GnuCash Finance:Quotes Modules MumbaiStock and IndiaMutual have been updated as on January 19, 2019. Please refer https://askmeaboutlinux.com/2019/01/19/gnucash-financequotes-modules-mumbaistock-and-indiamutual-to-retrieve-online-quotes-updated/ to download the modules and the instructions on how to install them.
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GnuCash Finance:Quotes Modules MumbaiStock and IndiaMutual to retrieve online quotes
In GnuCash, the Finance:Quotes module allows retrieval of online quotes from various sources. Herein, are provided two modules, MumbaiStock.pm and IndiaMutual.pm with bugs corrected to enable the download of Stock Quotes from BSE and NAVs from amfiindia.com. To use the modules, follow the instructions below. Note that you are responsible to take backups and all … Continue reading GnuCash Finance:Quotes Modules MumbaiStock and IndiaMutual to retrieve online quotes
How to debug MumbaiStock.pm with Finance::Quotes
After creating or editing any of the Finance::Quotes modules you need to test them. To test, open a terminal window and do the following to check if the module gives any errors$ cd /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote <enter>$ sudo cp ~/MumbaiStock.pm . <enter>$ cd ~ <enter>$ gnc-fq-check <enter> If above command returns any errors, then modify the MumbaiStock.pm … Continue reading How to debug MumbaiStock.pm with Finance::Quotes
MumbaiStock – A Perl module for Finance::Quote to enable stock price retrieval from the Bombay Stock Exchange
Note that I no longer use github.MumbaiStock v 1.0 Gnucash Finance Module has been released. This is a totally new module to parse the page at the Bombay Stock Exchange web site to retrieve the bhav copy for the last trading day. This module will fetch the last traded price from the bhavcopy for use … Continue reading MumbaiStock – A Perl module for Finance::Quote to enable stock price retrieval from the Bombay Stock Exchange
Gnucash not able to retrieve stock quotes from Yahoo Finance USA fix to USA.pm
If you use Gnucash with stock quotes, you would have found that since early February 2014, it is not able to fetch the stock quotes of companies such as AMZN, IBM, MSFT from the NYSE. Yahoo Finance is the source for Gnucash to retrieve these quotes from the NYSE. Yahoo Finance has made a change … Continue reading Gnucash not able to retrieve stock quotes from Yahoo Finance USA fix to USA.pm
MumbaiStock v 1.4 Gnucash Finance Module enhancement released
Note that I no longer use github MumbaiStock v 1.4 Gnucash Finance Module has been released. This fixes a date calculation bug. MumbaiStock Gnucash Finance Module (https://github.com/geetuvaswani/MumbaiStock) had a bug... that it could not calculate the previous date correctly at end of any month. The arithmetic was wrong and it was expected that the programmer … Continue reading MumbaiStock v 1.4 Gnucash Finance Module enhancement released
How to use GIT to publish project / source code to github
Git is a very good tool that allows you to publish your project or source code to the github web repository. It allows others to view your code / project and make changes, with one of the best version control systems around. I will use the MumbaiStock project on github as an example to illustrate … Continue reading How to use GIT to publish project / source code to github
How to create a new stock quote source for Gnucash using Finance::Quote
Note that I no longer use github. This post is for technical users. The objective is to share how the MumbaiStock.pm module was created. Visit this other post to know how to add the MumbaiStock.pm to Gnucash and use it. Problem: A friend of mine uses Gnucash to manage their personal finances. They configured and … Continue reading How to create a new stock quote source for Gnucash using Finance::Quote
How to open multiple buffers in JEdit like in GEdit or Mousepad
Many of us use a text editor to edit program code. The simplest and clean edit is GEdit on the Gnome desktop. However, if you are not on the Gnome desktop, you may miss it. You can use JEdit which is much more powerful, however, by default, it does not open multiple programs alongside each … Continue reading How to open multiple buffers in JEdit like in GEdit or Mousepad
Add PERL modules using CPAN
$ su # perl -MCPAN -e shell Answer <ENTER> to all questions (choose defaults) To install CPAN modules: Start up internet # cpan>install Time::HiRes This will install and compile the downloaded module.
