[Kmymoney-devel] build-dep kmymoney (was: Feature request: improved / additional currency conversion)

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Saturday 29 October 2011 07:21:43 Software at quantentunnel.de wrote:

> Hi Jack
> 
> Thanks; worked nicely. Shouldn't this package be included with 'apt-get
> build-dep kmymoney'; for the benefit of other newcomers?


Yes, but that is a downstream problem.  It really depends on your distro for 
this to work.

> PS: I was out of town for the week, thus my late thank.

Better late than never, thank you.



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> 
> > Datum: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
> > Von: Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net>
> > An: Software at quantentunnel.de, kmymoney-devel at kde.org
> > Betreff: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feature request: improved / additional
> > currency conversion
> > 
> > Hello Al,
> > 
> > GMP is a library for arbitrary precision math, from http://gmplib.org/.
> > Depending on your distro, you should find a gmp-dev package, or something
> > like
> > it.  (By the way, subversion uses checkout, git uses clone.)
> > 
> > 
> > Jack
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: "Software at quantentunnel.de" <Software at quantentunnel.de>
> > To: kmymoney-devel at kde.org
> > Sent: Sat, October 22, 2011 12:14:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feature request: improved / additional
> > currency
> > conversion
> > 
> > Thanks, Thomas. After thinking a bit more and reading
> > kmymoneycalculator.cpp I
> > agree that the calculator widget is more appropriate than a plugin. So, I
> > will
> > give it a try; but need your help already to compile kmymoney.
> > 
> > I cloned the subversion repo of kmymoney. As this is the first KDE app
> > that I
> > try to compile, I needed to download a bunch of libs
> > (desktop:~/Temp/kmymoney/build$ sudo apt-get build-dep kmymoney).
> > Unluckily,
> > cmake (desktop:~/Temp/kmymoney/build$ cmake ..
> > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/)
> > still reports errors: "Could NOT find GMP (missing: GMP_INCLUDE_DIR
> > GMP_LIBRARIES)"
> > 
> > 
> > Any idea how to resolve?
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > Al_
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > on Tuesday 18 October 2011 19:59:28 Software at quantentunnel.de wrote:
> > > ...
> > > One feature in MS Money was handy that I miss in KMyMoney: entering
> > 
> > amounts
> > 
> > > in a foreign currency. Typical example are credit card purchases during
> > > vacation: the customer copy lists, e.g., USD but the credit card
> > > company will be me in Euro. In MS Money I could enter the amount in
> > > USD, then press F8 which pops up a dialog where I can choose the
> > > destination currency (Euro). This dialog looks otherwise similar to
> > > the currency conversion dialog that KMyMoney presents when
> > > transferring money between accounts with different currencies. And
> > > yes, I realize that this will
> > 
> > only
> > 
> > > give approximate amounts as the credit card company most often applies
> > > a slightly different exchange rate. Nevertheless, it becomes obvious
> > 
> > during
> > 
> > > reconciliation whether the amount can be correct or is fraudulent.
> > > 
> > > Instead of F8, I suggest to include a button "Convert to ..." in the
> > 
> > pop-up
> > 
> > > calculator, in addition to basic math (+ - / * %).
> > > ...
> > > PS: I am an amateur C++ / Qt4 programmer. Do you believe I could
> > 
> > contribute
> > 
> > > to a "Convert to ..." plugin?
> > 
> > Certainly, you can give it a try. We can direct you to the right spot. I
> > am
> > not sure, if a plugin would be the right solution, but I haven't thought
> > about
> > it either.
> > 
> > The calculator is organized as an object and can easily be modified. It
> > is automatically available for all amount widgets throughout the
> > application.
> > 
> > p.s. Please send furhter mails to kmymoney-devel at kde.org as this is the
> > new
> > developer list.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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