eguile reports again

Phil Longstaff plongstaff at rogers.com
Sun Jun 21 18:24:20 EDT 2009


On June 21, 2009 05:32:03 pm Chris Dennis wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 20:23 -0400, Phil Longstaff wrote:
> > On June 19, 2009 06:53:46 pm Chris Dennis wrote:
> > > Hello folks
> > >
> > > Firstly, I've added a new version of eguile-gnc.scm itself to bug
> > > 574582.  The only change is improved error reporting.  eguile-gnc has
> > > been stable and reliable for me.  Could it be included in 2.4, even if
> > > eguile-based reports aren't ready yet?  That way, it will be in place
> > > for people to start creating eguile-based reports.
> > >
> > > Secondly, I've created an eguile version of a balance sheet report. 
> > > The layout is more to my taste than the standard one (I realise that
> > > there are many ways to lay out a balance sheet.)  The report includes a
> > > way of pre-processing a list of accounts into a structure that can be
> > > easily dealt with by the eguile template, so this could be adapted for
> > > other accounts-based reports.  balsheet-eg.scm is attached to bug
> > > 574582, and so is a sample of its output.
> > >
> > > Thirdly, can we set up a page on the wiki for discussion / creation /
> > > development / sharing / documentation of eguile reports?  Should that
> > > be part of the existing 'Custom Reports' page, or somewhere else?
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > I assume that eguile-gnc.scm is a new file which does not conflict with
> > any other .scm files.  If so, I have no problem including it in 2.3.2/2.4
>
> That's correct.  It defines itself as
>   (define-module (gnucash report eguile-gnc))
> so it should go in the src/report/report-system/gnucash/report directory
> (unless someone thinks otherwise).

Submitted as r18150

Phil


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