I had Cygwin downloaded and installed and the Guile package installed also and was trying to figure out how to use it when I got the next few messages that said to use the command prompt and type in those two lines.
I had to modify them to this for them to work SET GUILE_LOAD_PATH=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\gnucash\share\guile\1.8 "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"\gnucash\bin\guile.exe Then I went to the tutorial site and typed in items as directed. I attach a screen shot of the results. Looks like it works. Since there is only one user account on my computer right now, should I uninstall Cygwin64 from the computer? I do not need it for anything right now as far as I can tell. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Geert Janssens <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 19 February 2015 14:03:51 Geert Janssens wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 February 2015 16:23:14 Dmitry Pavlov wrote: > > > > GnuCash uses guile as a scheme impl. > > > > > > Indeed, gnucash uses guile. So you probably want to work with that > > > because each implementation speaks a different dialect. > > > > > > The downside is that guile is not a windows native package. So when > > > you install gnucash it works well from within gnucash, but it's less > > > obvious how to use it independently of gnucash. > > > > > > Here is one way you could do it: > > > > > > - Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) > > > - Type > > > SET GUILE_LOAD_PATH=%ProgramFiles%\gnucash\share\guile\1.8 > > > %ProgramFiles%\gnucash\bin\guile.exe > > > > Eh sorry, that second command needs quotes: > > "%ProgramFiles%"\gnucash\bin\guile.exe > > > > Geert > > > > > > > > The first command makes sure guile finds all of its modules, the > > > second will start an interactive guile session. > > > > > > > I think you should better try to install cygwin and then install > > > > guile for it, using it's package management feature. > > > > > > Be careful with installing gnucash and cygwin under the same user > > > account. From past reports it looks like this is a recipe for crashes > > > in gnucash. > > > > > > If you want to go the cygwin route, please install it under a separate > > > user account on your pc, and make sure it doesn't install for all > > > users. > > > > > > > As an alternative you can run Ubuntu in virtual maching (virtual box > > > > for example) > > > > > > That would also be an option. > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > Geert > > > > > > > 2015-02-19 14:52 GMT+03:00 David Christopher <[email protected]>: > > > > > I have been studying the process on this page: > > > > > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports > > > > > > > > > > The first thing I run into is that I have to learn Scheme. So off > > > > > to this page: > > > > > http://www.scheme.com/tspl2d/start.html#g1546 where I am told I > > > > > need > > > > > a ""interactive > > > > > Scheme system"" . > > > > > > > > > > I goggled that and got to this page: > > > > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.cs.utexas.edu/pub/garbage/cs345/schintro-v14/schintro_81 > > > > > .h > > > > > tml#SEC87 > > > > > > > > > > That page tells me I need RScheme. I goggled that finally > > > > > downloaded this. rs-0.7.3.4-b7.tar.gz > > > > > > > > > > I used 7 Zip to unpack that and now have a folder in my downloads > > > > > "rs-0.7.3.4-b7.tar" and I can use 7 Zip to open that and see the > > > > > files in there. > > > > > > > > > > What do I do with those files and folders? How do I install > > > > > RScheme.? > > > > > > > > > > Is there someplace I can go to get an exe file to install? > > > > > > > > > > Is that even what I need for a Windows 7 64x system? If not what > > > > > do > > > > > I need to follow the tutorials on scheme.? > > > > > > > > > > I did download and install this mit-scheme-9.2-i386-win32 but I > > > > > can > > > > > not figure out what to do with it and was not sure it is what I > > > > > need so I uninstalled it. > > > > > > > > > > I am off to a rocky start. Hahaha! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > >
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