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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hello Martin & Derek,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Just for information: an Eclipse Project is beeing built
for about the same use of GnuCash. It is principally used on Windows : <A
href="http://jmoney.sourceforge.net/">http://jmoney.sourceforge.net/</A> .
I have implemented the import of G</FONT><FONT size=2>nucash-XML files in this
JMoney, as well as an export (but the export doesn't run for the
time).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>It was only an information. I don't think JMoney has to
replace or will replace GnuCash, but I currently only use Linux to do my home
finance... and I'm bored to have to start my computer new each time I want to
change sthg in it...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Olivier</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=warlord@MIT.EDU href="mailto:warlord@MIT.EDU">Derek Atkins</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=marthter@yahoo.ca
href="mailto:marthter@yahoo.ca">marthter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=gnucash-devel@gnucash.org
href="mailto:gnucash-devel@gnucash.org">gnucash-devel@gnucash.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: gnucash gnome2/Gtk2
Windows</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>The biggest hurdle (IMHO) to a Windows port of GnuCash is
the<BR>developer willing to stand up and do it. None of the
current<BR>developers have the inclination or interest. A few people
have<BR>come by over time and tried it a little, but nothing has
ever<BR>resulted from it.<BR><BR>Personally, I've always said that I'm happy
to apply patches to<BR>get the windows port working, provided they are
portable patches<BR>(read: don't break the existing code for non-Windows
platforms).<BR>That sentiment still holds.<BR><BR>I believe that the G2 port
will definitely make it easier to port to<BR>Windows.. However the
current method of modularization through guile<BR>shared objects might cause a
lot of heartache. I'm definitely willing<BR>to entertain the prospect of
"fixing" the modularization mechanisms<BR>within gnucash. :)<BR><BR>Are
you volunteering? :) :) :)<BR><BR>-derek<BR><BR>marthter <<A
href="mailto:marthter@yahoo.ca">marthter@yahoo.ca</A>> writes:<BR><BR>>
Hi,<BR>><BR>> Long-time lurker (several years) but I've been off the
list since last <BR>> fall. This is not 100% on topic but moreso here
than the users list I <BR>> think...<BR>><BR>> I recently stumbled on
Gimp for Windows <A
href="http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net">http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net</A>
<BR>> ) and was impressed with how stable it was and how close to the Linux
UI <BR>> it came. Before installing it, you have to install "GTK+ 2
for Windows" <BR>> (also on the same site) so I guess that is what gives
them a lot of the <BR>> infrastructure they need.<BR>><BR>> My
question is how relevant might this be for GnuCash in the future? I
<BR>> understand about the Gnome 2 port still progressing (and having to go
<BR>> gradually, in parallel with feature and bug development), but I'm
<BR>> thinking about when that is done... Will there still be a lot of
other <BR>> GnuCash dependencies that have no "GTK+ 2 for Windows"
equivalent?<BR>><BR>> I also understand there might be reluctance to
invest work to support a <BR>> dying platform like Windows, but there are
some people who have to stick <BR>> with it for very specific features of
certain programs. I'm thinking of <BR>> a friend of mine who spends
all day replying to e-mail and needs this <BR>> one certain e-mail feature
or his productivity is shot, and I just can't <BR>> find anything
comparable in Linux to recommend to him. So if I can't <BR>> bring
him to GnuCash (Linux), maybe I can bring GnuCash to him on
Windows.<BR>><BR>> So, yes, at the moment this is just one person's
itch, but if I don't <BR>> ask, I can't tell how many others might be
interested, short term, long <BR>> term, or no term. And if I don't
ask the advice of the developers who <BR>> know, I'll can't tell if it
would be in the least bit feasible, or if it <BR>> would be a monumental
and/or doomed-to-fail thing to even attempt.<BR>><BR>> Thanks for your
attention.<BR>><BR>> Regards.<BR>><BR>> Martin<BR><BR>--
<BR> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95
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