[GNC] GnuCash list

[Adrien Monteleone]

> On Jul 8, 2020 w28d190, at 7:02 AM, Bruce Irving via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> From: Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>
> 
> Most people in recent times are using a webmail client (eg GMail, Yahoo, AOL, 
> Hotmail, etc.), so they are reading E-Mail in a webbrowser, just as they would 
> be reading postings in an actual webforum.  The idea of an "E-Mail List" as 
> something separate from a forum is actually foreign to these people.  And yes 
> many people would prefer a web-forum (not me -- I hate web forums and avoid 
> them whenever possible).
> 
> Thank you, Robert.  Yes, it is foreign to me.
> Unfortunately, I do not save the messages.  I needed to reinstall my OS and all my applications.  They do offer gnucash version 1:2.6.19-1.  They also offer flatpak which is currently 4.0-3.
> After reading the difficulties, I was going to wait until it smoothed out before installing but, in this case, had no choice but to upgrade.  Now, I have a couple of nits to pick:  
> 
> I started bookkeeping BC (before computer) so I'm familiar with debits and credits.  Unfortunately. I couldn't find where to use formal accounting rules.


Preferences > Accounts > Labels > Use Formal Accounting Labels

The ‘rules’ of GnuCash are double-entry.

You still have to know how to structure your transactions though. It won’t do that for you. (the ‘business features’ can handle this somewhat)


>  I recently made an entry, (I work in the general ledger.) and, as usual double checked it in the account register where it looked wrong.  So I corrected it and looked at it in the other account where it again looked wrong.  After 3 corrections, I finally realized the the accounts were different from what I was used to.

What were you seeing that you think looked wrong and what are you used to?


> I had heard several express difficulty with column widths.  

The Help manual covers this. It is a matter of dragging the header separator as needed. For the moment, this has to be done per account, though Invoices/Bills can now (as of 4.0) have a layout ‘remembered’.


> I usually work with two or more windows open at once.  But now, GNC requires me to use full screen.

No it does not. I don’t use it full screen. And while opening two instances with two different books side-by-side isn’t ‘usual’, it can be done. Each OS may be a bit different in how you accomplish it though. You can also specify Preferences > Register Defaults > Other Defaults > Register opens in a new window.


> In both of those cases, I had read there was a solution.  With a mailing list, I can't browse through the previous posts to find the answers to my issues.

There is an archive of the list here: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/

The search feature is currently broken, but you can use ’site:lists.gnucash.org search terms’ in your favorite search engine to search only the mailing list server for ’search terms’

Regards,
Adrien