Thanks for the feedback. I didn't know I was mailing to the gnucash list. I just clicked on the developer's mailto on the support site. I guess I've got some reading material ahead of me this weekend. :)
Sam On 8/24/07, Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please remember to CC the list on all your replies... > > "Samuel deHuszar Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > First, thanks for the quick response. A quick perusing through the > Scheme > > language docs makes me wonder. What's the best way to inject > procedures? Is > > learning Scheme a worthwhile endeavor? Or are there some quick bindings > that I > > can access using some common (non-C++ as I am a C-Dummy) XML exchange > such as > > SOA, SOAP, etc.? Can I use gnome GUI tools to invoke commands or > scripts? I > > want to be able to create a web-based interface, or some kind of > transaction > > broker that can inject/retrieve information from a local gnucash > > installation. It looks like there's no gnucash server of any kind. > > You can get GnuCash to load new scheme procedures at runtime. It's > not the EASIEST thing in the world, but it's possible. Note also > that I said "C", not "C++". > > IMHO learning Scheme is always a good idea. It's a very useful > language to know from a Computer Science point of view. It's very > easy to learn (it should take a good programer no more than a day to > really learn the syntax, and a week to learn the basic APIs). > > Adding SOA/SOAP etc. to gnucash would be MUCH more challenging. > GnuCash (as-is) is a desktop applkication, not a web-app. No, there > is no "gnucash server". > > > Without C++ knowledge, am I sunk? Thanks again for your help, and my > > apologies for hand-holding requests. If I don't have to learn an > enormous > > high-level programming language to do what I want, I'd prefer to > not. :) > > See above. There is no C++, there is only C. But if you don't > know C and aren't willing to learn Scheme, then yes, you're SOL. > > > Thanks again. > > > > Sincerely, > > Sam > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available > -- Samuel deHuszar Allen ---------------------------------------- If I don't have the right solution, you have the wrong problem. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
