2012-07-24 GnuCash IRC logs

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10:18:24 <lastm> Good morning. Any ideas on how to format number in gnucash custom reports?
10:24:51 <fell_> lastfm: Good afternoon! By default it is affected by your http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Locale_Settings.
10:26:18 <fell_> Then you can adjust parts in Edit->Preferences...
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10:56:21 <lastm> Thanks for the link and the direction to the preferences.
10:57:01 <lastm> The locale settings are fine. I just want to remove the "$" on each and every number in the reports.
10:57:34 <lastm> I can't seem to find anywhere in the preferences -- either general or report-specific that allows me to change that.
10:57:52 <lastm> I'd like to have $1,248 display as 1,248.
10:59:14 <warlord-slow> lastm: sorry, i think there's no way to do that, except modifying your locale to specify the monetary symbol as "" (an empty string)
12:00:51 <lastm> Thanks. I just dumped my locale variable set and the currency symbol is coming back as blank.
12:01:28 <lastm> That was a php script that grabbed it, so perhaps that isn't the way to determine the actual locale values here. Just a reference.
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12:20:10 <FelixAkk> hi guys, concerning the invoicing, is it possible to set the default income account the entry goes to? just like you can set the default tax/VAT?
12:21:23 <FelixAkk> and I heard GnuCash is more or less being refactored to work on a database instead of an XML file, is there any order of time estimate (months, years, tens of years) on when that will be done?
12:22:10 <FelixAkk> done is in, stable enough for the average user to be reasonably productive
12:31:14 <fell> FelixAkk: about the invoice there is no change since yesterday ;-)
12:33:14 <fell> about SQL there are still known issues: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&component=SQL%20Backend
12:35:24 <fell> It is nice to export data for viewing in libreoffice, but I wouldn't use it for saving production data.
12:37:44 <FelixAkk> what do you mean exactly; there is no change since yesterday?
12:37:52 <FelixAkk> I think I missed out on the answer
12:38:17 <fell> http://lists.gnucash.org/logs/2012/07/2012-07-23.html#T17:34:03
12:38:24 <FelixAkk> I´ve been having unexpected restarts a lot lately so perhaps the answer was posted just before I went offline
12:39:57 <FelixAkk> oh nice, the shorthand also aleviates a lot of headaches :)
12:40:20 <FelixAkk> allows me to stick to my keyboard while entering entries
12:41:07 <fell> aleviate???
12:41:32 <FelixAkk> alleviate*
12:42:16 <fell> Thanks, now my dictionary found it.
12:42:37 <FelixAkk> you have a dictionary built into IRC?
12:43:25 <fell> No, but for unknown words a quick copy and past helps.
12:43:34 <FelixAkk> hmhm
12:44:09 <FelixAkk> another question on the SQL; when it is done, will GnuCash then finally be able to delete things? I´m really hoping for that! I can´t delete invoices, customers, jobs and whatmore. This often frustrates me out of my mind
12:45:56 <fell> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_can_I_delete_an_Invoice.2C_Customer.2C_Vendor.2C_or_Employee.3F
12:46:19 <FelixAkk> A: Quick answer: you can't. :P
12:46:52 <FelixAkk> Thus far it´s been easier for me to just skip back to an old version and redo my work then do it the down and dirty way
12:47:08 <FelixAkk> I´m really hoping for some user friendly way to do it
12:48:18 <fell> why do you want to skip back to an old version?
12:48:32 <FelixAkk> to correct my mistakes
12:49:01 <fell> Ah of your data file - I thought of the program.
12:49:12 <FelixAkk> :)
12:49:33 <FelixAkk> I version control the .gnucash
12:50:16 <FelixAkk> so is it known if the SQL based GnuCash will introduce such functionality in a user friendly way?
12:50:25 <fell> Oh! http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_can.27t_GnuCash_find_my_data_file_anymore.3F_It_just_says:_parser_error_:_Start_tag_expected.2C_.27.3C.27_not_found
12:53:01 <FelixAkk> ?
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12:53:46 <fell> You shoult store your database outside of $HOME/.gnucash . That directory is only for gnucash internals.
12:55:42 <fell> move your database to something like $HOME/Documents/Accounting
12:56:07 <FelixAkk> uhm, I think you understood me wrong
12:56:18 <FelixAkk> I don´t use the database based GnuCash yet
12:56:24 <FelixAkk> I still work with a version that runs on the XML
12:56:53 <FelixAkk> is it known if the SQL based GnuCash will introduce functionality for deleting in a user friendly way?
12:57:03 <FelixAkk> is what I meant to ask
12:58:15 <fell> One can see an xml file also as a database. Ok let's say: your data files should not be stored in ~/.gnucash.
12:59:29 <FelixAkk> I don´t get it :P
12:59:44 <FelixAkk> how does that relate to GnuCash providing the mentioned functionality?
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13:06:19 <fell> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2012-July/045259.html
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13:09:07 <FelixAkk> I understand why it hasn´t been implemented yet, I was just hoping it would have been done with the switch to a SQL database. Do you know?
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13:14:10 <fell> Before the SQL schema needs some normalisation.
13:21:01 <fell> warlord-slow: I just copied your recent answer to http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Will_I_can_delete_an_Invoice.2C_Customer.2C_Vendor.2C_or_Employee_in_the_future.3F
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13:29:33 <FelixAkk> anyways, thanks for the answers so far!
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13:30:50 <fell> Tot ziens!
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14:08:40 <warlord-slow> fell: thanks
14:09:23 <fell> As that question seems to come more often...
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14:12:12 <warlord-slow> Ok.
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14:21:50 <blathijs> damn reflexes...
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14:24:11 <fell> (no files in the channel) ;-)
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19:34:03 <fell> DimStar: I just see your new gnucash-doc package in the repo, but it is red because the build number 9.1 is less than the previous 15.1
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