Announcement: GnuCash Documentation 2.4.2 Release

[Geert Janssens]

    GnuCash Documentation 2.4.2 released

The GnuCash documentation team proudly announces release 2.4.2 of the 
GnuCash help manual and concepts guide. This documentation is intended 
for the 2.4 series of GnuCash.


      Reading the documentation online

An online version of the documentation is available on the Documentation 
page <http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml> of the GnuCash website 
<http://www.gnucash.org/>. The 2.4.2 documentation can be found under 
"GnuCash v2.4 (current stable release)" in multiple languages.


      Getting GnuCash Documentation as pdf

A pdf version of the documentation available on the Documentation page 
<http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml> of the GnuCash website 
<http://www.gnucash.org/>. The 2.4.2 documentation can be found under 
"GnuCash v2.4 (current stable release)" in multiple languages.


      Getting GnuCash Documentation as epub

A epub version of the documentation available on the Documentation page 
<http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml> of the GnuCash website 
<http://www.gnucash.org/>. The 2.4.2 documentation can be found under 
"GnuCash v2.4 (current stable release)" in multiple languages.


      Getting GnuCash Documentation as mobi

A mobi version of the documentation available on the Documentation page 
<http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml> of the GnuCash website 
<http://www.gnucash.org/>. The 2.4.2 documentation can be found under 
"GnuCash v2.4 (current stable release)" in multiple languages.


      Getting GnuCash Documentation as source code

If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 2.4.2 for yourself, the 
source code can be downloaded from:

  * Sourceforge
    <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/gnucash-docs-2.4.2.tar.gz>
  * You can also checkout the sources directly from the subversion
    repository as described here. <http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Subversion>


      Changes

Changes between 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 include

  * Bugs fixed
      o Bug #647197 - Add short note on report customisation
      o Bug #651498 - Add note about automatic price retrieval
      o Bug #651886 - Reword and simplify A/P and A/R warnings
      o Bug #654467 - Proof reading patch and many localized figures.
        Thanks to Yasuaki Taniguchi.
      o Bug #654467 - Add support to relative path for ipaexfont folder
        location. Thanks to Yasuaki Taniguchi.
      o Bug #654467 - Add handling of Japanese font for pdf generation.
        Thanks to Yasuaki Taniguchi.
      o Bug #654467 - Complete the update to Japanese Translation of the
        GnuCash guide. Thanks to Yasuaki Taniguchi.
      o Bug #659147 - Use Loan repayment calculator instead of financial
        calculator, fix some minor mistakes and add some tagging.
      o Bug #660379 - Add tip and note about customizable register view
        and transactions operations.
      o Bug #660871 - Correct spelling.
      o Bug #661705 - OMF files not installed at the right place: yelp
        doesn't see them
      o Bug #663208 - New method for running New Account Hierarchy
      o Bug #664054 - add a note about using Tab key instead of Enter
        key for the split in capital gain and losses.
      o Bug #670354 - [PATCH] Outdated Docs - Assign Starting Invoice Number
      o Bug #672668 - Add section explaining how to migrate data.
      o Bug #684709 - Cumulative patch to backport changes related to
        this bug.
      o Bug #688425 - Fix steps in putting it all together section.
  * Translation updates
      o Update Italian translation of help and guide.
      o Add missing files to help/de../makefile as suggested by
        Dominique Leuenberger on IRC.
      o Add missing xml file for chapter 16 and 17 to Japanese guide.
  * New or improved content
      o Change wording on section Online Assistance
      o Update in Help_tips Pseudo-symbols that can be used for
        TIAA-CREF quotes
      o Update in Help_tips Yahoo Codes for Exchanges and Markets. As a
        side effect, I introduced more GDP conform id's. I know, I
        should have done the formating in a separate patch - sorry for
        the inconvience.
      o Update in Help_tips Finance-Quote Sources to FQ 1.17 /
        gnc-commodity r22290 Additional change order: Sources overview
        before source specific tables
      o Fix capitalization in GnuCash word.
      o Small fixes to help files.
      o Add a non complete section for migrating GnuCash data.
      o Added item re. line chart for net worth.
      o guide: Slight clarification in meaning
      o Fix a typo.
  * Markup releated changes
      o Fix tags to pass docbook validation.
      o Some tagging.
      o Use variable list.
      o Fix a missing slash.
      o Add proper markup for app name.
      o Adjust dpi of help figures for better pdf printing for all
        languages using the script documented in
        http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Update_Instructions#Images_and_screenshots

      o Adjust dpi of figures for better pdf printing for all languages
        using the script documented in
        http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Update_Instructions#Images_and_screenshots

  * Other, non-visible changes
      o Update AUTHORS and NEWS
      o Clean up the revision history list
      o Copyright and contact changes - Remove Yawar's e-mail adress
        from the author's listing (on his request) - Remove my e-mail
        address from the author's listing - Transfer my copyrights to
        the GnuCash Documentation team. I don't need personal copyright
        assignment. - Start adding an e-mail address for the publisher
        (using gnucash-user at gnucash.org)
      o Make sure images are found when generating pdf out of tree
      o Add comment about modifications in xmldoc.make
      o Add links for backwards compatibility with older yelp versions
        This is a follow up on r22373 which fixes the help file
        locations for newer yelp versions. That fix was incompatible
        with older yelp versions. With the links in place, both old and
        new yelp versions should properly find the help files. This
        change is deliberately committed to the 2.4 branch only. It is
        expected that the older yelp versions won't be used anymore by
        the time the current trunk gets stable.
      o Makefile cleanups
      o Update README: Debian packaging, non-latin PDF. Explain the
        different way to contact the team. Add a few pointer to related
        documents.
      o Fix out of tree build
      o Clean up indentation
      o Add openSUSEs font path for local installed IPA*.ttf
      o XML conversion: mark old step as for pre-2.0 files only
      o Fix uninstall error introduced by r21467
      o Fix commits of SASAKI Suguru patches for epub and mobi generation.
      o Patch by SASAKI Suguru - Implement mobi generation target.
      o Patch by SASAKI Suguru - Implement epub generation target
      o Add svnlog2ul script tailored to gnucash-docs


      About the Program

GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the GNU 
General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, 
Mac OSX and Microsoft Windows. Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and 
its first stable release was in 1998.