Unable to create new Namespace in Price Editor

[Jonathan Wells]

Thanks for that info.

That works for creating the Namespace, a Security, and subsequently for 
creating a Price.

But my idea will not work as the only account type that can be 
denominated using the new MILEAGE commodity is "Stock" or "Mutual Fund". 
  Ideally I want to enter MILEAGE directly from the vehicle log into an 
expense account transaction as if it was a currency worth 55c per unit.  
I will do the calculation manually and enter it as a normal expense.

Jon



------ Original Message ------
From: "David Reiser" <dbreiser at icloud.com>
To: "Jonathan Wells" <jon.wells at yakka.ca>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Sent: 08/06/2016 12:59:34 PM
Subject: Re: Unable to create new Namespace in Price Editor

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>>  On Jun 8, 2016, at 11:21 AM, Jonathan Wells <jon.wells at yakka.ca> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>  I am trying to create a new Namespace in the Price Editor in order to 
>>create a commodity for recording vehicle miles at $0.xx cents per 
>>mile.  The Namespace would be entered as "MILEAGE".
>>
>>  As I understand it, I should be able to type a new Namespace directly 
>>into the Namespace box in the Price Editor Add Form and it should be 
>>created when the commodity is saved to the database.
>>
>>  I can type into the Namespace box OK.  However, as soon as I tab out 
>>of the Namespace box (ie Namespace box loses the focus) , the 
>>Namespace reverts to the last value it had.  This is always a value 
>>that is on the drop down list  (CURRENCY, FUND, NASDAQ, NYSE etc).
>>
>>  For instance, the value in the Namespace box is "CURRENCY" when I 
>>open the Add price dialogue.  I overtype "CURRENCY" with "MILEAGE".  I 
>>tab out of the Namespace field.  The valu of the Namespace textbox 
>>reverts to "CURRENCY".
>>
>>  Am I missing a step somewhere ?  I'm using GnuCash 2.6.12 on Windows 
>>7.
>>
>>  Thanks!
>>
>>  Jon
>>
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>You can create the new Namespace in the Security Editor, not the Price 
>Editor. When you are defining your new ‘security’, you can type over 
>the default Namespace with your new one. When you click OK to save the 
>new security, the new namespace is added at the same time.
>
>--
>Dave Reiser
>dbreiser at icloud.com
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