Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Derek Atkins writes:
>
> > I suppose I see the QIF importer (and a future OFX importer, but I'm
> > not as interested in doing that work right now) as more than just a
> > means to convert from using Quicken to using GnuCash. I'd like to use
> > it to be able to continuously download information from my online
> > banking sources and merge them into my GnuCash account information.
> >
> > I'm not sure whether I want to use QIF imports to just add new
> > transactions or perhaps to 'clear' existing transactions. In the
> > shorter term, I think I only need the former, but the latter would
> > probably be an added bonus (perhaps related to the user-input for
> > matching existing transactions).
>
> Using QIFs from banks and not just Quicken exports has definitely been
> among our goals all along. It's just a lot harder to do, and importing
> a big Quicken file is a typical "first thing" for many new users so the
> Quicken importing was done first.
Thats fine. I'm not really complaining that the functionality doesn't
exist, just that I think it should happen. Clearly others think it
should happen, too. Personally, I want to work on the next step
(because it's what *I* want to do with GnuCash ;)
> dave
-derek
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