Shortcut keys: splits, tabbing, taxes, exchange rates

[C. Andrews Lavarre]

Well, just installed 2.6.4 update from the openSuse 13.1 repository and
now the shortcut Alt+A,P works in all accounts.

But the others are still at issue.

Cheers, Andy


On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 14:10 -0400, C. Andrews Lavarre wrote:

> A couple of  oddities I've noted over time but not taken the time
> until now to raise:
> 
> 1. The shortcut sequence Alt+A, P correctly opens a transaction split,
> but only if you are in an expense account. It does not work in Asset,
> Liability, or Income accounts, at least not for me. 
> 
> 2. I can no longer switch sequentially to the next/previous account
> tab with Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn, although it used to work around six months
> ago IIRC. It does work in a browser, so must be a GnuCash thing.
> 
> And I have not found any way to change either in GnuCash... It's
> possible that I had programmed a KDE-wide shortcut sequence but don't
> remember doing that, although if it is not present in GnuCash I
> suppose I can figure out a way to do so.
> 
> =====
> 
> Additionally just another vote for automatic tax calculations; I've
> seen several such requests while googling. For example:
> 
>     Account: Expense:Living:Supplies always incurs a 7% sales tax.
>     Account: Expense:{anything}:{GB {anything}}always incurs a 20% VAT
> 
> It would be so cool for the following to exist:
> 
> In ACCOUNTS right click an account → Edit Account → Under General >
> Identification > Checkbox: x Sales Tax → TextBox: 20.0 Tax Rate
> 
> Then any split assigned to this account would automatically correct
> the entered principal value by the specified Tax Rate.
> 
> Even cooler would be to: Given the specified Security/currency for the
> account and considering the Security/currency for the account being
> debited (e.g., Cash GBP) to have the current exchange rate applied. 
> 
> So, for example:
> 
> Entering £1.00 in Cash:GBP expense to the split account
> Expense:Living:Supplies:GB Supplies would adjust the £1.00 purchase to
> 
>     1.645928*1.20*x
> 
>     where x is the entered £1.00 sale price of the article This is
> already partially programmed, as entering that sequence brings a pop
> up querying the exchange rate and offering to fetch the latest
> (although the fetching doesn't seem to work for me, but that's another
> problem).
> 
> I presently accomplish this with an AutoKey shortcut ;gfgtv that
> executes
> 
>     1.65928*1.2*
> 
> but better if it were totally automagic.
> 
> Carry on. An excellent program, thank you.
> 
> Cheers, Andy