[GNC-dev] Finance::Quote and the Toronto Stock Exchange

[gnu Gord]

I can only offer speculations as I was not the one to change the name of
the module and don't know the reasoning behind it. I suspect it has
something to do with where the stock quotes can be found. The website and
organization represented there is called The TMX and it seems to encompass
several exchanges. Have a look here:
https://www.tmx.com/tmx-group/tmx-group-companies

The Toronto Stock Exchange is still called The TSX but this website
(frontend?) can also get quotes from the TSX Venture Exchange and the
Montreal Exchange, to name a couple. In fact, if you append "*:us*" to a
stock symbol it will get quotes from the NYSE in USD.

Sorry, that's about all the light I can shed on the subject.

Because the name of the exchange hasn't changed do you still think the
manual needs to be changed? I see this as more of an internal change to
point GnuCash at the correct module in Finance::Quote, nothing else really
changes, does it?

Gord



On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 3:47 PM Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gord,
>
> nice to see you thinking a step further. But at first I have a question:
> Why was it renamed from TSX to TMX?
>
>  From what I read in wikipedia the owner renamed itself a decade ago but
> not the market.
>
> Also ISO 10383
> https://www.iso20022.org/market-identifier-codes
> has it still as TSX.
>
> I would prefer, if the F::Q modules —where applicable— would follow this
> standard.
>
> Am 26.11.22 um 20:40 schrieb gnu Gord:
> > Hello List,
> > I recently changed/fixed the module in Finance::Quote that queries the
> > Toronto Stock Exchange for quotes (actually TMX). This change will be in
> > the next release of FQ.
> > I am unclear how to proceed from here as far as GnuCash is concerned.
> > Should I create a pull request changing the file* gnc-commodity.c *It
> > currently points to a module called "tsx" which does not exist.
> >
> > Please forgive my fumbling questions, I'm new to all this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gord
>
> Yes,
>
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/maint/libgnucash/engine/gnc-commodity.c#L227
> is the right place.
>
> But usually you should also update the documentation:
> The table <row> elements starting in
>
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/blob/maint/manual/C/tips-appendix.xml#L890
> ;
>
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/blob/maint/manual/C/tips-appendix.xml#L1183
> and the state <para>
>
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/blob/maint/manual/C/tips-appendix.xml#L1306
>
> As it is only a change of a symbol in latin writing it is easy to patch
> also the other languages of the documentation.
>
> Regards
> Frank
>