GnuCash security symbol incompatible with financeQuote

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 12, 2017, at 12:57 PM, gnucash_noob_22237 <ml.hnel.227484 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree, FinanceQuote reacts perfectly well when presented with the correct
> symbol.
> 
> The problem I still can't overcome is how to get GnuCash to present
> FinanceQuote with the correct symbol for this security. I tried to create a
> new security with symbol "BTEM.L" but GnuCash will not let me continue until
> I give a "Type". Say I choose "LSE", for example. I am not allowed to leave
> it empty.
> 
> Now, when I go to the price editor and click "Get Quotes", I see:
> "Unable to retrieve quotes for these items: LSE:L.BTEM".
> 
> This is what I was referring to. How can I remove the "LSE:" part? Or how
> can I override this default behaviour by which GnuCash enforces the FQ
> request to be formatted like "X:Y" ?

GnuCash doesn't send the LSE: part to Finance::Quote, it just uses it for the error dialog.

Why did you set the symbol to L.BTEM instead of BTEM.L?

Regards,
John Ralls