I am forwarding this to the general gnucash-devel mailing list.
Here's a quickie: I've been thinking about (and building) parts of the gnucash
subsystem to make them more web-like. For example, the report generation consists of
perl servlets/scriptlets that grab data from the gnucash engine and turn it into html,
which is then displayed by the XmHTML widget. There is no web server involved
(otherwise config & install would really become hairy).
In another case, one of the "print" menu choices turns gnucash into a one-shot
webserver. You say click on print, then aim your browser at gnucash, and it will
serve up one and only one web page only once. This is a toy function, the goal
was really to demonstrate how easy it is to port the "register" to other "i/o" devices
(in this case, http/html instead of motif.)
Finally, I occasionaly think of the register itself as an applet that could be embedded
into a browser, and have that applet talk to the engine via e.g. corba. A *lot*
of work would be needed to make this work. Since gnucash is in C not java, you'd
have to what on the browser to allow this to happen.
--linas
It's been rumoured that Chris Hardie said:
>
>
> Linas,
>
> Greetings. I'm the project creator/coordinator for WebAccountant - we're
> designing an open-source accounting system. There's been discussion on
> our mailing list (accessible through the project webpage at
> http://www.webaccountant.org) that we might be able to develop some sort
> of relationship with the GNUCash project.
>
> It's my understanding that your project is focused on developing a
> personal finance manager. Our project is focused on an accounting system
> that could cater to a large range of small business and corporate needs.
> We are still in early design phases of our project, and so we're still
> doing lots of discussing, thinking, and looking at similar projects like
> yours and Minivend for direction. Any software we produce will be
> produced under the GPL or something very similar.
>
> What, if any, possibilities might exist for forming some sort of working
> relationship? I'm not sure what scale would be appropriate, as our
> projects obviously have different goals and styles, but it seems there
> might be something to be gained for all involved by working together in
> some capacity. A general mailing list for accounting projects? A
> formalized discussion about accounting data-models and code structure?
> GNUCash as a module for WebAccountant? WebAccountant as a module for
> GNUCash? Integration of the projects into a general-purpose financial
> management system?
>
> We're interested in your thoughts on this, let me know what you think.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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> Chris Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.summersault.com/chris
> do not forget your potential
> to inspire other people into action
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>
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