kmymoney 5 frameworks

timothy timboyle at afrihost.co.za
Sun Nov 27 13:43:26 UTC 2016


On Fri, 2016-11-25 at 15:51 +0200, timothy wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I had a bit of trouble with my scripts for finance-quote and found that
> the directory /usr/share/kde4/apps/kmymoney in kmm4 is
> now /usr/share/kmymoney in kmm5. The directory 'icons' and the text file
> 'tips' were also there. I copied them across to kmm5 since they are
> missing and now both the icons and the tips are working fine. They are
> actually missing from the source code in frameworks.
> 
> I had also just copied the kmm4 kmymoney.kmy file to 5 without realizing
> that the kmymoneyui.rc should have also been copied. It is also in that
> directory. Now things look familiar and it is easier to test. I am
> surprised that a new kmymoneyui.rc was not created in kmm5 though.
> 
> Not sure how to record these small items. They are not really bugs just
> teething problems.
> 
> Regards
> Timothy
> 
>  
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2016-11-24 at 10:22 -0500, Jack wrote:
> > On 2016.11.24 03:07, timothy wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I have managed to build Kmymoney 5 on Debian 9 (Stretch).
> > > 
> > > I have not really started testing, but I have noticed a couple of
> > > things.
> > > 
> > > 1) The icons in the left vertical panel are grey default icons except
> > > for the 'Outbox' icon. I tried various desktop themes and icon  
> > > options.
> > > Oxygen theme and icons gave the best results. Is there some setting in
> > > KMM5 to correct this without having to rely on the theme?
> > > 
> > > 2) The tooltips messages are blank with an error message. The message
> > > box appears, but the actual tip is missing.
> > > 
> > > 3) Is there some way to install Kmymoney 5 and Kmymoney 4.8  
> > > side-by-side
> > > on the same system so that I can compare expected displays and results
> > > without rebooting.
> > Hi Timothy,
> > 
> > Alan answered regarding the icons.  I have also noted that the tips are  
> > missing.  I believe it is because KDE Frameworks looks for the file  
> > with the tips in a different location than KDE4 did - so it is just an  
> > incomplete port.
> > 
> > It is possible to have two versions of KMM installed at the same time,  
> > but it is not easy.  There should be no overlap, because there are name  
> > conflicts.  Assuming one version is installed in /usr/... then when you  
> > compile the other, set it to install in /home/timothy/install or  
> > someplace like that.  Then to launch it, you need a script which sets  
> > several KDE environment variables and tells KDE to rebuild its cache  
> > using that location before actually launching KMyMoney.  I have  
> > attached the two shell scripts I use to launch my private copies of 4.8  
> > and 5.  If it's not obvious what you have to modify, ask again, and  
> > I'll post a more annotated version.
> > 
> > Jack
> 

Hi

I have tried importing OFX files downloaded from my bank.
Files/Import/OFX/File Open..
Select the OFX file and click on it. The File Open screen disappears and
you are back to the Ledgers screen or whatever.

Anyone else had similar behavior with ofx file import?

Regards
Timothy





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