Re: [GNC] Where is config-user.scm supposed to be under Linux

2023-07-03 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 7/3/23 15:28, David H wrote: Sure is, which is why I phrased my reply as more of a question :-) Sorry I should have suggested doing "Help >> About" - the popup shows a lot of config file locations and might be a better guide Cheers David H. On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 21:26, Robert Heller

Re: [GNC] cannot open data file

2022-02-13 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 2/13/22 12:00, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: On 2/13/2022 10:12 AM, suk wah Bernstein wrote: thanks for help. You didn't bother to tell us your OS (makes a difference on how you find lost files) This isn't really a gnucash question but more of a "I think I know the name and/or

Re: [GNC] online banking gnucash 4.9

2021-12-21 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/21/21 11:10, Robert F. Crochelt wrote: I am running Fedora 31. I know this OS is getting old, but did not want to upgrade for various reasons. I upgraded to gnucash 4.9 using flatpak. It seems to run perfectly, but when I try to set up online banking, I click on the button to "start

Re: [GNC] 4.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 not saving preferences -- O.T.

2021-12-20 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
. On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 1:10 PM Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: On 12/20/21 13:18, Michael DeBusk wrote: () ascii ribbon campaign * against html e-mail /\www.asciiribbon.org * against proprietary attachments Home:http://nlphilia.com * Blo

Re: [GNC] 4.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 not saving preferences -- O.T.

2021-12-20 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/20/21 13:18, Michael DeBusk wrote: () ascii ribbon campaign * against html e-mail /\www.asciiribbon.org * against proprietary attachments Home:http://nlphilia.com * Blog:http://nlphilia.net Good idea, especially in mailing lists. And against routine top-posting. --

Re: [GNC] Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch

2021-11-27 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 11/27/21 15:29, Elmar wrote: I'm pretty sure that flatpak itself is the problem.  I just don't know how to diagnose it, or provide the right data so that it can be diagnosed by someone better than I. I am not better than you. I solved my GnuCash flatpak problems by eliminating flatpak

Re: [GNC] Using Gnucash to access file over flaky network

2021-11-25 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 11/25/21 04:47, Geoff wrote: Hi Chris In my opinion this is really an SQLite question, not a GnuCash question. To quote the SQLite dev team:- "Rely upon it at your (and your customers') peril. See How To Corrupt Your Database Files. Choose the technology that is right for you and your

Re: [GNC] question from newbie

2021-11-07 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 11/7/21 05:42, Michael Hendry wrote: I’m assuming a “head check” is what we in the UK would call a post-dated cheque - a cheque which can’t be cashed until a stated date; for what it’s worth, I understand that banks in the UK will often make the payment if the cheque is presented early.

Re: [GNC] email seems so crude 30 years after MULTICS forums.

2021-10-07 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 10/7/21 7:39 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote: > Usenet is still active? > I though it died years ago. MY ISP is Verizon. Originally, it had Usenet servers to supply all newsgroups. Then, at no decrease in cost, they supplied only the big-5 newsgroup categories. Later, they

Re: [GNC] Capital gain with Return of Capital

2021-09-20 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 9/20/21 11:10 AM, David Carlson wrote: > I would suspect that most of us have never had a return of capital and we > would not know how to record such a transaction in GnuCash. I myself have > recently purchased a fund that pays a dividend, but they say wait until the > end of the year to get

Re: [GNC] Linux still at 4.5

2021-07-25 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 7/25/21 5:46 AM, Stephen C. Camidge wrote: > I am running Linux Manjaro and see that the aux distribution only gives > version 4.5 of Gnucash. There is a flatpack version of 4.6, but if I install > it, I do not have my saved reports and only the default preference. > > Where are the

Re: [GNC] Printer not showing up in print dialogue box

2021-01-12 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 1/12/21 1:56 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Are you using the Flatpak by chance? There is a work around I believe to expose a printer to a Flatpak app. (a limitation of Flatpak, not specific to GnuCash as far as I am aware) There were some issues with direct printing

Re: [GNC] Best way to upgrade from an old version (2.6.14) to current

2021-01-08 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 1/8/21 6:03 PM, David Carlson wrote: > Now Linux technology has started to move away from PPA protocols toward > Flatpack or possibly other alternatives that I still feel need more > development before I am ready to jump from GnuCash 3.8 to 4.4 or beyond. > Reading the tales of woe here and on

Re: [GNC] Printing

2021-01-04 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/30/20 4:15 PM, David Cousens wrote: Jean-David I reached the same conclusion about flatpack programs and prefer to build GnuCash and other software from scratch. This may be a better solution for you. The wiki pages have faily detailed instructions on Building GnuCash on Linux.

Re: [GNC] Printing

2020-12-30 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/30/20 9:43 AM, David Cousens wrote: Jean-David, This is likely a problem with the flatpack setup and not with GnuCash itself. There are previous posts in the archive about fixing these problems with flatpack. A search should bring them up but this link from an earlier thread may have what

Re: [GNC] Printing

2020-12-30 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/30/20 4:25 AM, Ove Grunnér wrote: You can also export/print to pdf and then print the pdf document to your printer. I first got Gnucash on this machine (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2) from flatpack and it worked, but would not print. I have nothing but trouble with flatpack stuff. It

Re: [GNC] Bankrupt stock

2020-12-29 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/30/20 12:10 AM, Cam Ellison wrote: On 2020-12-29 14:18, smada46 wrote: I have a stock that went bankrupt, i.e. zero value. I have tried repeatedly to remove the stock by selling the shares at $0.00 per share, but no matter what combination I use, it changes the cost

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 4.4 Announcement

2020-12-29 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 12/28/20 10:18 PM, dull...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Microsoft Edge (smart screen) blocks the gnucash-4.4.setup.exe file from this site https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases Is that normal? I run Gnucash on RHEL8.2, so I have no problem. I do have a Windows 10 box and solved many

Re: [GNC] List Replies

2020-11-16 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 11/16/20 7:22 PM, Greg Feneis wrote: If it's been the way it is for several years, it might be time to try a change. Perhaps people are more email savvy these days? I very much doubt it. Most of my e-mail friends have dropped their land-lines and use, exclusively, their cell phones. They

Re: [GNC] print

2020-11-12 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 11/12/20 8:04 AM, flodaubas--- via gnucash-user wrote: hello, please could you tellme how can I print the screen of each count.( the green pages) thank you I need to make a paper folder for each count. Thank you florence daubas ___ Can you

Re: [GNC] Annoying Register Issue

2020-11-12 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 11/12/20 3:01 PM, David Cousens wrote: Les, I have a non-flatpack version 4.2 running on Linux Mint 20 and it doesn't exhibit the same behaviour. I can backspace, delete and or highlight and delete in the Date, Description, Debit and Credit Columns without any problem field without any

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 10/13/20 3:28 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Per the FAQ in the Wiki, only upgrading from one major to the next major release is supported. Skipping major releases is *not* supported. Thus for you, 2.6.21 > 3.11 > 4.2 would be okay. However, 2.6.21 > 4.2 *might* result in issues which

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 10/13/20 8:35 AM, Fred Bone wrote: Currently running 2.6.21 (without issues) and think I should probably upgrade to 4.whatever. I know I need to bridge via 3.something, but can I safely assume that 3.11 will do the necessary data tweaking, or should I start with an earlier 3.x? And is

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-09 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 8/9/20 5:25 AM, bengt...@gmail.com wrote: > Would like to revive this old thread since the request made by the OP is > still valid for us Swedish users (and maybe German users according to one > post in the thread?). I wonder if there has been some development along > making transactions

Re: [GNC] Price of gold

2020-04-08 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 4/8/20 12:30 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > To be clear, the spot price is per ozt, but it is based on a > transaction involving 1000 ozt of Silver or 1kg of Gold. If you are > buying or selling more or less, your exact price will be different, > but you can use the spot as a guide. Here in

Re: [GNC] Backup Module

2020-03-24 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 3/24/20 9:32 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 3/24/2020 7:58 AM, lbo...@rogers.com wrote: >> Would it be possible to incorporate a backup module function into the >> menu bar, as a pull-down feature under the heading "File", as is >> commonly found in some programs?   Backing up to the

Re: [GNC] FW: Multiple copies of gnucash-user messages from the list

2020-01-21 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 1/21/20 11:03 AM, Alan wrote: > Hey, is anyone making any progress with this? Getting hundreds of dupe > messages > from this list, filling up my inbox. I do not experience this problem. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer /V\ PGP-Key:166D840A 0C610C8B /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey ^^-^^

Re: [GNC] Outstanding Check Problem

2019-10-03 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 10/3/19 1:29 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote: > This is more of an accounting question than a GnuCash question; what I would > like to know is how to handle this within GnuCash. I???m sure that this > situation isn???t unique, and there is probably a standard way of handling it > in accounting. >

Re: [GNC] Yahoo blocking GnuCash Email

2019-09-24 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 9/24/19 8:57 AM, Stan Brown wrote: > And of course Usenet newsgroups are a way around all of these > difficulties. They also provide MUCH better thread tracking than any > email client I've seen. I don't know why Usenet was allowed to either on > the vine. > Several reasons: My ISP was, and

Re: [GNC] Stock quotes

2019-05-26 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 5/26/19 4:34 PM, Steve wrote: > That was it. I still had one set up as Alphavantage. "Unknown error" > is not the most helpful error message. > I wrote a big program once, and at one point in the program, I had it print out the error message, "WAHOO!" It actually came out once and the user

Re: [GNC] Account remains red after void that would put it in black

2019-05-01 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 5/1/19 9:34 PM, D via gnucash-user wrote: > I never knew that zero was negative number! In IBM computers of the 704, 709, 7090, 7094 line, the numbers were in sign-magnitude form, different from the two's complement form in common use today. So there were both Positive zero ane Negative zero

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

2019-04-11 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 4/11/19 8:45 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > Not how I read that article. It simply said that the IRS could not > develop/distribute free tax software. It said nothing about whether > anybody else could do so if they wished. That the government is > forbidden to do something is very

Re: [GNC] Keeping two sets of books

2019-03-31 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 3/30/19 3:40 PM, taf wrote: > Hello, > > I've just started using Gnucash.  In the past I've used a basic > bookkeeping package, but it's no longer available. I'm trying to keep > two sets of books... one for personal accounting and one for a > corporation.  I'm running Version 3.4 Build ID:

Re: [GNC] whois lookup - gnucash.net

2019-03-30 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 3/30/19 2:42 PM, Gnucash User wrote: > Yes, the question is what are the thoughts of the gnucash > developers/contributors on the use of "gnucash" as a second-level domain > name?   I see, for instance, that besides the aforementioned > gnucash.net, someone has also registered gnucash.com. 

Re: [GNC] Using a mysql database?

2019-03-13 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 3/13/19 1:15 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > Also remember that data is only as reliable as that which is entered.  > The third law of thermodynamics states it only gets worse over time. A database rule I encountered and seems to be true is a corrolary to GI-GO: A databbase's data are only

Re: [GNC] MySQL

2019-03-07 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 3/7/19 7:22 AM, David G Hamblen wrote: > In the past, I've had problems with a mysql file, just getting > seqfaults.  Turned out that I was entering a transaction with a 1962 > date.  I forget the details, but mysql stored it as a zero, which I > couldn't reopen.  I changed the date (to