2015-07-10 GnuCash IRC logs

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10:58:26 <k4i> hi
11:03:27 <k4i> I'm using GnuCash 2.4.11 (r22264M built 2012-07-14) on OS X and I'm wondering which exchange rate value and why is used in Cash Flow reports.
11:04:24 <k4i> The "problem" I'm observing is that in my Cash Flow report EUR and other currency is displayed in my default currency and that exchange rate value is an old one.
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11:05:48 <k4i> It is never updated and clearly GnuCash doesn't try to convert each foreign currency transaction into default currency equivalent using specific to each such transaction exchange rate value.
11:06:07 <k4i> Which seems to me like one way to do it in order to have a more accurate Cash Flow report
11:06:08 <warlord> k4i: 2.6.7 is the current release.
11:06:36 <warlord> As for which exchange rate value is used --- what do you have configured in the report options?
11:06:47 <k4i> let me see....
11:07:35 <k4i> "Nearest in time"
11:07:45 <k4i> that is "Price source"
11:08:07 <k4i> I admit I've been ignoring this pull down list all this time...
11:08:15 <warlord> Okay, so that means it's pulling in prices from the PriceDB
11:08:38 <warlord> and it's choosing the entry nearest in time to the transaction
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11:09:29 <k4i> what is PriceDB? A 3rd party service?
11:10:07 <warlord> Nope, internal.
11:10:21 <warlord> BUT if you're not doing "Get Quotes" often then you wont have a good population of quotes in the PriceDB
11:10:29 <k4i> I don't
11:10:42 <k4i> Never done before, I believe
11:11:22 <warlord> Well, then, that's also why the numbers aren't changing, because you're not adding price quotes.
11:12:17 <k4i> This suggests GnuCash doesn't actually rely on the exchange rate values recorded when entering transaction into a ledger?
11:15:29 <warlord> Well, you're using a VERY old version... At some point the feature was added that entering a transaction will add a PriceDB entry. However I dont remember when that was added.
11:17:29 <k4i> I see
11:18:08 <k4i> Is upgrade hassle free? As in, I just install a new version and GnuCash pick up my ledger files and I'm good?
11:18:51 <warlord> From 2.4 to 2.6 you might need to reset open windows/reports, and you might need to tell 2.6 where to find your data file (via File -> Open), but in general, yes.
11:20:10 <k4i> Alright, sounds easy
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11:22:34 <warlord> Especally on a Mac!
11:23:39 <k4i> Frankly, I would feel more comfortable with apt-get (or yum, or pacman, any decent package manager) doing an upgrade than having to manually uninstall/install a new version on Mac
11:27:10 <warlord> All you need to do is download the DMG and copy it to your /Applications folder
11:27:21 <warlord> (well, copy the GnuCash.app inside the DMG)
11:27:24 <warlord> It's pretty easy
11:27:49 <warlord> Feel free to remove or rename the existing GnuCash.app
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11:45:54 <k4i> alright, let's try the simple way first
11:46:05 <k4i> kind of a fan of "doing things right" ;D
11:54:23 <k4i> I swear one day I won't install a single upgrade *sigh*
11:54:34 <k4i> Total column http://i.imgur.com/HZHuUln.png
11:56:12 <k4i> Not sure if it is a problem or a UI design change but a selected ledger entry no longer is highlighted in black
11:56:28 <k4i> There's also no bliking text input marker
11:57:02 <k4i> reverted back to 2.4
11:57:11 <k4i> trying out 2.6 some time later
11:57:12 <k4i> ;D
11:58:52 <k4i> Nice new graphs, though
11:59:00 <k4i> and Export to PDf is very nice too
12:01:17 <k4i> hey warlord btw are there any plans to sync android gnucash ledgers with desktop ones?
12:01:21 <k4i> so much needed feature
12:05:08 <k4i> correction, not just in black but also in yellow. In othe words I do a LMB click on an entry in a ledger and it visually doesn't change.
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12:51:09 <warlord> k4i: jralls is the Mac guy, so he's the best guy to talk to about Mac stuff specifically.
13:01:50 <warlord> Looks like there's a font issue for your currency symbol in the total column.
13:02:15 <warlord> I'm not sure what you mean by "no bliking text input marker"
13:02:59 <warlord> As for the android app -- it can load/save the GnuCash XML data file, so you can directly share files across. Your other option is to use QIF import to get transaction from android into the desktop version.
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13:29:07 <k4i> warlord, is it called "text input cursor"?
13:29:22 <k4i> you know, the blinking | symbol?
13:31:08 <k4i> warlord, I like 2.4.11. It's stable, it doesn't have any issues that affect me. The currency exchange values in reports is a minor thing really. I just wanted more accurate info but it's not worth it if 2.6 bring a slew of other problems along the way ;D
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13:33:12 <k4i> warlord, as for android, the question is whether the devs (are you part of the development team?) are at least considering to make a "cloud sync service" of some kind, you know how the modern age mobile apps are.
13:34:20 <k4i> importing doesn't solve the problem of "I entered a few transactions on my phone, then 2 more on desktop and I want it all synced across the two devices"
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13:54:19 <warlord> k4i: the android project is completely separate from us. They just use our name and we help advertise. But there is no crossover in development.
13:54:29 <warlord> As for cloud service -- Dropbox.
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14:58:11 <k4i> warlord, oh, I see
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16:29:07 <jralls> warlord: Is there a way to clean up code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/build-logs from the VM server? There's a bit more history there than I think we need.
16:32:41 <warlord> jralls: sure. I'll clean it up this weekend or early next week.
16:33:12 <jralls> I think you mean "No, but I'll..."
16:33:42 <jralls> Or maybe misunderstood "is there a way to..."
16:36:54 <warlord> There is no way for anyone other than me to do it.
16:41:16 <jralls> Ok. Maybe a cron job to run `find wherever/the/logs/are -mtime +90 -delete`...
16:50:46 <warlord> Except that's not quite what I want, most of the time.
16:50:56 <warlord> I do keep some old logs..
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17:22:15 <jralls> In that directory? I'm not suggesting it for all of your logs, just the win32 build logs.
17:27:01 <warlord> I'd have to look; I thought I had a process for choosing what to keep and what to dump. I usually clean it out once or twice a year.
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19:41:25 <elb> hey all, I've tried to set up a counter for invoices (several times, actually, I've been entering them by hand) for the format 2015-%06d (where 2015 is the year, and can be set by hand on a per-account-file-basis, as I use one file per year), but when I create an invoice it's numbered 0000NN instead of 2015-0000NN; any ideas why?
19:42:09 <elb> digging through the source code doesn't suggest any reason why 2015-%06d wouldn't work, as I trace the invoice number generation back from the dialog code to the qof code
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