[GNC] Fwd: The two modules

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Mon Jun 18 12:16:13 EDT 2018


Yes, it is the alignment of numbers that is the problem.

Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
kg7je at arrl.net
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On 06/18/2018 06:35 AM, Christopher Lam wrote:
> Hi Stephen
> Thank you this is very helpful.
> From my understanding the non-eguile version does produce satisfactory
> headings and contents.
> However its alignment of numbers is odd?
> Is the alignment of subtotals and totals perfect in your amended
> eguile report? How should it look if there are deeper levels of
> subaccounts?
> For html export, open the report tab, then File>Export>Export Report.
> I believe the standard balsheet can be refined but this will take some
> time.
> C
>
> On 18 June 2018 at 00:32, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net
> <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>> wrote:
>
>     Interesting on the age.  I thought I'd downloaded the most recent
>     Linux
>     install.  But, my version is 2.6.19 built from rev c1b5e6c8d+ on
>     2018-04-09.  May be best to wait for the next release due out
>     early next
>     week and see how those reports look.
>
>     In the interim, attached are:
>     1.  GVE.gnucash -- my current set of books for an apartment
>     building I'm
>     selling
>     2.  Balance Sheet - standard.pdf -- Standard Balance Sheet report
>     (unformatted) 
>     3.  Balance Sheet - formatted.pdf -- Eguile balance sheet after my
>     changes were applied
>             (Wife still has problems but willing to work with this. 
>     Specifically, the "Profit/Loss" line should be part of Equities and be
>     added just after Retained earnings.  She thinks I should have just one
>     line of retained earnings rather than the yearly line I created when
>     closing the books each year -- I'll have to clean up my chart of
>     accounts to accomplish that -- sigh!)  Plus, I have top level accounts
>     with the five major names (Assets, Liabilities, Equities -- maybe
>     should
>     rename to Capital, Income and Expense).  So the report does look funny
>     with the section titles repeated due to my top level accounts. 
>
>     I was going to include the eguile version -- but it no longer wants to
>     link in when I put that code back in place.  Wish I truly
>     understood how
>     that linkage works.  Doesn't seem to function as documented -- at
>     least
>     as to how I read/understood the document!  But, since eguile is going
>     away, that probably doesn't matter.
>
>     Also, is there a way to dump the html version of the reports.  I think
>     that is what you wanted but I've only figured out how to capture
>     the pdf
>     version to a file rather than letting it print.  Seems strange as I do
>     have 20 years on Unix type systems -- but mostly as an Oracle DBA and
>     didn't delve deep into the O/S.  Even my korn shell scripting ability
>     has atrophied in the past year.
>
>     I need to head out and attempt to destroy some bamboo that the
>     previous
>     owner let escape.  Plus put in the column bases for the greenhouse the
>     wife wants for her orchids.  Isn't retirement fun!  How did I ever
>     have
>     time to make the daily trip to downtown Seattle for a living?
>
>     --Steve
>
>
>     Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
>     Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com <mailto:Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com>
>     kg7je at arrl.net <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>
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>     On 06/15/2018 09:06 PM, Christopher Lam wrote:
>     > Thanks; this is from an old version of eguile balsheet which is
>     > already obsolete in 3.X onwards, and I know it'll be more
>     difficult to
>     > fix as time goes by. There are already changes from timepair to
>     > time64, compulsory CSS, removal of slots access... There is no
>     active
>     > eguile maintainer anymore, and I really cannot understand eguile.
>     >
>     > Would you be kind to comment upon the HTML output (File > Export >
>     > Export Report) of the standard (non-eguile) balsheet, with desired
>     > amendments? I can try to amend with backward compatibility.
>     >
>     > For bonus points, if you have a sample datafile with accounts and
>     > transactions that highlight the various functionality of balsheet
>     > (e.g. income/expense, equity, any foreign currency conversions or
>     > stock purchases - I'm sure the wife will have them in her textbooks)
>     > I'm sure I can fix the standard balsheet to her standards!
>     >
>     > So, wishlist:
>     >
>     >   * datafile with example transactions
>     >   * current html report of standard balsheet
>     >   * annotated ideal report produced by standard balsheet :)
>     >
>     > Let's keep this discussion public for external input too.
>     >
>     > Regards
>     >
>     > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     > From: *Stephen M. Butler* <kg7je at arrl.net <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net> <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net
>     <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>>>
>     > Date: 16 June 2018 at 00:45
>     > Subject: The two modules
>     > To: Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com
>     <mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com <mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com>>>
>     >
>     > Hope this helps.  As I mentioned in the list email, perhaps
>     there is a
>     > way to show the Trading Accounts if they are present and suppress if
>     > they are not.
>     >
>     > Also, I think it would be acceptable to have an Income/Expense
>     Report on
>     > a separate page but generated by the same module.  That would ensure
>     > that the Profit/Loss line (or whatever folks want to call it)
>     would be
>     > the same for both reports.  But my wife was adamant that they
>     are two
>     > separate reports.
>     >
>     > Thanks for the example as this is my first time seeing this
>     language. 
>     > You might find that I took some shortcuts where it wasn't
>     appropriate
>     > for the long haul -- especially around the printing of the
>     Profit/Loss
>     > line.  I'm still now sure what the #t #f and a couple of the other
>     > parameters actually do -- I just got the report to look right!
>     >
>     > --Steve
>     >
>     > --
>     > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
>     > Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com>
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