Tracking Money in Savings Account

[Daniel Trezub]

Hi, Derek!

Thanks for your explanation!

As I've already asked other times, it would be great if we had some more
information about the ways we, non-programers, can do all these things you
stated.

For example, I have no idea how a functional specification looks like, and I
have no idea what a glade application is or how it works. I am a graphic
designer, so I think I could help with something, but don't know how.

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Daniel Trezub
http://www.gameblogs.com.br


On 19 December 2010 12:08, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> On Sun, December 19, 2010 12:07 am, Daniel Trezub wrote:
> > I need it/use it as personal finance manager.
> >
> > BUT, as I see in the splash screen every time I start GC, it's a "Free
> > Accountant Software". And by what I've seen here in the list, I tend to
> > think the developers see it as an accountant software, too.
>
> Actually, it says "Free AccountING Software" (emphasis mine).
>
> GnuCash is NOT a finance manager.  Then again, neither was Quicken, and
> I'm pretty sure MS Money isn't, either.
>
> I cannot answer for anyone else, but I still agree with what it says in
> the splash screen; GnuCash is Accounting Software.  You can fit accounting
> software into lots of holes, but in the end it requires the end user to
> know how to twist the peg.
>
> GnuCash is not all things to all users, and frankly I don't expect it to
> be all things to all users.
>
> I realize this is the user list and not the devel list, but I'll repeat
> again here:  if you think something is missing you are encouraged to do
> something about it.  If you don't know how to program at all then you're
> welcome to test, report bugs, and write up functional specifications for
> missing features. If it's a report that's missing, then draw up an example
> of how the report should look and write up a document for how the report
> should work.  If you're talking about other features, run the glade
> application to design UIs and show how users would enter in the new data.
> If you DO know how to program (even if you don't know C or Scheme, well,
> you should learn them!) you're welcome to send it patches to fix issues
> that you have.
>
> The onus is on YOU, the community at large, to make GnuCash better and fit
> your needs.  Anyone can become a "developer".  There is not some magic
> pixie dust that makes those of us who commit code to subversion any
> smarter than those of you who run the program.
>
> I know that when new blood comes asking "what can I do", it's much easier
> to point them to a fully thought out feature request than a bug report "it
> doesn't work".  Granted, just doing all that work doesn't mean the feature
> will be in the next release; the developers are extremely time-constrained
> as it is and we have WAY too many open bugs and feature requests as-is.
> So it's a question of time, value, desire, and itch.
>
> What's your itch?  And how can you scratch it?  (productively)
>
> >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> -derek
>
>