Use of Python in Gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

David Sumbler <david at aeolia.co.uk> writes:

> Recently I was asking on-list about a rather awkward scheduled
> transaction.
>
> Even more recently there has been some mention of Python "bindings" in
> Gnucash.  I'm not quite sure what these are.  Perhaps they are just ways
> for Gnucash to use its own or standard Python modules.

No, the python bindings are currently just a way to write a python
program that can access gnucash data through the gnucash API.  At this
point in time gnucash, the application, cannot use python code.

> But I know that Python can be used to write macros in OpenOffice
> (although I have never actually done it).  I was wondering whether the
> same sort of thing is possible in Gnucash.  If so, where could I find
> out more about how to set about using it?

At this point you cannot use python to extend gnucash the application.

> David

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-derek

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