gnucash 2.7.1: ERROR: Unbound variable: gnc-build-dotgnucash-path

[Sébastien de Menten]

yes, the same can be done in scheme but the question is "will scheme
reports/scripts need to be rewritten for Gnucash 2.7/2.8?" (i.e. no back
compatibility guaranteed)

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 5:50 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

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> On Nov 20, 2017, at 1:37 AM, Sébastien de Menten <sdementen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Indeed. But in gnucash guile world, how will scm scripts using the old API
> still work tomorrow ? Or do they need a migration/versioning per gnucash
> version ?
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> On Nov 20, 2017 06:04, "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Nov 19, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Sébastien de Menten <sdementen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> btw, how can I keep backward compatibility in this case so that my
>> reports work for both gnucash 2.7/2.8 and gnucash 2.6 ?
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>> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Sébastien de Menten <sdementen at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
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>>> Ok, thanks for the clarification.
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>>> On Nov 19, 2017 16:05, "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>>>> > On Nov 19, 2017, at 6:20 AM, Sébastien de Menten <sdementen at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Not sure if it is a bug with gnucash 2.7.1, but I can't use
>>>> > the gnc-build-dotgnucash-path in the config.user as I get an unbound
>>>> > variable.
>>>> > any clue?
>>>> > is this the right list for questions re gnucash 2.7.1 or should I use
>>>> the
>>>> > gnucash-user ML ?
>>>>
>>>> It’s renamed to gnc-build-userdata-path. See
>>>> libgnucash/core-utils/core-utils.scm.
>>>>
>>>> Depends on the question. API questions usually belong here.
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>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies.
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>> The pythonic way would be to catch the unbound variable exception and try
>> the other one in the handler.
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> I’m not much of a schemer so someone more fluent should chime in… but
> Scheme also has exceptions so I imagine that the same pattern would work.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
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