wouldn't think it likely that General Journal filtering was re-broken in 5.x. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to

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

2023-09-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
he right one for that role. Number of shares and total amount must be exact to the generally accepted numbers of decimal places, or people's books won't balance. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnu

Re: [GNC] cannot open data file

2023-09-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
our system. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ 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

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