[GNC] Negative numbers

[David Carlson]

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On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 4:42 PM ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> On 2020-09-12 10:27, John Ralls wrote:
> >
> >
> >> 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
>
> You ever get a letter from Red hat or Wine or Libre
> Office explaining that you need to "hire" them to
> get your bugs fixed?  This is the open source model.
> Open source is not a free lunch.
>
> Individuals can never afford to put their developers
> on the payroll.  They want a whole lot more that a
> tip jar too.  And they do seriously deserve to be
> paid for what they do.  They ARE providing a service.
>
> Lets hope Gnu Cash's developers are a little more
> responsive to requests from underfunded users in
> the future.  Or at least tag requests over a year
> old as "won't fix" so folks will quit asking for it.
>
>
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