Multi-currency problems 1 of 2

[Derek Atkins]

Oliver Kiddle <okiddle at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> 1) Is it possible to make gnucash use Finance::Quote to get the latest
> currency exchange rates? I've got the share price updates working nicely
> but I can't see how to make it also update exchange rates.

Yes, but I don't know how you configure it.

> 2) What does the "Enable EURO support" option in the preferences do? Why
> not make it default and remove the option if it does something useful.
> It is plain confusing given that gnucash is supposed to support all
> ISO4217 currencies. It'd be nice if it used the Euro symbol instead of
> "EUR" too but that's minor.

It's an historical option.  We should remove it in the next major
version.  As for the symbol -- it'll use the correct symbol if you're
in a Euro Locale.  Gnucash ONLY uses the current locale symbol -- it
wont use symbols for foreign currencies.

> 3) Can I suggest that instead of the "New Account Default Currency"
> preference option, it'd be better if the currency was inherited from the
> parent account. I've got quite a mix of pounds and euros so it is
> annoying having to select the currency all the time. Repeating those
> currencies which have been used at the top of the drop down currency box
> would be another idea.

Feel free to file an RFE in bugzilla.

> Oliver

-derek

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