[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 216, Issue 1
Stephen C. Camidge
scamidge at fastmail.fm
Mon Mar 1 12:20:28 EST 2021
Sorry Will, Gnucash does not supporrt that. I meant multiple registers. Derek provided the answer I needed.
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> 1. Re: Wrong numeric separators in new file (Tony Vanson)
> 2. Re: gnucash finance quote not installed properly (David H)
> 3. Re: USAA FSB requires newer QWIN support (hmp3)
> 4. File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?
> (Adam Funk)
> 5. Linux question (Stephen C. Camidge)
> 6. Re: Linux question (Derek Atkins)
> 7. Re: Linux question (Stephen C. Camidge)
> 8. Re: Linux question (will at theprescotts.com)
> 9. Re: Linux question (Derek Atkins)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:30:52 +0700
> From: Tony Vanson <tonyvans70 at gmail.com>
> To: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> Cc: GnuCash-User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Wrong numeric separators in new file
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> Thank you all - fixed.
> In Windows 10 Region/Additional Settings/Customise Format did the trick.
> Beats me why the format was changed in the first place - but that is
> Windows for ya' :-)
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> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:08 AM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> > That's for accounts, e.g. Assets:Current:Bank of America:Checking.
> >
> > Tony is asking about ',' and '.' to separate parts of a number. That's
> > driven by locale settings, so have a look at
> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Locale_Settings. Remember that GnuCash is
> > *not* a native Windows app and doesn't understand custom settings in Region
> > & Language.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> > > On Feb 28, 2021, at 7:28 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> > adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Preferences > Accounts > Separator Character
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Adrien
> > >
> > > On 2/28/21 9:11 PM, Tony Vanson wrote:
> > >> Hi All,
> > >> On Windows 10 and Gnucash 4.4
> > >> After a catastrophic failure of my laptop, which also took out my
> > external
> > >> backup drive, I found a 2 year old backup on another drive.
> > >> The data loss is not a huge problem as it is solely for my own use.
> > >> I closed that old file and used it to create a new file hierarchy with
> > >> every account in the new file showing zero - all good.
> > >> However I notice when entering amounts now that the thousands separator
> > is
> > >> a decimal point and the decimal point is a comma e.g. $10.000.000,00.
> > >> I've dug around some but haven't been able to find where I can change
> > the
> > >> separators.
> > >> Any advice is much appreciated
> > >> Cheers
> > >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:30:27 +1000
> From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
> To: "David G. Pickett" <dgpickett at aol.com>
> Cc: "tommy.trussell at gmail.com" <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>,
> "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] gnucash finance quote not installed properly
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> 4.4 has been available via flatpak for a while now...
>
> You should ? also if no new GnuCash version was announced ? sometimes run
>
> sudo flatpak update # sudo is only required for systemwide installations
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 12:31, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > I did an apt remove and apt install, and now /usr/bin/gnucash=3.8 supports
> > the finance quote again. My gui is still 3.9 flatpak, unless it bugs out
> > on me, and then I can use a term to use 3.8, perhaps more stable. I still
> > wonder when 4.4 will come to ubuntu 20.04 lts, apparently the current most
> > recent ubuntu lts. After having boinc bow out when I went to 20.04 lts, I
> > was afraid I was losing another app to a declasse OS!
> > Just in time for end of month numbers!
> > dgp at dgp-p6803w:~$ /usr/bin/gnucash --versionGnuCash 3.8Build ID:
> > 3.8b+(2019-12-29)dgp at dgp-p6803w:~$
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> > To: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> > Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Sent: Sat, Feb 27, 2021 4:56 pm
> > Subject: Re: [GNC] gnucash finance quote not installed properly
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 8:36 AM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user <
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> >
> > PS: I see the version I run is under flatpak under gnome-shell, and the
> > one in /usr/bin is the corrupted version used for quotes.
> > dgp at dgp-p6803w:~$ /usr/bin/gnucash --version/usr/bin/gnucash: error while
> > loading shared libraries: libboost_locale.so.1.74.0: cannot open shared
> > object file: No such file or directorydgp at dgp-p6803w:~$ pse gnucashUID
> > PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMDdgp 1405038 1966 0
> > 09:20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/flatpak-bwrap --args 30 gnucashdgp
> > 1405050 1405038 0 09:20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/flatpak-bwrap
> > --args 30 gnucashdgp 1405051 1405050 13 09:20 ? 00:01:17
> > gnucashdgp at dgp-p6803w:~$
> >
> >
> > The one in /usr/bin/gnucash is NOT the flatpak one, so you must have a
> > partially installed / broken version of GnuCash installed on your system.
> > The command to launch the flatpak one is
> > $ flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash
> > And you can pass additional arguments to it. SO for example:
> >
> > $ flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash --version GnuCash 4.4 Build ID:
> > Flathub 4.4-4
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> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 08:20:54 -0500
> From: hmp3 <hmpollock3 at outlook.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] USAA FSB requires newer QWIN support
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> Still feeling it was a Mac problem and using the logical progression of
> numbers I put in QWIN 2800 and it works in that ofx.log shows success
> and transactions exist as a single line.? The generic transaction
> manager is blank and no transactions appear in the register.? I now
> think the problem is with the Windows version of the transaction manager.
>
>
> On 2021-02-28 1:45 p.m., hmp3 wrote:
> > I have followed the instructions exactly and can get transaction
> > downloads from usaa to show up on the ofx.log.? The transaction
> > manager is blank and they don't show? up in the account.? In the log
> > they are a? long line so I think the problem is that QMOFX 2300 is a
> > Mac program and results in line feeds without carriage returns.? I saw
> > elsewhere that QWIN 2900 should be the equivalent windows program but
> > putting that in results in "We're unable to complete your request. To
> > download USAA account transactions into Quicken, you'll need to verify
> > your information. Get Access ID and PIN here
> > https://df3cx-services.1fsapi.com/casm/usaa/enroll" Has anyone done
> > this successfully with the Windows version
> >
> >
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:46:51 +0000
> From: Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com>
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux
> computers?
> Message-ID: <bsevghxur1.ln2 at news.ducksburg.com>
>
> My laptop died recently but I managed to recover all of the home
> directory and I'm setting up another one. Looking through the copy of
> $HOME from the old one, I find gnucash-related files in the following
> locations:
>
> ~/.gnucash (no files changed since 01/2019)
> ~/.cache/gnucash (... 05/2020)
> ~/.config/gnucash (empty, changed 05/2020)
> ~/.local/share/gnucash (has timestamps from the day I last
> ran gnucash)
>
> as well as the directory where I save the main file.
>
> >From looking at the contents and the GnuCash wiki, I think that I can
> discard ~/.gnucash because ~/.local/share/gnucash has completely
> superseded it, but I'm surprised that ~/.config/gnucash is empty. And
> I think the .cache stuff is supposed to be discardable.
>
> Any advice or suggestions? (I'm using Ubuntu-MATE.)
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:39:42 -0500
> From: "Stephen C. Camidge" <scamidge at fastmail.fm>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] Linux question
> Message-ID: <2165b402-e671-43da-9dda-a06d5603639f at www.fastmail.com>
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> I am starting to learn about Linux (I use Gnucash on my Mac) and copied
> my datafile over to Gnucash installed on Manjaro Linux via a flashdrive.
>
> On the Mac I have preferences I can tweak and I can have mutiple data
> accounts open at once. I do not see this under Linux.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you
> Steve
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:46:25 -0500
> From: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>
> To: "Stephen C. Camidge" <scamidge at fastmail.fm>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Linux question
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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, March 1, 2021 11:39 am, Stephen C. Camidge wrote:
> > I am starting to learn about Linux (I use Gnucash on my Mac) and copied my
> > datafile over to Gnucash installed on Manjaro Linux via a flashdrive.
> >
> > On the Mac I have preferences I can tweak and I can have mutiple data
> > accounts open at once. I do not see this under Linux.
>
> Linux has preferences you can tweak. Edit -> Preferences.
>
> As for "multiple data accounts" -- do you mean "multiple files" open, or
> just multiple registers open? You can absolutely have multiple registers
> open.. For multiple data files, on Linux, you need to run GnuCash
> multiple times -- I wasn't sure you could even DO that on a Mac?
>
> >
> > Please advise.
>
> Hope this helps..
>
> >
> > Thank you
> > Steve
>
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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> -derek
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> derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:49:03 -0500
> From: "Stephen C. Camidge" <scamidge at fastmail.fm>
> To: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Linux question
> Message-ID: <accf75b8-64a3-4c14-be3e-dc802215bb6e at www.fastmail.com>
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> I am looking to modify Gnucash preferences on Linux.
>
> I mean multiple registers open.
>
> Thank you,
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, March 1, 2021 11:39 am, Stephen C. Camidge wrote:
> > > I am starting to learn about Linux (I use Gnucash on my Mac) and copied my
> > > datafile over to Gnucash installed on Manjaro Linux via a flashdrive.
> > >
> > > On the Mac I have preferences I can tweak and I can have mutiple data
> > > accounts open at once. I do not see this under Linux.
> >
> > Linux has preferences you can tweak. Edit -> Preferences.
> >
> > As for "multiple data accounts" -- do you mean "multiple files" open, or
> > just multiple registers open? You can absolutely have multiple registers
> > open.. For multiple data files, on Linux, you need to run GnuCash
> > multiple times -- I wasn't sure you could even DO that on a Mac?
> >
> > >
> > > Please advise.
> >
> > Hope this helps..
> >
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Steve
> >
> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> >
> > -derek
> > --
> > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745
> > derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
> > Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> >
> >
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 10:49:34 -0600
> From: "will at theprescotts.com" <will at theprescotts.com>
> To: GnuCash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Linux question
> Message-ID: <691E526B-D723-4704-A717-A745332E765E at theprescotts.com>
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>
> Steve,
>
> When you say "multiple data accounts", do you mean that you can open
> more than one Gnucash file at once on Mac OS? How do you do that? I
> haven't been able to and it would be convenient.
>
> Regards,
> Will
>
> On 2021 Mar 1, at 03-01 10:39:42, Stephen C. Camidge
> <scamidge at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> I am starting to learn about Linux (I use Gnucash on my Mac) and copied
> my datafile over to Gnucash installed on Manjaro Linux via a flashdrive.
>
> On the Mac I have preferences I can tweak and I can have mutiple data
> accounts open at once. I do not see this under Linux.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you
> Steve
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:57:30 -0500
> From: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>
> To: "Stephen C. Camidge" <scamidge at fastmail.fm>
> Cc: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Linux question
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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, March 1, 2021 11:49 am, Stephen C. Camidge wrote:
> > I am looking to modify Gnucash preferences on Linux.
>
> Like I said... Edit -> Preference.
>
> If it's not being stored persistently, then you don't have the dconf
> service running.
>
> > I mean multiple registers open.
>
> It absolutely supports this. You may need to flip the preference from Tab
> to Window or Window to Tab depending on how you want it to behave. Edit
> -> Preferences -> Register Defaults, "Register opens in new window"
>
> > Thank you,
> > Steve
>
> -derek
> --
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> derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
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