command line QIF import

[John R. Sowden]

To: Liz, the moderator, and the list:

Actually Gnucash seems to strike a strong resemblance to Quicken.  The 
data entry in the journal mode with no payee in the check or source 
account entry (from cash, checking, or credit cards), and where the 
amounts of the entry change in during the data entry process, and where 
errors, often based on changing amounts (2 debits, etc.,) are hidden 
from the user.

It makes sense that users of the Intuit family of products want to 
leave, due to some of their business practices; and some desire to use 
an operating system that is not founded on enhancing the profits of the 
publishers at the user's expense.

I watch Gnucash for fixes to these problems, but all I see are 
justifications of why they exist.  A 'preference' switch to allow users 
who are familiar and comfortable with the 'Intuit Way' to continue, vs. 
those with accounting knowledge who want a transaction to look like a 
transaction, could have it that way, is a possibility.  The end result 
would be a transaction posted to the appropriate accounts.

I use a DOS program run under Dosemu in Ubuntu, written by 2 programmers 
who sold their program to Intuit.  Intuit buried their program, "In 
House Accountant", and use some of its code in Quickbooks.  I declined 
their offer to 'switch'.

John Sowden
American Sentry Systems, Inc.


On 10/16/2017 07:06 PM, Liz wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 06:52:17 -0700 (MST)
> Nelson <fkjasdhf878 at mailinator.com> wrote:
>
>> You're getting very defensive here David and your posts are not
>> contributing to this discussion at all.
>>
>>
> Gnucash is Gnucash.
> It isn't a Quicken-to-Gnucash project.
>
> Yes, we do get many queries about this, but the process once completed
> is soon forgotten, and while there is much knowledge about this in the
> mailing lists, Quicken-to-Gnucash is not the main focus of this project.
>
>
> Nelson, you are free to try and do what you like, except start personal
> attacks on other contributors.
>
> Liz, the moderator.
> (Profanity is also something I heavily discourage)
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