[Kde-finance-apps] Brainstorming requirements for an Alkimia Quotes Backend: Feedback/Reality-Check Needed Please :)

[Brian Cappello]

> Just stepped over
>
>  http://opensource.bureau-cornavin.com/keurocalc/index.html#curconvd
>
> which lists:
>
> ----8<----
> curconvd is another binary package that can be generated from KEuroCalc
> source
> package. curconvd is a daemon that acts as a currency conversion service
> over
> D-Bus.
>
> It works as follows : the curconvd deamon is started in the background. An
> application that needs to convert monetary amounts "speaks" to curconvd via
> D-
> Bus. The fastest way to do that is to use the D-Bus API. However, a shell
> script, like the small example that is included with the program, can use
> an
> utility like qdbus to communicate with curconvd.
>
> The full documentation of curconvd application programming interface is
> located in the file API.txt in curconvd directory.
> ----8<----
>

What a sweet find! Thanks for the heads up, super helpful :)


> Maybe, this is another building block for Alkimia. I did not find an e-mail
> address of the author, but you might want to get in touch with him via his
> kde-apps page
> http://kde-apps.org/usermanager/search.php?username=e-bischoff .
>
> I'm on it, and now we wait...


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