[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 214, Issue 9

[Keith Bellairs]

Re: [GNC] Entering a sell in a stock account has magic number
        changer

In my experience the automatic decimal point preference has been broken for
a while. I have used it for decades to save keystrokes. But in my MacOS
 version of GNC 4.x it became almost impossible to enter the number of
stock shares in a security account. Sometimes forcing a decimal point
worked, sometimes not.

I solved the problem with the mentioned workaround: turn off automatic
decimal point. And retrain yourself to start typing decimal points.

Keith

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 15:03:12 -0600
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Entering a sell in a stock account has magic number
>         changer
> Message-ID: <rt2k6h$ln6$1 at ciao.gmane.io>
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> Sounds like a preference issue.
>
> Check Preferences > Numbers, Date & Time > Automatic decimal point, and
> turn it off if it is checked. (you can also alter the number of decimal
> places in the very next preference)
>
> If you don't have that preference turned on (checked) then something
> else is at play.
>
> I don't recall if that preference is on by default. I have had it off as
> long as I can recall (several years) and GnuCash is generally not in the
> habit of changing your preferences on upgrade, so if it was off before,
> it should still be off.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 1/5/21 9:27 AM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:
> > I see the same divide by 100 when I duplicate an old transaction, split,
> and enter a value, then leave that cell.? It is never proper to modify
> inputs without a dialog except to reformat trailing zeros after the
> decimal, add comma thousands separators and similar presentation artifacts.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2021 10:18 am
> > Subject: Re: Entering a sell in a stock account has magic number changer
> >
> > Plus, if I enter a value and tab or shift-tab, it divides it by 100.? If
> I enter a number, I expect it to tay put unless there is a dialog asking my
> permission to change it!!
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2021 10:14 am
> > Subject: Entering a sell in a stock account has magic number changer
> >
> > I am trying to enter my RMD sales of securities, and when I enter the
> value, price or shares it gets divided by 100 gratuitously with no dialog,
> and if I adjust all three numbers and accept a price change, it divides
> other numbers gratuitously.? This is very counter-intuitive, frustrating,
> time-wasting!? If the 3 numbers do not agree and I choose a price
> recalculate, my entered shares and value should be unchanged!? This is such
> a bad upgrade from past behaviors!
>
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