High-level question

[Dave Peticolas]

David Proulx writes:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Dave Peticolas wrote:
> > Invoking GnuCash in batch mode is pretty simple. There is a Perl
> > API that does not involve the GUI or the main application at all.
> > 
> > There is also a scheme api, but using it in batch mode requires
> > the develoment version of GnuCash.
> 
> That sounds great!  I'd like to try out the Perl API but I don't
> see it documented anywhere.  Have I missed something?

No, the perl api docs were not included in the distribution
(that has been fixed, they will be in the next release).
Take a look at the 'gnc-prices' perl script to get a sample
of how the interface is used.

dave