2009-12-31 GnuCash IRC logs

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00:34:23 <jpvosloo> Hi, I'm trying to combine transfers between 2 bank accounts. both were imported from .ofx, the transaction descriptions and dates are different but the amounts are the same. Should I use splits or lots or is there another way?
00:39:57 <jpvosloo> To explain in more detail: I imported each bank account's statements from ofx. Funds was transfered between the bank accounts and are reflected on the imported statements. On each statement the transfer have a different description and date. Now I want Gnucash to recognize this as one transaction and not 2 separate transactions.
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09:53:06 <jfiggins> I have two companies with two different fiscal years (one is Jan 1 and one is Oct 1). Is there a way to have the "Accounting Period" in the preferences be specific to the company file that is currently open?
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11:41:34 <fDavid> hi, someone from Brazil ?
11:42:58 <fDavid> how to display only the month expenditure in account list ?
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11:55:42 <wol> I'm gong to try 2.3.8. Thoughts on enabling webkit or not?
11:56:27 <fDavid> no, using 2.2.9
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12:09:59 <jsled> fDavid: wol was asking a new question, not replying to yours. I don't belive there's a way to show that in the account list.
12:10:43 <jsled> wol: webkit is the favored and expected replacement for the gtkhtml-based report rendering, so if you have the time to test it (even just build/smoke testing), it'd be welcome.
12:17:39 <wol> will do
12:20:34 <wol> hmm. ./configure claims that --enable-webkit is an unrecognized option
12:21:36 <jsled> it looks like
12:21:37 <jsled> AS_HELP_STRING([--with-html-engine=@<:@webkit/gtkhtml@:>@],
12:22:20 <wol> configured fine with just enable-dbi
12:22:49 <wol> This is a linux box setup as AMD64
12:23:28 <wol> jsled, not sure what I'm supposed to do with your string
12:23:58 <jsled> the option isn't "--enable-webkit", it apparently looks more like "--with-html-engine=webkit".
12:24:02 <jsled> Try ./configure --help for the details.
12:25:10 <wol> Ah. I was going by the website.That worked.
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12:36:09 <wol> OK. It compiles. BTW, the gentoo project build for 2.3.8 fails to compile, /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgncmod-report-gnome.so: undefined reference to gnc_html_export , gnc_html_copy and gnc_html_new
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13:49:37 <jpvosloo> To follow up on my question from earlier today. I created a suspense account and linked all the problem transactions to this account, this enabled me to balance them out. Does it make sense to do it this way?
13:52:31 <jsled> jpvosloo: that sounds about right, presuming everything lines up. :)
13:52:51 <jsled> but, yeah, from your perspective, they're really two transactions.
13:52:58 <jsled> one for each account, separately.
13:53:36 <jsled> there's a logical "funds transfer" transaction, but gnucash only models the physical transactions, allowing the logical/physical metaphor.
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13:59:46 <wol> Newbie question: How do I set up an opening balance for a mutual fund? The opening balance tab is grayed out.
14:00:42 <wol> (I'm trying to set up from scratch for the new year account balances.)
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14:27:49 <akatosh> hello all
14:27:54 <akatosh> is it possible to write a cron job to automatically create one of the standard reports and save it somewhere?
14:29:43 <jpvosloo> jsled: Thanks for the confirmation.
15:30:36 <jfiggins> wol: see http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/help/acct-create.html
15:32:09 <jfiggins> You need to create the security without an opening balance, then on the account page add a purchase of X shares at $Y/share.
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16:23:43 <wol> Thanks.
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18:52:47 <jfiggins> I'm guessing my question got lost in the shuffle. I have two companies with two different fiscal years (one is Jan 1 and one is Oct 1). Is there a way to have the "Accounting Period" in the preferences be specific to the company file that is currently open?
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