[GNC] Negative numbers

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 11, 2020, at 11:33 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> On 2020-09-10 21:42, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> On 9/9/20 1:05 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>>> Not that I'm aware of, but just tab or shift-tab to the other column.
>>>> A negative credit is a positive debit and vice versa. If you try
>>>> entering a negative, you'll see GnuCash moves it to the other column
>>>> as a positive anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Adrien
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/9/20 12:31 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
>>>>> Fedora 32
>>>>> gnucash-4.1-1.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a number of program that accept negative numbers
>>>>> with the minus sign at the end `123.45-` or inside
>>>>> parenthesis `(123.56)`.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a way to tell GnuCash to do this also?  I
>>>>> keep entering it the other way and having to go back
>>>>> and put the minus sign in the front.
>> On 2020-09-09 13:18, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
>> > You may also enter an enhancement request in bugzilla.
>> >
>> Will do!
>> RFE: add ledger style negative number input
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797939
>> RFE: please give the ability to add notes to simple ledger view
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797940
> 
> Both were duplicates of four year or more old bugs.
> Shades of Libre Office and Wine.  User input
> is ignored unless you can pony up.  This is sad.
> But it is the open source model.  Give the code away
> for free and charge for maintenance
> 

There is no "pony up".

GnuCash is a *gift* of tens of thousands of hours work by a few dozen *unpaid* individuals over 20 years. All of the people on this list who have helped you are also unpaid volunteers. All of the infrastructure is provided and supported by volunteers who also donate the power and connectivity to keep the servers running and usable. While donations to the "tip jar" are surely welcome--and paid for a new server last year--the only solicitation is a link on the web page.

Regards,
John Ralls