2010-05-23 GnuCash IRC logs

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05:14:21 <lupine_85> ho de hum, trying to run gnucash 2.3.12 (I'm hitting an annoying bug in 2.2.9), having compiled from the tarball, just isn't running. 'bin/gnucash' exits with no output and code 1
05:15:11 <lupine_85> "bin/gnucash-env bin/gnucash-bin" results in an error: standard-reports.scm:79:23: Wrong type (expecting string): #f
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13:44:44 <Askarii> My banner, header or logo images never show up on fancy invoices
13:44:49 <Askarii> is there a known bug?
13:44:57 <Askarii> I've been searching but found nothing
13:45:04 <Askarii> I've resized my images as well, no luck
13:45:13 <Askarii> I'm using .png as stated in the help files
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14:05:43 <Askarii> anyone?
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20:37:42 <scar> how can i add an opening balance to an account i've already put lots of transactions in?
20:40:23 <shade304> i think you just make an entry in the ledger on the opening day
20:43:59 <shade304> in the description column write opening balance, in the next column Equity:Opening Balances, if you are in single line view
20:44:56 <shade304> and the amount of deposit
20:45:59 <shade304> if you are in split view then you would deposit on the line Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account, and a withdrawal in the Equity:Opening Balances
20:46:23 <shade304> http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/txns-puttoget1.html
21:07:12 <scar> when i charge something to a credit card, what is the transfer account?
21:08:02 <scar> oh nm, i guess i need to put the charge in the applicable category, and then the transfer account would be the credit card
21:20:46 *** warlord-afk is now known as warlord
21:21:03 <warlord> scar: or the other way around: you enter it from the CC account and the xfer account is the Expense
21:22:06 <scar> yeah
21:22:51 <scar> well this is a PITA trying to bring gnucash in the middle and get all my accounts balanced
21:23:55 <warlord> In the middle? Yes, that would be a major PITA with any app. When you start you should /start/.
21:26:08 <scar> i'll just change the opening balance
21:27:28 <warlord> thats fine until you start reconciling
21:31:57 <scar> what's that?
21:33:59 <warlord> scar: have you read the docs?
21:35:28 <scar> yeah i read a bunch to get me started
21:36:53 <warlord> recheck the section on reconciliation
21:40:48 <scar> i don't appear to be using that functionality
21:41:40 <warlord> yet
21:42:19 <scar> i think it will be impossible anyway.... the business has been running for like 25 years
21:43:14 <scar> if it's going to cause problems then i'll be sure to never use it
21:43:48 <warlord> no, it's changing your opening balances that will cause problems
21:44:13 <scar> what should i do then?
21:44:33 <warlord> start your books and dont look back
21:45:09 <scar> but then the balance doesn't match my checking account
21:46:05 <warlord> thats what reconciliation is for
21:46:32 <warlord> the balances wont necessarily match due to uncleared transactions (e.g., checks you've written that haven't cleared).
21:47:00 <warlord> The best way to handle that is to enter those checks that you wrote before T0 but haven't cleared yet. And backfill the opening balance to include those checks.
21:48:00 <scar> isn't that changing the opening balance?
21:48:44 <warlord> no, it's setting the correct opening balance at T0. You don't go adjusting it afterwards.
21:49:26 <scar> ok.. i think i did what you said, though ;)
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