2015-10-18 GnuCash IRC logs
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03:20:51 <ThomasKeller> jralls: yes, but I meant that the opening balance is not a real transaction
03:21:20 <ThomasKeller> and I think it should not be treated as such
03:21:52 <ThomasKeller> the main window has already to many items
03:22:14 <ThomasKeller> why waste real estate on such useless information as opening balance
03:23:01 <ThomasKeller> do you see what I mean ?
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03:34:34 <MechtiIde> ThomasKeller, When you start tracking your accounts you have a opening balance
03:34:37 <MechtiIde> in general this is !=0
03:40:18 <MechtiIde> opening balances (Anfangsbestände der Konten) are neccessary for the opening balance sheet (Eröffnungsbilanz)
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05:45:44 <ThomasKeller> I am new to gnucash, and know nothing about accounting
05:45:50 <ThomasKeller> but, this looks silly to me
05:46:06 <ThomasKeller> in my view, when I set up my bank accounts in gnucash for the first time with some opening balance,
05:46:14 <ThomasKeller> I see it as time t0
05:46:27 <ThomasKeller> gnucash should track my transactions from this time
05:46:59 <ThomasKeller> how I got the opening balance is not gnucash's problem
05:47:23 <ThomasKeller> the opening balance is a historical accident, with no useful information
05:47:38 <ThomasKeller> why do I see it in my main account view window ?
05:47:44 <ThomasKeller> will I have to look at it for the rest of my life ?
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10:48:46 <warlord> ThomasKeller: Yes, you will have to look at it for the rest of your life. It *IS* GnuCash's problem exactly because "Opening Balances" *ARE* part of your books. This is true in pen&paper accounting, too!
10:49:23 <warlord> And yes, it *IS* a real transaction.. It's a real transaction that rolls up every transaction that happened prior. It's a part of GAAP.
11:12:12 <warlord> If you really don't want to see it you can mark your Eq:O-B account as "hidden".. Then you wont see it.
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14:27:13 <jralls> ThomasKeller: Perhaps if you know nothing of accounting and have no interest in the discipline GnuCash is not the right product for you.
14:34:18 <jralls> @tell Artefact2 I just tested LYYDA with the setup shown in your image and it worked for me.
14:34:18 <gncbot> jralls: The operation succeeded.
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16:06:10 <ThomasKeller> warlord: by marking my account as "hidden", you mean deselecting the checkbox in "View" -> "Filter By" ?
16:07:31 <ThomasKeller> warlord: to hide the account would actually be an excellent solution
16:14:31 <warlord> ThomasKeller: no, I mean click on the "hidden" checkbox in the Edit Account dialog.
16:14:54 <warlord> Although if you have the "Show Hidden Accounts" selected, you'll need to de-select that, too.
16:15:58 <ThomasKeller> that's perfect, thank you
16:16:15 <ThomasKeller> that's what I wanted all along
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17:16:13 <hinnerk> Hi.
17:16:54 <hinnerk> Just trying to build gnucash (master) under linux. I got a zillion warnings / error from make install, but never changed anything - what's up?
17:32:18 <hinnerk> I followed the instructions from http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building
17:32:26 <hinnerk> using a separate build tree.
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18:05:03 <crm114> I'd like to start a small business selling tshirts online. does anyone have any tips? or has anyone here ever made an e-commerce site before?
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