r22389 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - Some markup corrections.
Cristian Marchi
cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Sat Sep 15 10:07:36 EDT 2012
Author: cmarchi
Date: 2012-09-15 10:07:36 -0400 (Sat, 15 Sep 2012)
New Revision: 22389
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/22389
Modified:
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml
Log:
Some markup corrections.
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml 2012-09-15 09:24:45 UTC (rev 22388)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml 2012-09-15 14:07:36 UTC (rev 22389)
@@ -880,6 +880,36 @@
</sect2>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="basics-migrate-settings">
+ <title>Migrating <application>&app;</application> data</title>
+ <para>Sometimes you may need to move your financial data and <application>&app;</application> settings to another machine.
+ Typical use cases are when you buy a new computer or if you want to use the same settings over two different operating
+ systems in a dual boot configuration.</para>
+
+ <sect2 id="migrate-financial">
+ <title>Migrating financial data</title>
+ <para>Migrating <application>&app;</application> financial data is a as simple as copying the files with <filename>.gnucash</filename>
+ extension with a file manager if you know where they are saved. If you can’t rememeber where a file is stored
+ but you can open it directly within <application>&app;</application>, save it in the desidred path from within
+ <application>&app;</application>.</para>
+
+ <para>The rest are either backups or log files. It won’t do any harm to copy them too, but it’s not likely
+ to do any good, either.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="migrate-prefs">
+ <title>Migrating preferences data</title>
+ <para>The paths where the <application>&app;</application> preferences files are stored may vary
+ depending on your operating system.</para>
+
+ <para>On MacOSX, copy <filename class="directory">~/Library/Application Support/gnucash</filename>,
+ <filename class="directory">~/.aqbanking</filename>, and <filename class="directory">~/.gconf*</filename>.
+ These are your settings, custom reports, and what have you. If you don’t use online banking,
+ you won’t have <filename class="directory">.aqbanking</filename>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="basics-together1">
<title>Putting It All Together</title>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml 2012-09-15 09:24:45 UTC (rev 22388)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml 2012-09-15 14:07:36 UTC (rev 22389)
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
<title>Import Bills or Invoices</title>
<para>The Bill Invoice importer is an optional module and needs to
- enabled by editing the file $HOME/.gnucash/config.user,
+ enabled by editing the file <filename>$HOME/.gnucash/config.user</filename>,
adding the line:</para>
<para><code>(gnc:module-load "gnucash/plugins/bi_import" 0)</code></para>
- <para>On Linux systems this file is found at $HOME/.gnucash/config.user
- and on Mac OSX it is ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config.user.
- If the file doesn't already exist you will have to create it.
- After restarting GnuCash the item will appear at the bottom
+ <para>On Linux systems this file is found at <filename>$HOME/.gnucash/config.user</filename>
+ and on Mac OSX it is <filename>~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config.user</filename>.
+ If the file doesn’t already exist you will have to create it.
+ After restarting <application>&app;</application>, the item will appear at the bottom
of the business menu.</para>
@@ -319,14 +319,14 @@
<sect1 id="import-customers-vendors">
<title>Importing Customers and Vendors</title>
<para>The Customers and Vendors importer is an optional module and needs to
- enabled by editing the file $HOME/.gnucash/config.user,
+ enabled by editing the file <filename>$HOME/.gnucash/config.user</filename>,
adding the line:</para>
<para><code>(gnc:module-load "gnucash/plugins/customer_import" 0)
</code></para>
- <para>On Linux systems this file is found at $HOME/.gnucash/config.user
- and on Mac OSX it is ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config.user.
- If the file doesn't already exist you will have to create it.
- After restarting GnuCash the item will appear at the bottom
+ <para>On Linux systems this file is found at <filename>$HOME/.gnucash/config.user</filename>
+ and on Mac OSX it is <filename>~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config.user</filename>.
+ If the file doesn’t already exist you will have to create it.
+ After restarting <application>&app;</application> the item will appear at the bottom
of the business menu.</para>
<para>In order for the importer to work the data must be in a fixed field
length, comma separated line format. An example of a suitably formatted
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
id, company, name, addr1, addr2, addr3, addr4, phone, fax, email, notes, shipname, shipaddr1, shipaddr2, shipaddr3, shipaddr4, shiphone, shipfax, shipmail
</code> </para>
<para>
- Vendors don't have shipping information so even though the fields have to exist, leave them empty.
+ Vendors don’t have shipping information so even though the fields have to exist, leave them empty.
The id field is optional, if empty a new id will be chosen. If an id is used this will UPDATE
a vendor/customer with the same id. This may not be what you want.
Note that all vendor/customer data are on a single line
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