[GNC] can't create a transaction report

[David Carlson]

I think these numbering conventions have been in place almost as long as
Microsoft has used local time for time stamps in MS-DOS.  I think they
should not be abandoned until the respective media are abandoned.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 4:32 PM William Prescott <will at theprescotts.com>
wrote:

> While I agree that 4.01, 4.02, ... 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 would be more
> rational, in fact  it is traditional or at least extremely common in
> version numbering to use: 4.1, 4.2,... 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 etc.
>
> In fact, 4.01 would have different implications about the nature of the
> release than 4.1. 4.01 would likely be a bug fix on 4.0 rather than a new
> release with more major changes.
>
> Will
>
> On Nov 28, 2022, at 15:18, R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This brings up a good point; perhaps GnuCash should always use two-digit
> numbering; instead of 4.1, 4.2,... 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, use
>
> 4.01, 4.02,... and so on.
>
> That way, people won't confuse 4.1 and 4.10 (or think that 4.2 is newer
> than 4.12 because 4.2 is a bigger number than 4.12).
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 7:14 PM ph hermes <phsfca.hermes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i looked on the apple store and there was no gnu cash. i thought 4.2 was
> > more recent than 4.12...
> >
> > but i'll try that anyway.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >   ph
> >
> > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:
> > writer ~:~ photographer ~:~ book designer
> > resident manager
> > paulahendricks.com
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 1:01 PM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Why don't you install 4.12 which was released recently - lots of fixes
> > and
> >> improvements since 4.2 ????
> >>
> >> Cheers David H.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 at 06:34, ph hermes <phsfca.hermes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> hi all
> >>>
> >>> i'm using gnu cash 4.2 on  my mac ventura 13.0, and can't create a
> >>> transaction report (which i've done many times before today).
> >>>
> >>> i'm trying to create a report for 2021.
> >>>
> >>> i start the process (reports, transaction reports) then go into options
> > to
> >>> select accounts, type of report, date etc.). when i hit any of those
> >>> options the transaction blinks out. or it takes 1 selection but not
> all.
> >>> and the general accounts page option disappears too.
> >>>
> >>> i've tried quitting gnucash, starting over (it opens with bad
> > transaction
> >>> report options rather than accounts).
> >>>
> >>> i've tried restarting my mac and completing shutting it down and
> > starting
> >>> over.
> >>>
> >>> what am i missing? any help appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> thanks.
> >>>
> >>>    ph
> >>>
> >>> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:
> >>> writer ~:~ photographer ~:~ book designer
> >>> resident manager
> >>> paulahendricks.com
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