gnucash-user Digest, Vol 141, Issue 46

Mon Dec 29 19:47:24 EST 2014

Yoosh:

Biriyani for here AND to go?  Seriously, that is more tease than I had allowed on me.  Glad I have turned vegetarian.

The Loins were flying in the wind against the packs.  Rodgers hopping on one foot

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>   1. Re: Expense Barchart report (matzeNOTAVAILABLE .)
>   2. Re: GNUCash Report issue (Mike or Penny Novack)
>   3. Re: Keyboard Shortcuts (John Ralls)
>   4. Re: Budget - Monthly or Yearly? (David Carlson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:29:22 +0100
> From: "matzeNOTAVAILABLE ." <matze999 at gmail.com>
> To: Wm <wm+gnc at tarrcity.demon.co.uk>
> Cc: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: Expense Barchart report
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> 1) I looked through the thread, but i did not see "the answer". Maybe you
> can help an old slow man out and recite it?
> 4) Missed that one as well. Where did we do that
> 
> The copying and pasting into some other application and formatting it there
> is not really an option for me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
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>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Wm <wm+gnc at tarrcity.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>> Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:51:36 <CA+Hf49YSqZ6EDnR_EG=hHA3YrNWwU=Zi5VwisSOHbY4Jo=
>> 9OMA at mail.gmail.com> matzeNOTAVAILABLE . <matze999 at gmail.com>
>> 
>> Hi,
>>> thank you. I think it has been stretched as far as it will go ... :). I
>>> embedded a few of those reports in a custom report which helps.
>>> I can work with this though. If i want it to go further i guess i need to
>>> spice up my scheme skills ... :)
>> 
>> Masochism isn't something I'd recommend in public when there are more
>> sensible ways of accessing your data
>> 
>> A few things that i'd still like to be able to do.
>>> 1) If i add multiple account to the report, instead of the being displayed
>>> right one under the other, have the option to aggregate the amount for the
>>> given time step size (ie a monthly basis).
>> 
>> You can do that, you appear not to like the answer
>> 
>> 2) Remove the extra "<month> <year>" line.
>> 
>> That is definitely a DIY thing
>> 
>> 3) Use regular font instead of bold.
>> 
>> See immed above
>> 
>> 4) Transpose the listing (ie row<->columns)
>> 
>> We did that earlier, which is the important bit?
>> 
>> --
>> Wm...
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> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:44:10 -0500
> From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>
> To: minemax <maksym.minenko at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: GNUCash Report issue
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> minemax wrote:
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>> I have 14 small gnucash.trace* files.
>> <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/n4674698/29_12_2014_08_46_54.png> 
>> Here is the combined output:
>> 
>> 
>> By the way, I've found that the reports are generated in this  folder!
>> gnc-report-*.html files. So the problem is gnucash for some reasons doesn't
>> want to render them inside the program.
> That would be correct behavior. Programs are programs, data is data, and 
> best they be kept separate. The "some reason" is sane programming 
> practice. It's fine for a program to have some designated DATA directory 
> in which to send stuff like this but not wise for that to be in a 
> directory dedicated for programs to live. Remember, all users on a 
> computer system could be able to share one copy of the program, but 
> their data is their own and should be somewhere in that user's user 
> directory.
> 
> Michael D Novack
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:01:58 -0800
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> To: By JoVe <jove98 at me.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Keyboard Shortcuts
> Message-ID: <4141EF41-39BB-4901-A783-8E96412CD116 at ceridwen.us>
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>> On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:50 PM, By JoVe <jove98 at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanx for the explanation.
>> 
>> Is that a GTK bug or Apple?s and does the culprit know?
> 
> It's not a bug. It's a reflection of the fact that Gtk isn't a native UI toolkit, it's an overlay on X11 that has been adapted to talk to the Quartz and Windows drawing engines.
> 
>> 
>> BTW: is there a reasonable way to find out, which of the slightly obfuscated entries in the accelerator map, 
>> such as 
>> 
>> ; (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/MenuAdditions/47f45d7d6d57b68518481c1fc8d4e4baAction" ?")
>> 
>> corresponds to which human readable menu entry? The entries to modify the view of the transactions are of particular interest to me, but it might be a general point of interest.
> 
> I think those are your saved custom reports. If I'm right, the hex number part corresponds to the GUID of the report, which you'll find in ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/saved-reports-2.4.
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> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
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> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:33:30 -0600
> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Budget - Monthly or Yearly?
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>> On 12/28/2014 4:07 PM, Chris Henderson wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Wm <wm+gnc at tarrcity.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:45:25 <5496F925.7020309 at gmail.com>  David Carlson <
>>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>>> 
>>> Actually, staying with the Clothing example, some retailers have major
>>>> sales at certain times of year, or they rotate their inventory, only
>>>> having spring clothing available in late winter and spring, so folks
>>>> need to shop at a certain time to get certain products.  This is one
>>>> purpose for a budget, so there is a plan to have money available at the
>>>> proper time.
>>> that is spreadsheet stuff, gnc's budgeting is sufficiently crap that you
>>> shouldn't be using it if you require that level of detail.
>> 
>> Wondering if anyone has any experience with Pear Budget Excel spread sheet.
>> It seems to be popular but not sure how it stacks up against gnc budgeting.
>> 
>> Thanks.
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> Hi Chris
> 
> Thanks for bringing this alternative to our attention.  I have not heard
> of it before, but it looks like it would probably work nicely for many
> people.  It seems to acknowledge and help to address the dilemma of
> dealing with irregularly occurring expenses.
> 
> It is not double entry, which may be a negative for some GnuCash users.
> 
> When I was in high school I was taught about the "Envelope Budget",
> which consisted of taking your income in cash and actually dividing it
> up into envelopes for rent, etc., and that may still be the best for
> some individuals. 
> 
> Choose a tool that looks like it will work for you and try it.
> 
> David C
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