Re: Source directory restructuring

2017-08-08 Thread Geert Janssens
On maandag 7 augustus 2017 21:27:18 CEST John Ralls wrote: > These are to be top-level directories, so the current src goes away, right? > The rest assumes that to be the case. > Yes, I would drop src. > Let's call the libgnucash directory libgnucash instead of just lib and keep > lib as the plac

Restarting the free accounting search

2017-08-08 Thread Herbert Thoma
Hi! An interesting read: Linux Weekly News is trying to get away from QuickBooks. Restarting the free accounting search: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/729088/3513f2cf8674fa1f/ Escape from QuickBooks (with data in hand): https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/729087/91644c624f6618ea/ Herbert. __

Re: Python bindings and Gtk3

2017-08-08 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 6:17 AM, Mike Alexander wrote: > >> On Aug 7, 2017, at 8:51 PM, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: >> >> For the tab issue, can you share a screenshot or something to that effect? I >> am on master build and have tabs on right-hand side as well, but it's >> perfectly usable. >> > >

Re: Source directory restructuring

2017-08-08 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > On maandag 7 augustus 2017 21:27:18 CEST John Ralls wrote: >> These are to be top-level directories, so the current src goes away, right? >> The rest assumes that to be the case. >> > Yes, I would drop src. > >> Let's call the libgnuc

Re: Source directory restructuring

2017-08-08 Thread Sumit Bhardwaj
John, If the plan is to dump autotools, should we ask also devs to make sure that they can build using cmake? I have had problems in the past and therefore, I have stuck with autotools so far. What are the things we want to confirm in the cmake toolchain? cmake cmake install cmake check Anything

about that restructuring, and .scm files

2017-08-08 Thread Christopher Lam
Regarding adding new reports Apologies if this is the worst time to ask, but I believe I have fixed some scheme reports which can be plugged in the following folders. I've tested in Windows and Ubuntu and they seem to work well. It'll belong in Report > Collected Reports, and would make a nice add

Good write up on Quickbooks -> GnuCash

2017-08-08 Thread Andrew Ruthven
Hey, Jon Corbet at Linux Weekly News has written a good article on how to transition from Quickbooks to GnuCash. For folks who are LWN subscribers, the article is here: https://lwn.net/Articles/729087/ For those that aren't, it'll be publicly available on the 14th. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Rut

Re: Source directory restructuring

2017-08-08 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: > > John, > > If the plan is to dump autotools, should we ask also devs to make sure that > they can build using cmake? I have had problems in the past and therefore, > I have stuck with autotools so far. > > What are the things we want to co

Re: Source directory restructuring

2017-08-08 Thread Aaron Laws
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 7:56 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > So after my houskeeping message in which I have announced the changes to > src/ > business and src/libqof, I'd like to bring up my eventual goal for the > source > tree. > > My main motivation to do all this restructuring is to simplify. The

Re: about that restructuring, and .scm files

2017-08-08 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 6:02 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: > > Regarding adding new reports > > Apologies if this is the worst time to ask, but I believe I have fixed some > scheme reports which can be plugged in the following folders. I've tested > in Windows and Ubuntu and they seem to work well. I

Please remove my name as documentation support

2017-08-08 Thread Thomas Bullock
Hello Developers, Seven or more years ago I was active in some manner in support of documentation. I have been retired for a year now and do not have the time or resources to devote to documentation support. Please remove my name and email from all places where I am listed as a developer and/or

Please remove my address from developers list

2017-08-08 Thread Carlos Molinelli via gnucash-devel
Please remove my name and email from all places where I am listed as a developer and/or documentation support.  If I have to do this myself, please send me the web page where I can make this happen. Thanks Carlos Molinelli ___ gnucash-devel mailing lis

Re: Please remove my name as documentation support

2017-08-08 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 9:27 PM, Thomas Bullock wrote: > > Hello Developers, > > Seven or more years ago I was active in some manner in support of > documentation. I have been retired for a year now and do not have the time > or resources to devote to documentation support. > > Please remove my

Re: Please remove my address from developers list

2017-08-08 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 9:46 PM, Carlos Molinelli via gnucash-devel > wrote: > > Please remove my name and email from all places where I am listed as a > developer and/or documentation support. If I have to do this myself, please > send me the web page where I can make this happen. > grep -ri

guile

2017-08-08 Thread Aaron Laws
I'm using archlinux (https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arch). It supplies guile 2.0 and guile 2.2 at the same time as /usr/bin/guile2.0 and /usr/bin/guile, respectively. When I build gnucash, I get errors since I'm using guile2.2. Perhaps the fix is as simple as: FIND_PROGRAM (GUILE_E

Re: Python bindings and Gtk3

2017-08-08 Thread Mike Alexander
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 10:23 AM, John Ralls wrote: > > I don't know if the MacPorts X-build uses the CoreText or FontConfig backend > for Pango, but if it uses CoreText it might be your problem. I don’t know either. I see that Pango’s configure looks for (and finds) fontconfig, but then says "c

Re: Python bindings and Gtk3

2017-08-08 Thread Mike Alexander
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:21 AM, Mike Alexander wrote: > >> On Aug 8, 2017, at 10:23 AM, John Ralls >> wrote: >> >> I don't know if the MacPorts X-build uses the CoreText or FontConfig backend >> for Pango, but if it uses CoreText it might be your problem. > > I don’t know either. I see that