Trouble Loading Finance::Quote

[John Layman]

Re-reading this section of the doc, yes, I see that I had a misconception
about how this feature is invoked once it has been installed [probably due
to my having read the review first - it's what persuaded me to give GNUCash
a try].  But, 'succinct' is not a word I'd use to describe the way this
feature is documented, and for a person like myself who has his hands full
running a small business, something more succinct would be helpful.  As it
stands, the entire section must be read carefully in order to grasp the
overall "shape" of the feature.

Clearly, 'clearly' is in the eye of the beholder.  The author of the review
misinterpreted the manual just as I did, and we were both making an honest
effort to use the software properly.  I disagree that the doc all that
plainly puts "automatic" in the context of a cron job.  It simply says that
the command X *can* be used to update prices, and that it *can* be automated
by creating a crontab entry.  Indeed, "automatic" is used ambiguously in
that the 'Get Quotes' button is by implication also automatic updating.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:38 PM
To: john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
Cc: 'gnucash-user'
Subject: Re: Trouble Loading Finance::Quote


On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:29 AM, John Layman wrote:

> The doc is rather misleading in this regard, given that it several 
> times states that the feature 'automatically' updates prices.  There 
> is nothing very 'automatic' about doing so only through menu selection.
> 
> I am paralleling with Money 2008 and my Money online services have 
> expired, so I've been running Python scripts in the scheduler to 
> update the stock quotes in Money.  I'll try doing the same with GNUCash.
> 

The only reference I found to updating automatically was the link I posted
yesterday, which pretty clearly puts "automatic" in the context of a cron
job (the unix equivalent of "Scheduled Tasks"). Where are the ones I missed?

Regards,
John Ralls=