Time tracking in GnuCash

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Luigi Bai <lpb+gcash at focalpoint.com>:

> Can the ~/.gnucash/config.user (load-from-path XXX) method load in
> scheme for the UI (other than reports)? IE, can I use that to manipulate
> the toolbar or the menu system?

I dont recall what interfaces are exposed.  I know you can get into the
Report menus, but I don't know what (if any) other menus you can get
into via Scheme.  And I don't think you can get into toolbars from
Scheme.

HOWEVER, if your goal is to get into a menu item, why not design a
"portable invoice format" and create an importer (in C) that will
load the portable format file and install it into GnuCash's database?

> Why was --load turned off for 2.0? Seems like it must have been rather
> useful for scripting interaction with GnuCash?

It was turned off because nobody used it.  We had no examples
of people actually using it.  So we turned off functionality
that wasn't being used and wasn't being tested.  And surprise!  Nobody
complained about the lack of functionality!  (well, okay, maybe one
person asked about it).

-derek

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