http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3449 Testing, testing. (╯*□* ）╯︵ ┻━┻ kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Asked and Answered Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:43:59 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3449 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3446 What exactly are you looking to have a software do for you? CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Asked and Answered Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:18:14 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3446 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3444 Indeed it does make use of escape characters (ka-chow!). The problem is how to deal with them going in (how do you ensure that everything going in is properly "escaped"), and how to deal with them properly coming out (do I print "\$" when I output to HTML, or do I print "$?"). There are utility functions that escape the characters correctly. It's going back through the idkfa codebase and ensure that everything that was escaped is then unescaped upon being outputted to the web browser. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:31:32 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3444 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3443 also the table flipping sequence needs a brewski in it to make it super awesome. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:38:20 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3443 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3442 I knew that's what it was used for across all sorts of browsers and OS's, that's why I asked if I could have that if he got T$. Your database files don't have an "ignore this cell" key input like Excel does? If you add an apostrophe before any input in any cell in Excel, no automatic formatting will be used and the cell is ignored by formulas. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:34:35 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3442 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3441 Good work. That particular symbol is one they use on Linux to indicate that a character that's being rendered isn't in your configured/installed encoding scheme. I'm a big fan of the "table flipping" sequence: (╯°□° ）╯︵ ┻━┻ kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:30:27 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3441 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3440 LOL - i found the "white square" symbol in word and pasted it to my browser. It is rendering just fine, since it's supposed to show white squares. (this is why I can't have nice things) kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:25:11 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3440 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3439 As for your financial software question, I take the route of the Mentat instead. (Also, welcome to idkfa.) kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:14:08 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3439 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3438 That refuses to render on every single operating system and browser combination I've tried. No. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:11:36 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3438 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3437 You don't have to upload any of the information to the internet. For instance, we use Quicken, which isn't connected to the internet. It's just a database with queryable information and consistent formatting. Not as elegant as I'd like, but there's no sharing of information. Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:10:05 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3437 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3436 Investigating... Ah. The four character minimum was so people would have hopefully more meaningful names than "abc" or "-". Granted, an infinite number of meanings can be applied to a symbol, but four symbols seemed to be a reasonable number, if a little arbitrary. Second, and more damning, is that "$", and a number of other keyboard characters (&, *, %, #, @, semi-colons, etc.) have "special meaning" in most of the idkfa backend and frontend, such that including those characters can do subtle and potentially destructive things in the hands of the careless or the malicious. I skip the problem altogether by trying to limit usernames to the simplest of character sets. I am a lazy programmer. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:09:03 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3436 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3435 Also - if he gets to be T$, can I be "□□□□□□□□"? kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:54:29 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3435 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3434 I track everything manually and load it into an excel spreadsheet (that is backed up, J-Rho :-P). Never tried any financial management software since for no good reason I don't trust another company with my personal finance information. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:49:45 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3434 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3433 Hey all. I have four things to ask, the first & second being the most important. Josh, can you make my username "T$"? I mean seriously, why is two characters too short? Thirdly, what personal finance software do y'all use? And how much do you like it? Megan and I are trying to figure out what's good and what's not. Thanks for the help, and Josh, you seriously need to look into those first two questions. T-Money@idkfa.com (T-Money) Asked and Answered Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:35:31 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3433&msg_id=3433