[kmymoney/4.8] doc: initial doc update for 4.8.1
Jack Ostroff
null at kde.org
Thu Aug 31 19:35:51 UTC 2017
Git commit 0854a68b4f25f5ddccfab144772cd860fdcf141e by Jack Ostroff.
Committed on 26/07/2017 at 21:51.
Pushed by ostroffjh into branch '4.8'.
initial doc update for 4.8.1
M +2 -4 doc/credits.docbook
M +16 -3 doc/details-impexp.docbook
M +6 -19 doc/index.docbook
M +9 -7 doc/introduction.docbook
M +98 -31 doc/whatsnew.docbook
https://commits.kde.org/kmymoney/0854a68b4f25f5ddccfab144772cd860fdcf141e
diff --git a/doc/credits.docbook b/doc/credits.docbook
index 91279bba..412035ce 100644
--- a/doc/credits.docbook
+++ b/doc/credits.docbook
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@
<title>Credits</title>
<para>
- Program Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
- 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 The KMyMoney Development Team
+ Program Copyright © 2000 - 2017 The KMyMoney Development Team
</para>
<para>
- Documentation Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 The KMyMoney Development Team
+ Documentation Copyright © 2000 - 2017 The KMyMoney Development Team
</para>
<sect1 id="credits.original">
diff --git a/doc/details-impexp.docbook b/doc/details-impexp.docbook
index 3bf43e7e..f744bdf6 100644
--- a/doc/details-impexp.docbook
+++ b/doc/details-impexp.docbook
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
<authorgroup>
<author> &Ace.Jones; &Ace.Jones.mail; </author>
</authorgroup>
- <date>2011-07-3</date>
- <releaseinfo>4.6</releaseinfo>
+ <date>2017-07-25</date>
+ <releaseinfo>4.8.1</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Importing and Exporting</title>
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@
<sect1 id="details.impexp.qifimp">
<sect1info>
- <author>&Thomas.Baumgart; &Thomas.Baumgart.mail;</author>
+ <author> &Thomas.Baumgart; &Thomas.Baumgart.mail;</author>
+ <author> &Jack.H.Ostroff; &Jack.H.Ostroff.mail;</author>
</sect1info>
<title>QIF Importer</title>
@@ -758,6 +759,18 @@
during import.
</para>
</note>
+
+<para>
+ Another possible use of a profile is if your QIF file uses a non-standard
+ character set, such as ISO-8859-1. To have &kappname; convert the file to
+ UTF-8 on import, you can use
+</para>
+<programlisting>
+ iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8
+</programlisting>
+<para>
+ as the value of the filter.
+</para>
<!--
<para>
The most commonly changed thing between QIF implementations is the date format.
diff --git a/doc/index.docbook b/doc/index.docbook
index 42e206d5..47cd499d 100644
--- a/doc/index.docbook
+++ b/doc/index.docbook
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
<bookinfo>
<title>The &kappname; Handbook</title>
-<subtitle>for &kappname; version 4.7</subtitle>
+<subtitle>for &kappname; version 4.8.1</subtitle>
<authorgroup>
<!-- This is just put in as an example. For real documentation, please
@@ -150,20 +150,7 @@ and use `&George.N.Ugnacious; &George.N.Ugnacious.mail;' in the author element.
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
-<year>2000</year>
-<year>2001</year>
-<year>2003</year>
-<year>2004</year>
-<year>2005</year>
-<year>2006</year>
-<year>2007</year>
-<year>2008</year>
-<year>2009</year>
-<year>2010</year>
-<year>2011</year>
-<year>2012</year>
-<year>2013</year>
-<year>2014</year>
+ <year>2000-2017</year>
<holder>The &kappname; Development Team</holder>
</copyright>
<!-- Translators: put here the copyright notice of the translation -->
@@ -178,18 +165,18 @@ Please respect the format of the date (YYYY-MM-DD) and of the version
(V.MM.LL), it could be used by automation scripts.
Do NOT change these in the translation. -->
-<date>2014-08-30</date>
-<releaseinfo>4.7.01</releaseinfo>
+<date>2017-07-25</date>
+<releaseinfo>4.8.1</releaseinfo>
<!-- Abstract about this handbook -->
<abstract>
<para>
- &kappname;, the personal finance manager for &kde;.
+ &kappname;, the personal finance manager by &kde;.
</para>
<para>
- This handbook describes &kappname; version 4.7.
+ This handbook describes &kappname; version 4.8.1
</para>
</abstract>
diff --git a/doc/introduction.docbook b/doc/introduction.docbook
index d497ed9d..a35add9b 100644
--- a/doc/introduction.docbook
+++ b/doc/introduction.docbook
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<chapter id="introduction">
<chapterinfo>
- <date>2014-08-30</date>
- <releaseinfo>4.7.01</releaseinfo>
+ <date>2017-07-25</date>
+ <releaseinfo>4.8.1</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<title>What is &kappname;?</title>
<para>
- Put simply, &kappname; is a personal finance manager for &kde;. It enables
+ Put simply, &kappname; is a personal finance manager by &kde;. It enables
users of open source operating systems and applications to keep careful track
of their personal finances by providing a broad array of financial features
and tools.
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@
<para>
As a personal finance manager, &kappname; is not intended to scale to the
- needs of an average business. A small business might find sufficient
- functionality to use &kappname;, but features such as accounts-receivable and
- accounts-payable are not directly supported. However, it would be possible to
- create client, supplier, document, or other features through plugins.
+ needs of an average business or organization. A small business might find
+ sufficient functionality to use &kappname;, but features such as
+ accounts-receivable and accounts-payable are not directly supported. However,
+ it would be possible to create client, supplier, document, or other features
+ through plugins. There are also legal requirements on business bookkeeping in
+ many countries, which &kappname; does not meet.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew.docbook b/doc/whatsnew.docbook
index e12766dc..fd310d4d 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew.docbook
+++ b/doc/whatsnew.docbook
@@ -1,86 +1,153 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<chapter id="whatsnew">
<chapterinfo>
- <date>2014-08-30</date>
- <releaseinfo>4.7.01</releaseinfo>
+ <date>2017-07-25</date>
+ <releaseinfo>4.8.1</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>
<title>What's new in this release</title>
<para>
- As with every release, the &kappname; development team has been working hard
- to make this release better and easier to use in every way. We have also made
- quite a few improvements. We are confident you will like what you see.
+ As with every release, the &kappname; development team has worked hard to make
+ this release better and easier to use in every way, although most of the
+ developer effort has recently gone toward releasing a version of &kappname;
+ which runs under KDE Frameworks. However, this release does include almost 50
+ different bug fixes and new features. For the future, and any further
+ releases in the 4.8.x series will likely contain only bug fixes.
</para>
<para>
- In addition to numerous bug fixes, this version also includes new features and
- functionality. Although all new features have had some testing, this is
- considered a development release, in preparation for a full release 4.8 early
- in 2015.
-</para>
-
-<para>
- Here are some of the new features found in this release:
+ Here are some of the bugs fixed and new features found in this release:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Transaction tags were added. This was long requested feature and allows an improved categorization of transaction.
+ Multiple improvements to data import, including:
</para>
- </listitem>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improved payee matching
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Avoid crash if you provide an invalid name for the import file
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Resolved numerous issues with importing QIF and CSV files
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Removed some restrictions on the type of account to which data can be
+ imported.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allowed OFX import to use Client UID, required by some banks.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>
- Better performance of the user interface. Performance in general has been improved by fixing performance issues spotted using a profiler.
+ Multiple improvements to the &Windows; version, including:
</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Changes to make the build process easier and more reliable.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow saving reports as .csv and not just .html.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fixed localization problems on 64 bit versions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Resolved issues with file backup.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Proper input methods support was added. &kappname; can now be safely used with languages that need input methods for easier use.
+ The user is now notified if changing a memo in a transaction would make it
+ different from the memo in the other split of the transaction (such as in
+ a transfer.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added a frozen column to improve visualizing forecast details. This way the account name won't be shifted out of the view when horizontally scrolling the forecast details.
+ Added a setting to configure location of optional log file for imported
+ data.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The application icons were improved.
+ Remove restriction on configuring VAT account assignments for certain
+ types of accounts.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Many improvements in the importing and online banking modules, including:
+ Several improvements to the database back end
</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The homepage can show accounts online banking status.
+ Avoiding a crash if the database is not present restoring from hibernation.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- OFX plugin now allows custom application version.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- There is a new plugin to export csv files.
+ Corrected SQL syntax issues causing errors.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Eliminated false positive errors from Consistency Check
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Several improvements to importing and exporting templates.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Elimination of several causes of crashes.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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