[GNC] Starting from scratch

[Clint Chaplin]

Yes, MYM 12 for DOS.  Yes, printing to file is an option, but so is output
to 123, which I am investigating.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 8:41 AM Elliot Graham <elliotgraham94 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As in managing your money (the dos app)? Why wouldn’t you print to file
> and then simply parse it?
>
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 at 15:59, Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> MYM 12.  I don't think such scripts exist.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM Elliot Graham <elliotgraham94 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Clint, what platform are you importing from? There’s a good chance
>>> someone has written a script
>>>
>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 at 22:36, Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, (soon to be) new user here.  I have almost 40 years of
>>>> transactions, in
>>>> programs that are incapable of exporting, so I'll have to start entering
>>>> them in manually.
>>>>
>>>> What strategies have people used in the past when starting up GnuCash?
>>>> I
>>>> sorta understand for normal "cash" transactions I can probably just
>>>> start
>>>> entering in transactions for the current year, but can the starting
>>>> balance
>>>> be changed as I work my way backwards?
>>>>
>>>> For stocks and mutual funds, should I start at the beginning and work my
>>>> way forward?  I'm not sure just how clean it is to start entering
>>>> current
>>>> transactions and then work my way backwards, especially given that
>>>> account
>>>> fees are taken FIFO from the first purchase in the mutual fund.
>>>>
>>>> Mortgage may be interesting, or simple.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, USA user.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
>>>
>>>
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>>>> Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin
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