[Kmymoney-devel] Manual chapters for FAQ and Installation

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi all,

on Saturday 24 July 2010 01:01:23 Jack wrote:


> On 2010.07.23 18:50, Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > On 2010.07.23 17:00, Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net>
> >
> > wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > You could add that there are mostly 2 kind of packages. Those that
> > are release version (3.97.2, 1.0.5, 3.98.1) and those which are
> > snapshots from the repository, and show the current state of
> > development (-cvs, -svn packages). Regular users are recommended to
> > use only released versions, and those brave ones can take a look at
> > the state-of-the-art by installing the repo snapshots.
> 
> I'll try to emphasize this better.  It's obvious if you already
> understand it. :-)  I'm not saying much about the 1.0.x versions beyond
> historical context.
> 
> >>> There are similar packages for OpenSuse (Packman), Mandriva (Jose
> >>> Jorge's RPMs) and Arch (my AUR packages). Should we include these,
> >>> or should the handbook just point to the web page, and we can add
> >>> them there?
> >
> > The forum has an intent of a list, but I don't think it's up-to-date.
> 
> I meant the techbase project home page, not the forum or mailing list.
> 
> Anyway - I just made the initial commit to svn, so you can look and see
> if there is anything else to modify.

Shouldn't we direct people to use the b.k.o. frontend to report bugs rather 
than using the built-in method?

The chapter on colors is headed 'Colours'.

In install from source, replace "sudo make install" with "sudo make 
install/fast" which is quicker.

KMyMoney is also known to work on Windows. Cristian has more info on that.


Just my 0.02 after going through the manual in less than a half hour or so.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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