2015-11-30 GnuCash IRC logs
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02:39:53 <cmug> Can somebody explain how to correctly manage credit cards? In layman terms. Or point to a simple tutorial
02:40:24 <cmug> I make a payment to my CC account and it draws the balance more to the negative?
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08:05:54 <warlord> jralls: HDD replaced in the server.
08:06:43 <warlord> cmug: When you charge your card it's an expense (e.g. L:CC -> Ex:Groceries). Then when you pay the card you reduce the liability (e.g. A:Bank -> L:CC)
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08:19:27 <warlord> cmug: it sounds like you're not charging your expenses to the CC, but you're still paying it.. which is why the CC balance keeps declining.
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10:20:26 <cmug> warlord: yeah so debit the card when I pay off the CC, credit when I use the CC?
10:20:44 <cmug> but shouldn't credit make the CC balance negative and not positive?
10:21:38 <cmug> or is a liability already a negative thing, so a positive liability means increased negative total networth?
10:22:14 <warlord> cmug: by default gnucash reverses the sign of "credit accounts"
10:22:37 <warlord> you can change that behavior.
10:23:02 <cmug> ok, that explains it then. Just had a revelation type of moment here
10:23:26 <cmug> Is it normal in accounting for it to behave like that?
10:23:42 <cmug> I'd rather stick to standards as much as possible
10:23:55 <warlord> Yes
10:24:17 <cmug> Thanks
10:24:19 <warlord> It's just a UI convenience for humans
10:24:25 <warlord> Internally the balances are still negative
10:24:53 <warlord> But yes, it's normal accounting for some accounts to increase on credit instead of decrease on credit.
10:25:25 <cmug> roger
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18:48:23 <Shawn> Need to retire PC where GnuCash is loaded and fully operational. Is there a safe way to transfer the program to my replacement PC?
19:34:04 <warlord> Shawn: install the app on your new PC, then copy your data file and, if you care about other preferences you need to copy a bunch of stuff from a bunch of dot-file directories.
19:34:23 <warlord> But minimally, just copy your main .gnucash data file.
20:07:01 <Shawn> So that I am clear, is there no way to copy current settings and preferences without the referenced "pick and choose" approach?
20:12:22 <warlord> Shawn: I'm not sure I understand the question..
20:12:33 <warlord> You can copy all the dotfiles across...
20:12:46 <warlord> There are about a half-dozen directories you would need to copy
20:15:25 <Shawn> That is exactly what I am after. Where can I find a listing of those half dozen directories?
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20:20:16 <warlord> What OS/Distro?
20:20:51 <Shawn> Windows 7 Pro
20:21:57 <warlord> I *BELIEVE* they are in your My Documents folder, but I could be wrong. They would be, e.g. .gnucash .gnome .gnome_private .gconf .gconfd .... Do you use online banking? there would be others for that too
20:22:24 <Shawn> No online banking at present.
20:23:32 <warlord> ok
20:25:16 <Shawn> Is that all of them? If so, much thanks for the guidance.
20:28:32 <warlord> Take a look -- are there other dot-file directories there?
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