At my wit's end
(note while reading this all that I'm trying to do the seemingly impossible on a Mac.)
I'm having trouble with GnuCash. The only reason I use it is so that I don't have to write things down in a checkbook register. It enables me to see how much money I (don't) have without first getting told by the bank that I don't have money.
The trouble is that I had to upgrade from a working version. The new version can't lock my account file because I'm committing the crime of using a FAT file system so I can have this data no matter what computer I'm using. On top of that, when I tell it to ignore locks, add a transaction and then save the file, this spiffy new version rewards me by DELETING my account file wholesale.
At least I have backups that are only 2 weeks old...
Attempts to build the working version fail because I upgraded Fink. Speaking of Fink upgrades, the "new, improved" version of gnome-settings-daemon really SCREWED UP the keyboard map for all X clients, eventually making me have to dump a working xmodmap file and hacking that so all the modifier keys (eg, Ctrl, Shift, Alt) work again in addition to my being able to type sanely into an X client. For awhile, "8" was "Enter" in X11, and "Enter" = "j"! All other keys were similarly fucked.
Anyway, who would build their checkbook program just to make note of the fact that they paid their bills? Last time GnuCash broke, I did. Not this time.
At this point, I'm considering making three "account ledgers" in the OpenOffice spreadsheet (or even AppleWorks on my Apple II, but I'm not sure how Y2K-compliant that'd be). At least then I'd be guaranteed to be able to access the info, encrypt it and store it on any filesystem without the trouble of having to have a working special program to free my data from the lumpy thing.
I'm having trouble with GnuCash. The only reason I use it is so that I don't have to write things down in a checkbook register. It enables me to see how much money I (don't) have without first getting told by the bank that I don't have money.
The trouble is that I had to upgrade from a working version. The new version can't lock my account file because I'm committing the crime of using a FAT file system so I can have this data no matter what computer I'm using. On top of that, when I tell it to ignore locks, add a transaction and then save the file, this spiffy new version rewards me by DELETING my account file wholesale.
At least I have backups that are only 2 weeks old...
Attempts to build the working version fail because I upgraded Fink. Speaking of Fink upgrades, the "new, improved" version of gnome-settings-daemon really SCREWED UP the keyboard map for all X clients, eventually making me have to dump a working xmodmap file and hacking that so all the modifier keys (eg, Ctrl, Shift, Alt) work again in addition to my being able to type sanely into an X client. For awhile, "8" was "Enter" in X11, and "Enter" = "j"! All other keys were similarly fucked.
Anyway, who would build their checkbook program just to make note of the fact that they paid their bills? Last time GnuCash broke, I did. Not this time.
At this point, I'm considering making three "account ledgers" in the OpenOffice spreadsheet (or even AppleWorks on my Apple II, but I'm not sure how Y2K-compliant that'd be). At least then I'd be guaranteed to be able to access the info, encrypt it and store it on any filesystem without the trouble of having to have a working special program to free my data from the lumpy thing.