[GNC] Report - Income Statement - Layout problem

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 3/20/2022 5:21 AM, Carl-Kensaku HERBORT wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> I have tried a more recent version on MacOS (Version 4.9 / build ID 
> 4.9+(2021-12-18) / Finance::Quote:-). It solves the first problem of 
> string translation.
>
> But the second problem is still there: the width and column alignment 
> of the revenue part is not synchronized with those of the expense part.
>
> Do you have any ideas ? 

You did not say ---- is the effective nesting level of income and 
expense the same?

Even if so, the resulting report would not be what I wanted in a report 
in the final form I would be presenting to the board at meetings or 
having published in an annual report << I used to be treasurer of some 
501(c)3 organizations and used gnucash to keep the books >>

I suspect that what you want (from the developers) is an option to 
"justify columns from the right". That's what I would have in the 
"finished product" reports. In the case of the Income Statement 
(Statement of Revenues and Expenses --- what a non-profit calls this 
report) but also with Balance Sheet reports. Instead of writing custom 
reports* I export and then edit with full control over the level of 
detail in different parts, column alignment, etc. and can add annotation 
as needed. There is a lot of detail work** in producing a "pretty print" 
report.

Michael D Novack

* I am a retired pro. While not fluent in the language used to create 
the reports, I can at least read LISP and so soon could be << when you 
have written in half a dozen languages, what's one more >> But the first 
time this came up, I was advised not to bother, just export raw reports 
and edit to the finished product. Great editors already exist so why try 
to reinvent the wheel.

** For example, page breaks. You don't want them at an awkward place in 
the report so might want to insert some blank lines to prevent that. You 
might want top levels or total lines a different font size or bold, et.