Reminders

[Derek Atkins]

Sorry, Linux isn't Windows..  When you start Windows, you _ARE_
starting Quicken -- just not the quicken UI.  Gnucash doesn't
force itself upon you.

If you want to see when your bills are due, you have to start
gnucash.

-derek

Graeme Nichols <gnichols at tpg.com.au> writes:

> On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 14:19, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Huh?  There is very much a bill-due reminder, which is
> > run when you start GnuCash.  It will tell you when your
> > bill's (entered via the Business->Vendor menu items)
> > are coming due.
> 
> Yep! sure. But that is not what I now do when I cat my file when I start
> a virtual terminal. I want to have a reminder of my bills each time I
> log into my system. My present problem is that once logged into my
> system (init 5) and Gnome comes up I would like to have my file cat to
> the desktop without having to start a virtual terminal.
> > 
> > Similarly, scheduled transactions will also let you know
> > when they are "due", in the SinceLastRun dialog.
> > 
> > So, frankly, I'm not sure what you're complaining about....
> > 
> I am not complaining about anything. I am a very happy gnucash user.
> Quicken, which I gave up using some months ago, puts a list of my due
> bills as soon as I bring up Windows. No need to start Quicken. I only
> need to run gnucash once a week but I want to be reminded about all my
> due bills EVERY time I log into Gnome. It would be nice to have my file
> cat to the desktop as soon as Gnome comes up, either in a virtual
> terminal or straight onto the desktop and I need some help on how to do
> that.
> 
> My apologies if I didn't explain myself sufficiently well and big thanks
> to all the developers of gnucash.
> 
> Ta,
> > -derek
> > 
> > Graeme Nichols <gnichols at tpg.com.au> writes:
> > 
> > > Hello Folks,
> > > 
> > > I am a very contented user of gnucash 1.8. The scheduled transactions
> > > work very well but there is no reminder function for bills as they draw
> > > near to payment date.
> > > 
> > > To overcome this in a crude, but effective, way I maintain a small text
> > > file containing by upcoming bills, one per line containing payee, amount
> > > and due date.
> > > 
> > > I have a line at the end of my .bashrc file to cat that file. In this
> > > way I always get a reminder of the bills I have coming up.
> > > 
> > > The one drawback to this method is that I boot to Gnome and do not get
> > > the reminder unless I open a virtual terminal, which I don't always need
> > > to do.
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to do this so that when Gnome comes up it then spawns a
> > > virtual terminal automatically or simply cats the file directly to the
> > > desktop?
> > > 
> > > All help appreciated. TIA.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Kind regards,
> > > 
> > > Graeme.
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------------
> > > "Your arguments are very well and are theoretically sound, but if ever
> > > payment of members comes into force, it will result in Parliament being
> > > flooded with men of mediocre ability and may eventually open the doors
> > > to a regime of terrorism and corruption."
> > > 
> > > Sir Henry Parkes in reply to Jacob Garrard, member for Balmain, on the
> > > subject of payment to members of Parliament. 1880.
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> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Graeme.
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> "Your arguments are very well and are theoretically sound, but if ever
> payment of members comes into force, it will result in Parliament being
> flooded with men of mediocre ability and may eventually open the doors
> to a regime of terrorism and corruption."
> 
> Sir Henry Parkes in reply to Jacob Garrard, member for Balmain, on the
> subject of payment to members of Parliament. 1880.
> ----------------------------------------

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available