QIF doc pages

[Charles Day]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Quoting Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, I thought they should be shown by default..  Are you sure
> >> that you're picking up the default schema settings?
> >>
>
> >
> > The option to turn on/off QIF doc pages doesn't seem to be part of the
> > default schema settings. I guess I should put together one of those
> > "schemas" directories for the QIF importer, right?  Alternatively, we
> could
> > just change the sense of the setting to "Hide documentation" rather than
> > "Show documentation" so that doc pages are on by default, even if you
> blow
> > away your .gconf settings.
>

I've gone the schema route, and although I know nothing about gconf or
automake except what I skimmed today, by some miracle it seems to have
worked. Here's what I did, so tell me if this sounds right:
1. Created a new "schemas" directory under qif-import (I copied the one in
import-generic)
2. Rename "apps_gnucash_import_generic_matcher.schemas.in" to
"apps_gnucash_import_qif.schemas.in" and adjust its content.
3. Edit Makefile.am in the new schemas directory and replace
"apps_gnucash_import_generic_matcher.schemas.in" with
"apps_gnucash_import_qif.schemas.in"
4. Edit Makefile.am in the qif-import directory and add "schemas" as a
subdirectory (SUBDIRS).
5. Edit configure.in and add a line for
"src/import-export/qif-import/schemas/Makefile"
6. Add error checking to druid-qif-import.c so that doc pages are turned on
by default if the gconf lookup fails.
7. Build and test gnucash from scratch.

Does the above sound like everything I need to do? It seems to work - and
not by getting defaulted from #6.

I notice that the Makefile.in files got rebuilt at some point... but "svn
status" doesn't reflect that. Is SVN ignoring Makefile.in differences on
purpose? Would I need to include the new Makefile.in in the new schemas
directory as part of my "svn commit"?

Cheers,
Charles


> >
> > Any opinion?
>
> That would work...
>
> > -Charles
>
> -derek
>
> >
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> "Ian Lewis" <ianmlewis at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Charles,
> >> >
> >> > Oh shoot. I was under the impression that they were shown by default.
> I
> >> > definitely agree with this. There is no point if they are not shown
> by
> >> > default. On a side note, perhaps we should have a check box in the
> druid
> >> > that allows users to turn them off from the druid itself (like on the
> >> apply
> >> > page)? The check box is in the preferences and I might not have known
> >> about
> >> > it if I hadn't done development on the QIF druid.
> >> >
> >> > As far as how to do it, I would imagine you would have to do
> something
> >> along
> >> > the lines of editing a default schema somewhere in the source tree
> but I
> >> > couldn't tell you for sure as the code isn't in front of me atm.
> >> >
> >> > Ian
> >> >
> >> > 2008/2/23, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>:
> >> >>
> >> >> The QIF importer druid has "doc pages" that benefit new users by
> >> >> explaining
> >> >> the import process a step at a time, as the user makes his way
> through
> >> the
> >> >> druid. I think that new users would really benefit if these pages
> were
> >> >> shown
> >> >> by default (I certainly would have). However, GnuCash currently
> hides
> >> >> these
> >> >> pages by default.
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you agree that these pages should be shown by default, and if so,
> >> how
> >> >> do
> >> >> I make this happen? The setting is controlled via gconf, so would I
> >> have
> >> >> to
> >> >> add one of those gconf schemas perhaps?
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Charles
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> >>
> >> --
> >>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> >>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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> >
>
>
>
> --
>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>
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