[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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