The Merger

Name ideas

• GnuMoney
• X-Accountant (xacc): the project is refered to as xacc in this document.
• GnoMoney
• NoMoney
• GnuCash
• lucre
• midas (can't use this, it is already taken)
• QIQ -- QIQ Isn't Quicken (or some other recursive acrynom)
• QAQ (QAQ Ain't Quicken)
• FAANE -- Finances Are a Necessary Evil
• pelf
• solvent
• mundament
• lode
• thrive
• fundament
• finapp -- the fine finanacial application
• final
• fledge -- financial ledger
• fince
• fincet
• fledget
• finet
• finango
• fnord
• gnural -- gnu general ledger
• gnuledge -- the new general ledger
• {Xacct/Exacct} {finance/ledger/books} (sounds like exact finance/ledger/books)
• Fasten
• Yenom (aka Money backwards)

Possible web page and email list hosts:

• Jeremy Collins (and will probably be able to find a email list host, possibly through gnome.org)

CVS Host

• Linas would be the (first) Configuration Manager for the CVS tree.

Jobs

• We need a Gtk guru, for the Gtk front-end
• Internationalization
• Multi-user support
• Makefiles, configure script, etc.
• Move the "back-end" into a library, to make development easier.
• Memory management... maybe a ref-counting memory library/class to make it safe to had pointers to user-provided scripts.
• For a more complete list, check out the Projects page...

Feature Request

• Bill-reminder
• Balance forcast

Contributers

• Linas Vepstas is maintaining the current xacc and is attempting to coordinate the project work.
• Rob Browning was/is involved in the CBB project. Areas of interest: reporting/graphing system; possibly Gtk GUI work, if needed.
• Jeremy Collins is working on the Gtk port.
• Brian Cooper (5+ hrs a week) Originally the lead from the WaterMark project. Areas of interest: Gtk port of user interface.
• Bradley M. Kuhn (should be able to start contributing in June `98). Contact with the GNU folks.
• Jeremy Collins is our GNOME project contact. (?)
• Rob Clark is the original xacc author, who isn't really doing much right now, but will probably be able to help after he graduates (May `98). Areas of interest: Xacc-lite for the PalmPilot, which would be sync-able with Xacc; memory management; I could also work on Makefiles and configure script if no one else wants to.
• Henning Spruth hopes to work in internationalization & locale issues, including a translation to German.
• Peter Norton is working on a GTK port of Xbae
• Daniel R Risacher is working on a GTK ledger/register/spread-sheet infrastructure.
• Michael Newlyn Blake hopes to putter around with QIF export.

Code conventions:

      /**
       * functionName
       *    a brief (1-3 line) description of function
       *
       * Args:   arg1 - a discription of the argument
       *         arg2 - ...
       * Return: what the return value of the function is
       * Global: list any global variables this function uses
       */
    

      /*
        Local Variables:
        tab-width: 2
        indent-tabs-mode: nil
        mode: c-mode
        c-indentation-style: gnu
        eval: (c-set-offset 'block-open '-)
        End:
      */
      

• Open and close braces in the same column:

      if( ptr != NULL )
      {
        ...
      }
      else
        ...
          

• Capitolization rules?
• Variables names: aVarName vs. a_var_name

Links:

• CBB
• GnoMoney
• WaterMark
• X-Accountant
• Xacc Projects Page