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commit 64e1f68ca1c1200e6e042ff1edc670d55a94b3ad
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Author: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Date: Fri Dec 9 13:55:41 2016 -0800
Merge David T's new glossary into maint.
commit 5157cdcfd9355d208e0ece65f7b64d6b5d181aa0
Author: David T <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Dec 6 20:21:23 2016 +0500
Bug-743671: Add glossary to Tutorial and Guide.
diff --git a/guide/C/Makefile.am b/guide/C/Makefile.am
index 1254b6b..9faa529 100644
--- a/guide/C/Makefile.am
+++ b/guide/C/Makefile.am
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ entities = \
ch_oth_assets.xml \
ch_python_bindings.xml \
ch_import_business_data.xml \
+ gnc-glossary.xml \
appendixa.xml \
appendixb.xml \
appendixc.xml \
diff --git a/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml b/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d666c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,448 @@
+<!--
+ (Do not remove this comment block.)
+ Version: 2.4.0
+ Last modified: December 6, 2016
+ Author:
+ David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
+ Originally designed by Carol Champagne.
+ Translators:
+ (translators put your name and email here)
+-->
+<glossary>
+ <title><application>&app;</application> Glossary</title>
+ <para>This is a glossary of common terms used in <application>&app;</application>.</para>
+
+<!-- ... -->
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_account">
+ <glossterm>Account</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An account keeps track of what you own, owe, spend or receive.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_accountingperiod">
+ <glossterm>Accounting Period</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An accounting period is an established range of time in which
+ accounting functions are performed, aggregated and analyzed. Common accounting
+ periods include month, quarter, and year.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_aqbanking">
+ <glossterm>AqBanking</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A library which implements the German Home Banking Computer Interface
+ (HBCI) and Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS), OFX
+ Direct Connect and Paypal. It is the successor of openHBCI.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_asset">
+ <glossterm>Asset</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An asset is an economic resource. Anything tangible or intangible that
+ can be owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have
+ positive economic value is considered an asset.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_balancesheet">
+ <glossterm>Balance Sheet</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A Balance Sheet is a financial statement that summarizes a company's
+ assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_book">
+ <glossterm>Book</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A book is a record of all transactions for a person or organization. In
+ <application>&app;</application>, each file contains a book.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_capgainloss">
+ <glossterm>Capital Gain/Loss</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The difference between the purchase and selling prices of an investment
+ at the time the investment is sold. Also known as
+ <emphasis>Realized Gain/Loss</emphasis>. Before an investment
+ is sold, the difference in value is referred to as
+ <emphasis>Unrealized Gain/Loss</emphasis>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_realgainloss">Realized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_unrealgainloss">Unrealized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_capstock">
+ <glossterm>Capital stock</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gnc-gl_stock">Stock</glosssee>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_chartofaccounts">
+ <glossterm>Chart of Accounts</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A listing of all the accounts available in the data file. The chart
+ of accounts consists of balance sheet accounts (assets, liabilities,
+ stockholders' equity) and income statement accounts (revenues, expenses,
+ gains, losses).</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_commission">
+ <glossterm>Commission</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The fee paid to a broker to buy or sell securities.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_commodity">
+ <glossterm>Commodity</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A commodity is something of value that is easily tradeable or sellable;
+ for example, currencies, stocks, bonds, grain, copper, and oil are all commodities.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_commonstock">
+ <glossterm>Common stock</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gnc-gl_stock">Stock</glosssee>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_compounding">
+ <glossterm>Compounding</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The concept that the reinvested interest can later earn interest of
+ its own (interest on interest). This is often referred to as <emphasis>compound
+ interest</emphasis>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_costbasis">
+ <glossterm>Cost Basis</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Cost basis is the original value of an asset for tax purposes,
+ usually the purchase price, adjusted for stock splits, dividends and return
+ of capital distributions. This value is used to determine the <emphasis>capital gain</emphasis>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_csv">
+ <glossterm>CSV</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Stands for Comma Separated Values. CSV files are used to store data
+ in plain text. Each line of the file is a record and each record can be
+ comprised of multiple fields separated by commas. CSV is one import format
+ that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_dividends">
+ <glossterm>Dividends</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Dividends are cash payments a company makes to shareholders. The
+ amount of this payment is usually determined as some amount of the profits
+ of the company. Not all common stocks give dividends.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_equities">
+ <glossterm>Equities</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Equities are investments in which the investor becomes part (or whole)
+ owner in something.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_fints">
+ <glossterm>Financial Transaction Services (FinTS)</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A banking protocol used by German banks. Developed by the German Central
+ Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). The standard is used
+ only by German banks. Prior 2002, it was called Home Banking Computer
+ Interface (HBCI). FinTS is one import format that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_hbci">Home Computer Banking Interface (HBCI)</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_gsettings">
+ <glossterm>GSettings</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Since version 2.5 the tool that stores user configuration data. It
+ uses the native data store of the operating system:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Linux</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>DConf since Gnome 3.0 dropped GConf</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Mac OS X</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Defaults. Use the command-line defaults(1) to modify
+ prefs when GnuCash isn't running.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Windows</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Registry.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_hbci">
+ <glossterm>Home Computer Banking Interface (HBCI)</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A bank-independent online banking protocol used by German banks. Home
+ Banking Computer Interface (HBCI) was developed by the German Central
+ Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). Since 2002, it has
+ been called Financial Transaction Services (FinTS). HBCI is one import
+ format that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_fints">Financial Transaction Services (FinTS)</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_interest">
+ <glossterm>Interest</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>What a borrower pays a lender for the use of their money. Normally,
+ this is expressed in terms of a percentage of the principal per year. For
+ example, a savings account with 1% interest will pay you $1 for every $100
+ you keep deposited per year.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_liability">
+ <glossterm>Liability</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A liability is a financial debt or obligation that arises during the
+ course of operations.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_libofx">
+ <glossterm>LibOFX</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An open source library for OFX (see below). It was created by one
+ of the <application>&app;</application> developers, originally to be the
+ OFX interface for <application>&app;</application>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_liquidity">
+ <glossterm>Liquidity</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A measure of how easily convertible an investment is to cash. Money
+ in a savings account is very liquid, while money invested in a house has
+ low liquidity because it takes time to sell a house.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_lot">
+ <glossterm>Lot</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A lot is a means of grouping a commodity so that you later identify that
+ the item bought in one transaction is the same as one sold in a different
+ transaction. Lots are often implemented with stocks, where capital gain can
+ depend on which item is being sold at a given time.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_mt940">
+ <glossterm>MT940</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A financial information standard defined by SWIFT and used by several
+ European banks. It is also used internally in HBCI. Unfortunately, you can't
+ download the MT940 standard, but some banks publish it on their web sites.
+ MT940 is one import format that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_ofx">
+ <glossterm>OFX</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The Open Financial eXchange format. This is a financial information
+ exchange standard used by many institutions. OFX is one import format
+ that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_pricedb">
+ <glossterm>Price Database</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The price database contains a store of price quotes for stocks, mutual
+ funds, and currencies.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_principal">
+ <glossterm>Principal</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The original amount of money invested or borrowed.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_qfx">
+ <glossterm>QFX</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The Quicken Financial eXchange format. This is a proprietary financial
+ information exchange standard promoted by Quicken and used by many institutions.
+ QFX is one import format that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_qif">
+ <glossterm>QIF</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) is an open specification for
+ reading and writing financial data to files. This is an older format that
+ is still used by many institutions. QIF is one import format
+ that <application>&app;</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_realgainloss">
+ <glossterm>Realized Gain/Loss</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The difference between the purchase and selling prices of an investment
+ at the time the investment is sold. Also known as
+ <emphasis>Capital Gain/Loss</emphasis>. Before an investment
+ is sold, the difference in value is referred to as
+ <emphasis>Unrealized Gain/Loss</emphasis>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_capgainloss">Capital Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_unrealgainloss">Unrealized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_return">
+ <glossterm>Return</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The total income plus capital gains or losses of an investment.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_yield">Yield</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_risk">
+ <glossterm>Risk</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The probability that the return on investment is different from what
+ was expected. Investments are often grouped on a scale from low risk (e.g.,
+ savings accounts or government bonds) to high risk (e.g., common stocks
+ or junk bonds). As a general rule of thumb, the higher the risk, the
+ higher the possible return.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_schedtxn">
+ <glossterm>Scheduled Transaction</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Scheduled transactions provide a framework for remembering information
+ about transactions that are set to occur in the future, either once or
+ periodically.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_yield">Yield</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_scheme">
+ <glossterm>Scheme</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Scheme is a functional programming language based on a dialect of LISP.
+ Reports in <application>&app;</application> use the Scheme programming language;
+ thus, users wishing to customize reports must write Scheme.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry id="gnc-gl_shareholder">
+ <glossterm>Shareholder</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A shareholder is a person who holds common stock in a company.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_split">
+ <glossterm>Split</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A split, or Ledger Entry, is the fundamental accounting unit.
+ Each split consists of an amount, the value of that amount expressed in a
+ (possibly) different currency, a Memo, a pointer to the parent Transaction,
+ a pointer to the debited Account, a reconciled flag and timestamp, an action
+ field, and a key-value frame which can store arbitrary data.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_stock">
+ <glossterm>Stock</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A security that represents a certain fractional ownership of a company.
+ This is what you buy when you <quote>buy stock</quote> in a company on the
+ open market. This is also sometimes known as <emphasis>capital stock</emphasis>,
+ or <emphasis>common stock</emphasis>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_stocksplit">
+ <glossterm>Stock split</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Occurs when a company offers to issue some additional multiple of shares
+ for each existing stock. For example, a <quote>2 for 1</quote> stock split
+ means that if you own 100 shares of a stock, you will receive an additional
+ 100 shares at no cost to you. The unit price of the shares will usually be
+ adjusted so there is no net change in the value, so in this example the
+ price per share will be halved. Note that such transactions affect the cost
+ basis per share owned.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_transaction">
+ <glossterm>Transaction</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A transaction consists of a date, a description, an ID number, a list
+ of one or more splits, and a key-value frame. Transactions embody the notion
+ of "double entry" accounting.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_unrealgainloss">
+ <glossterm>Unrealized Gain/Loss</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Unrealized gain or loss is the difference in value between a purchase
+ price and the current value of a given asset. These gains remain unrealized
+ until the asset is sold, at which point they become <emphasis>Realized gains
+ or losses</emphasis>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_capgainloss">Capital Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_realgainloss">Realized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_valuation">
+ <glossterm>Valuation</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The process of determining the market value or the price the
+ investment would sell at in a <quote>reasonable time frame</quote>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_xml">
+ <glossterm>XML</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The eXtensible Markup Language is an international markup standard.
+ <application>&app;</application> stores its data by default in an XML data
+ structure.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_yield">
+ <glossterm>Yield</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A measure of the amount of money you earn from an investment
+ (i.e., how much income you receive from the investment). Typically, this
+ is reported as a percentage of the principal amount. Yield does not include
+ capital gains or losses (see Return). For example, a stock that sells for $100
+ and gives $2 in dividends per year has a yield of 2%.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<!-- ... -->
+
+</glossary>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guide/C/gnucash-guide.xml b/guide/C/gnucash-guide.xml
index e2c62fc..4b50b9d 100644
--- a/guide/C/gnucash-guide.xml
+++ b/guide/C/gnucash-guide.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
<!ENTITY chapter20 SYSTEM "ch_dep.xml">
<!ENTITY chapter21 SYSTEM "ch_python_bindings.xml">
<!ENTITY chapter22 SYSTEM "ch_import_business_data.xml">
+<!ENTITY gnc-gloss SYSTEM "gnc-glossary.xml">
<!ENTITY appendixa SYSTEM "appendixa.xml">
<!ENTITY appendixb SYSTEM "appendixb.xml">
<!ENTITY appendixc SYSTEM "appendixc.xml">
@@ -515,6 +516,7 @@
</part>
<part>
<title>Appendices</title>
+&gnc-gloss;
&appendixa;
&appendixb;
&appendixc;
diff --git a/guide/it/Makefile.am b/guide/it/Makefile.am
index 1048147..647abef 100644
--- a/guide/it/Makefile.am
+++ b/guide/it/Makefile.am
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ COMPONENTS = \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_oth_assets.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_python_bindings.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml \
+ ${top_srcdir}/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/appendixa.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/appendixb.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/appendixc.xml \
diff --git a/guide/it/gnucash-guide.xml b/guide/it/gnucash-guide.xml
index 10a7004..9e631bd 100644
--- a/guide/it/gnucash-guide.xml
+++ b/guide/it/gnucash-guide.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
<!ENTITY chapter20 SYSTEM "ch_dep.xml">
<!ENTITY chapter21 SYSTEM "ch_python_bindings.xml">
<!ENTITY chapter22 SYSTEM "ch_import_business_data.xml">
+<!ENTITY gnc-gloss SYSTEM "gnc-glossary.xml">
<!ENTITY appendixa SYSTEM "appendixa.xml">
<!ENTITY appendixb SYSTEM "appendixb.xml">
<!ENTITY appendixc SYSTEM "appendixc.xml">
@@ -12329,6 +12330,454 @@ MEC-0071,,000013,,,,VAT,tax,Expenses:VAT,1,4.35,,,,no,,,,,,,
<title>Appendices</title>
<!--
(Do not remove this comment block.)
+ Version: 2.4.0
+ Last modified: December 6, 2016
+ Author:
+ David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
+ Originally designed by Carol Champagne.
+ Translators:
+ (translators put your name and email here)
+-->
+<glossary>
+ <title><application>GnuCash</application> Glossary</title>
+ <para>This is a glossary of common terms used in <application>GnuCash</application>.</para>
+
+<!-- ... -->
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_account">
+ <glossterm>Conto</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An account keeps track of what you own, owe, spend or receive.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_accountingperiod">
+ <glossterm>Accounting Period</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An accounting period is an established range of time in which
+ accounting functions are performed, aggregated and analyzed. Common accounting
+ periods include month, quarter, and year.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_aqbanking">
+ <glossterm>AqBanking</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A library which implements the German Home Banking Computer Interface
+ (HBCI) and Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS), OFX
+ Direct Connect and Paypal. It is the successor of openHBCI.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_asset">
+ <glossterm>Asset</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An asset is an economic resource. Anything tangible or intangible that
+ can be owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have
+ positive economic value is considered an asset.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_balancesheet">
+ <glossterm>Balance Sheet</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A Balance Sheet is a financial statement that summarizes a company's
+ assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_book">
+ <glossterm>Book</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A book is a record of all transactions for a person or organization. In
+ <application>GnuCash</application>, each file contains a book.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_capgainloss">
+ <glossterm>Capital Gain/Loss</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The difference between the purchase and selling prices of an investment
+ at the time the investment is sold. Also known as
+ <emphasis>Realized Gain/Loss</emphasis>. Before an investment
+ is sold, the difference in value is referred to as
+ <emphasis>Unrealized Gain/Loss</emphasis>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_realgainloss">Realized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_unrealgainloss">Unrealized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_capstock">
+ <glossterm>Capital stock</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gnc-gl_stock">Stock</glosssee>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_chartofaccounts">
+ <glossterm>Struttura dei conti</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A listing of all the accounts available in the data file. The chart
+ of accounts consists of balance sheet accounts (assets, liabilities,
+ stockholders' equity) and income statement accounts (revenues, expenses,
+ gains, losses).</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_commission">
+ <glossterm>Commissionie</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The fee paid to a broker to buy or sell securities.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_commodity">
+ <glossterm>Commodity</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A commodity is something of value that is easily tradeable or sellable;
+ for example, currencies, stocks, bonds, grain, copper, and oil are all commodities.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_commonstock">
+ <glossterm>Azione ordinaria</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gnc-gl_stock">Stock</glosssee>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_compounding">
+ <glossterm>Interesse composto</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The concept that the reinvested interest can later earn interest of
+ its own (interest on interest). This is often referred to as <emphasis>compound
+ interest</emphasis>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_costbasis">
+ <glossterm>Cost Basis</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Cost basis is the original value of an asset for tax purposes,
+ usually the purchase price, adjusted for stock splits, dividends and return
+ of capital distributions. This value is used to determine the <emphasis>capital gain</emphasis>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_csv">
+ <glossterm>CSV</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Stands for Comma Separated Values. CSV files are used to store data
+ in plain text. Each line of the file is a record and each record can be
+ comprised of multiple fields separated by commas. CSV is one import format
+ that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_dividends">
+ <glossterm>Dividendi</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Dividends are cash payments a company makes to shareholders. The
+ amount of this payment is usually determined as some amount of the profits
+ of the company. Not all common stocks give dividends.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_equities">
+ <glossterm>Capitali</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Equities are investments in which the investor becomes part (or whole)
+ owner in something.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_fints">
+ <glossterm>Financial Transaction Services (FinTS)</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A banking protocol used by German banks. Developed by the German Central
+ Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). The standard is used
+ only by German banks. Prior 2002, it was called Home Banking Computer
+ Interface (HBCI). FinTS is one import format that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_hbci">Home Computer Banking Interface (HBCI)</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_gsettings">
+ <glossterm>GSettings</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Since version 2.5 the tool that stores user configuration data. It
+ uses the native data store of the operating system:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Linux</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>DConf since Gnome 3.0 dropped GConf</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Mac OS X</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Defaults. Use the command-line defaults(1) to modify
+ prefs when GnuCash isn't running.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Finestre</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Registry.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_hbci">
+ <glossterm>Home Computer Banking Interface (HBCI)</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A bank-independent online banking protocol used by German banks. Home
+ Banking Computer Interface (HBCI) was developed by the German Central
+ Banking Committee ZKA (Zentraler Kredit-Ausschuss). Since 2002, it has
+ been called Financial Transaction Services (FinTS). HBCI is one import
+ format that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_fints">Financial Transaction Services (FinTS)</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_interest">
+ <glossterm>Interesse</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>What a borrower pays a lender for the use of their money. Normally,
+ this is expressed in terms of a percentage of the principal per year. For
+ example, a savings account with 1% interest will pay you $1 for every $100
+ you keep deposited per year.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_liability">
+ <glossterm>Liability</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A liability is a financial debt or obligation that arises during the
+ course of operations.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_libofx">
+ <glossterm>LibOFX</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An open source library for OFX (see below). It was created by one
+ of the <application>GnuCash</application> developers, originally to be the
+ OFX interface for <application>GnuCash</application>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_liquidity">
+ <glossterm>Liquidità </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A measure of how easily convertible an investment is to cash. Money
+ in a savings account is very liquid, while money invested in a house has
+ low liquidity because it takes time to sell a house.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_lot">
+ <glossterm>Lot</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A lot is a means of grouping a commodity so that you later identify that
+ the item bought in one transaction is the same as one sold in a different
+ transaction. Lots are often implemented with stocks, where capital gain can
+ depend on which item is being sold at a given time.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_mt940">
+ <glossterm>MT940</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A financial information standard defined by SWIFT and used by several
+ European banks. It is also used internally in HBCI. Unfortunately, you can't
+ download the MT940 standard, but some banks publish it on their web sites.
+ MT940 is one import format that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_ofx">
+ <glossterm>OFX</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The Open Financial eXchange format. This is a financial information
+ exchange standard used by many institutions. OFX is one import format
+ that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_pricedb">
+ <glossterm>Price Database</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The price database contains a store of price quotes for stocks, mutual
+ funds, and currencies.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_principal">
+ <glossterm>Somma capitale</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The original amount of money invested or borrowed.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_qfx">
+ <glossterm>QFX</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The Quicken Financial eXchange format. This is a proprietary financial
+ information exchange standard promoted by Quicken and used by many institutions.
+ QFX is one import format that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_qif">
+ <glossterm>QIF</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) is an open specification for
+ reading and writing financial data to files. This is an older format that
+ is still used by many institutions. QIF is one import format
+ that <application>GnuCash</application> supports.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_realgainloss">
+ <glossterm>Realized Gain/Loss</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The difference between the purchase and selling prices of an investment
+ at the time the investment is sold. Also known as
+ <emphasis>Capital Gain/Loss</emphasis>. Before an investment
+ is sold, the difference in value is referred to as
+ <emphasis>Unrealized Gain/Loss</emphasis>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_capgainloss">Capital Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_unrealgainloss">Unrealized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_return">
+ <glossterm>Profitto</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The total income plus capital gains or losses of an investment.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_yield">Rendimento</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_risk">
+ <glossterm>Rischio</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The probability that the return on investment is different from what
+ was expected. Investments are often grouped on a scale from low risk (e.g.,
+ savings accounts or government bonds) to high risk (e.g., common stocks
+ or junk bonds). As a general rule of thumb, the higher the risk, the
+ higher the possible return.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_schedtxn">
+ <glossterm>Scheduled Transaction</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Scheduled transactions provide a framework for remembering information
+ about transactions that are set to occur in the future, either once or
+ periodically.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_yield">Rendimento</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_scheme">
+ <glossterm>Scheme</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Scheme is a functional programming language based on a dialect of LISP.
+ Reports in <application>GnuCash</application> use the Scheme programming language;
+ thus, users wishing to customize reports must write Scheme.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry id="gnc-gl_shareholder">
+ <glossterm>Azionista</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A shareholder is a person who holds common stock in a company.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_split">
+ <glossterm>Split</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A split, or Ledger Entry, is the fundamental accounting unit.
+ Each split consists of an amount, the value of that amount expressed in a
+ (possibly) different currency, a Memo, a pointer to the parent Transaction,
+ a pointer to the debited Account, a reconciled flag and timestamp, an action
+ field, and a key-value frame which can store arbitrary data.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_stock">
+ <glossterm>Stock</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A security that represents a certain fractional ownership of a company.
+ This is what you buy when you <quote>buy stock</quote> in a company on the
+ open market. This is also sometimes known as <emphasis>capital stock</emphasis>,
+ or <emphasis>common stock</emphasis>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_stocksplit">
+ <glossterm>Frazionamento azionario</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Occurs when a company offers to issue some additional multiple of shares
+ for each existing stock. For example, a <quote>2 for 1</quote> stock split
+ means that if you own 100 shares of a stock, you will receive an additional
+ 100 shares at no cost to you. The unit price of the shares will usually be
+ adjusted so there is no net change in the value, so in this example the
+ price per share will be halved. Note that such transactions affect the cost
+ basis per share owned.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_transaction">
+ <glossterm>Transaction</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A transaction consists of a date, a description, an ID number, a list
+ of one or more splits, and a key-value frame. Transactions embody the notion
+ of "double entry" accounting.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_unrealgainloss">
+ <glossterm>Unrealized Gain/Loss</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Unrealized gain or loss is the difference in value between a purchase
+ price and the current value of a given asset. These gains remain unrealized
+ until the asset is sold, at which point they become <emphasis>Realized gains
+ or losses</emphasis>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_capgainloss">Capital Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gnc-gl_realgainloss">Realized Gain/Loss</glossseealso>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_valuation">
+ <glossterm>Valuation</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The process of determining the market value or the price the
+ investment would sell at in a <quote>reasonable time frame</quote>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_xml">
+ <glossterm>XML</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The eXtensible Markup Language is an international markup standard.
+ <application>GnuCash</application> stores its data by default in an XML data
+ structure.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_yield">
+ <glossterm>Rendimento</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A measure of the amount of money you earn from an investment
+ (i.e., how much income you receive from the investment). Typically, this
+ is reported as a percentage of the principal amount. Yield does not include
+ capital gains or losses (see Return). For example, a stock that sells for $100
+ and gives $2 in dividends per year has a yield of 2%.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
+<!-- ... -->
+
+</glossary>
+<!--
+ (Do not remove this comment block.)
Version: 2.0.0
Last modified: July 9th 2006
Maintainers:
commit cd613b37807aaa29f9287bd6a715be7458cccf9e
Author: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Date: Fri Dec 9 13:36:36 2016 -0800
Add new (from bug 633590 change) ch_reports.xml to guide C and it Makefile.am.
diff --git a/guide/C/Makefile.am b/guide/C/Makefile.am
index 32d1c3a..1254b6b 100644
--- a/guide/C/Makefile.am
+++ b/guide/C/Makefile.am
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ entities = \
ch_expenses.xml \
ch_loans.xml \
ch_invest.xml \
+ ch_reports.xml \
ch_capgain.xml \
ch_currency.xml \
ch_dep.xml \
diff --git a/guide/it/Makefile.am b/guide/it/Makefile.am
index 3b40a07..1048147 100644
--- a/guide/it/Makefile.am
+++ b/guide/it/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ COMPONENTS = \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_expenses.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_loans.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_invest.xml \
+ ${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_reports.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_capgain.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_currency.xml \
${top_srcdir}/guide/C/ch_dep.xml \
Summary of changes:
guide/C/Makefile.am | 2 +
guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml | 448 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
guide/C/gnucash-guide.xml | 2 +
guide/it/Makefile.am | 2 +
guide/it/gnucash-guide.xml | 449 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 903 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
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