Re: Scheme scripting with gnucash.

2004-12-19 Thread Bob Gustafson
On the Macintosh, many (most?) applications have a script api where they can be controlled by AppleScript. There is a Required Suite (open, print, quit, run), a Standard Suite (close, count, exists, ...) and then specialised suites for each application. The key is that the Required and Standard sui

Re: Scheme scripting with gnucash.

2004-12-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Well, the C re-write is only for the QIF importer. I do think that exporting a non-GUI "open file" API to scheme would be a Good Thing. -derek David Bottomley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks, anyhow. > Such a great tool -- I just want a little more from it. > Maybe Derek's c-re-write is a

RE: Scheme scripting with gnucash.

2004-12-10 Thread David Bottomley
Thanks, anyhow. Such a great tool -- I just want a little more from it. Maybe Derek's c-re-write is a good option. > Hi, > Writing a script like this _should_ be possible. The only major > problem that I can think of is the lack of an "open file" api without > the associated GUI code, meaning

Re: Scheme scripting with gnucash.

2004-12-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Writing a script like this _should_ be possible. The only major problem that I can think of is the lack of an "open file" api without the associated GUI code, meaning I don't think you can write a script that opens a file without also initializing the GUI code. The perl bindings fell into di