2008-09-12 GnuCash IRC logs
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00:41:51 <citrus> newbie question: Is there a quick way to get gnucash2 running under mac (Tiger) with Fink? My first install I can't get past "gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at configure time." I've googled and searched for hours, but can't seem to understand how to solve.
00:43:07 <jsled> that's just an ignorable warning.
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00:43:19 <warlord> citrus: it's just.... yeah, what jsled said
00:43:23 <warlord> you can ignore that warning.
00:45:13 <citrus> That's what I've read online, but how to ignore? I just get back to a terminal prompt.
00:45:44 <warlord> ignore it meaning it means nothing. it's not the cause of your failure. period.
00:45:47 <warlord> Do you have X running?
00:47:30 <citrus> I'm not explicitly launching X. Should I? How?
00:47:37 <warlord> With Tiger you have to.
00:47:44 <warlord> (I think)
00:48:03 <jsled> I believe "X11" is under Applications.
00:50:48 <citrus> found it in "Applications>Utilities" and had to call gnucash with "/sw/bin/gnucash"
00:50:50 <warlord> I know that in 10.3 and earlier you need to launch X11 first. I don't recall whether you need to in 10.4. I know that in 10.5 it will auto-launch
00:51:25 <warlord> Yes, you need to call /sw/bin -- unless it's in your PATH
00:51:48 <citrus> is the PATH a Fink variable?
00:54:31 <citrus> a million thanks to you. It's my first experience handling software in this manner. It's frustrating to search and read yet get nowhere.
00:55:09 <warlord> PATH is a system/shell/terminal/X11 setting.
01:06:10 <warlord> good night
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01:10:07 <citrus> thanks
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13:23:20 <warlord> hey charles
13:23:38 <cedayiv> Hi there
13:23:39 <warlord> FYI, some of the differences between account types are the labels used in the register column headers.
13:24:12 <cedayiv> The register thing worked out like we thought - the split holds the original account
13:24:17 <cedayiv> OK
13:24:45 <warlord> yay
13:24:53 <cedayiv> I don't know the difference between some of the accounts, like credit card vs. "just plain" equity.
13:25:04 <warlord> CC is a Liability
13:25:05 <cedayiv> oops.. i meant liability
13:25:43 <warlord> in many cases the type has no additional significance (now)
13:26:21 <cedayiv> Anyway if there are no differences now, there could be. E.g. the "credit card" type could have an account limit and show how much credit is left. (Maybe that feature already exists. I don't know.)
13:26:45 <warlord> It does not currently exist, but yes, it could..
13:27:27 <cedayiv> Similarly, the "stock" and "mutual fund" types could be made more distinct.
13:28:02 <warlord> right
13:28:16 <cedayiv> It's too bad there isn't a more general form of investment account though. If you want to track an ETF, for example, you have to pick "stock" or "mutual fund". It's neither.
13:28:17 <warlord> .. which is why I think they exist as they do now.. for future expansion
13:30:09 <cedayiv> So on the register/exchange rate thing, so far I have just tweaked the zeroing. Now it only zeroes if the new account has a different commodity than the original.
13:30:35 <warlord> ok.
13:31:33 <cedayiv> And I added a new behavior... if you've changed the account to a new commodity (which zeroes the rate) then switch back to the original commodity, it resets the rate to the original value (whatever is already in the split.)
13:32:09 <warlord> neat.
13:34:23 <cedayiv> The exchange rate pops up correctly now if you type in a new account and then try to leave the row with the up/down key, but if you leave the cell some other way (such as tab or enter) then the old behavior persists.
13:34:36 <cedayiv> So still some work to do.
13:36:32 <cedayiv> Is there a mechanism to specify a callback function that gets called just before leaving a cell?
13:36:38 <warlord> Isn't it great how we have multiple code paths based on the means of exiting a row?
13:36:56 <warlord> Ummm... I honestly dont recall.
13:37:00 <cedayiv> (Exactly the reason for my question!)
13:37:10 <warlord> I dont think there is. :(
13:39:05 <cedayiv> So far I only see two ways to leave the current row. You leave via gnc_split_register_traverse(), or by gnc_split_register_save(). Do you know of any others?
13:39:29 <warlord> honestly i dont know.
13:43:50 <cedayiv> OK. The problem is that if you are on the account cell and type in a new account, then press Enter, gnc_split_register_save() gets called instead of gnc_split_register_traverse(). All the brains about what to do when an account changes is in gnc_split_register_traverse(). So I was thinking of pulling that stuff out into a separate function that can be called from either.
13:44:18 <warlord> Sure..
13:44:35 <warlord> Refactoring is always a good thing.
13:48:05 <cedayiv> A more general solution might be to have something like a "traverse_prepare" callback that gets called when a cell is about to be exited, and a different callback function could be set different for each cell. But for now I think it is enough to have a single function that deals with all types of cells. (In fact, I believe currently only the account cell and action cell need special...
13:48:07 <cedayiv> ...treatment at the moment.)
13:49:20 <warlord> I wouldn't spend too much time re-architecting the register... We have the register-rewrite branch.
13:49:51 <cedayiv> I haven't looked at that at all. How far along is it?
13:51:11 <warlord> I honestly dont know.
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