diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 523ca14067..d817f89706 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +2001-05-17 Robert Graham Merkel + + * doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnucash-web-browser.sgml: New file. + + * doc/sgml/C/Makefile.am: add new file. + + * doc/sgml/C/gnucash.sgml, xacc-gnome-mdi.sgml, + xacc-asset-liability-piecharts.sgml: more updated/new content. + + * ChangeLog: fix wrong path in (my) previous changelog + entry. + 2001-05-16 Dave Peticolas * src/doc/design/gnucash-design.texinfo: update docs @@ -17,7 +29,7 @@ * src/scm/html-utilities.scm ((gnc:html-make-empty-data-warning)): update message. - * src/scm/{gnucash.sgml, xacc-account-summary.sgml, + * doc/sgml/C/{gnucash.sgml, xacc-account-summary.sgml, xacc-asset-liability-barcharts.sgml, xacc-reports.sgml}: more new material. diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/Makefile.am b/doc/sgml/C/Makefile.am index 7fe4bec2d5..24e5d8ef6c 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/sgml/C/Makefile.am @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ GNUCASH_SGML_FILES = \ xacc-doubleentry.sgml \ xacc-euro.sgml \ xacc-gnome-mdi.sgml \ + xacc-gnucash-web-browser.sgml \ xacc-gpl.sgml \ xacc-incomeexpense.sgml \ xacc-income-expense-barcharts.sgml \ diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/gnucash.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/gnucash.sgml index e4b28b25f5..7a8e80b872 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/gnucash.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/gnucash.sgml @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ + @@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ &xacceuro; &xaccdateinput; &xaccgnomemdi; +&xaccgnucashwebbrowser; &xaccincomeexpense; &xaccincomeexpensebarcharts; &xaccincomeexpensepiecharts; diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-asset-liability-piecharts.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-asset-liability-piecharts.sgml index 8f4ac5faec..1a115b3f5f 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-asset-liability-piecharts.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-asset-liability-piecharts.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,27 @@ Asset and Liability Piecharts PICTURES NEEDED!!!! -This is not yet documented. +These piecharts are useful for getting an +view of how your assets and liabilities are categorized. +By selecting options appropriately, you can examine, say, +the allocation of your stock portfolio, or get an overall +view of your investment mix. +Note that piecharts can be rotated by clicking on them and +dragging the mouse, and individual segments can be "exploded". + + +Options available for these reports include: + + + Accounts + + + Report Title + + Date + + Add more!!! + diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnome-mdi.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnome-mdi.sgml index c1da2b33ba..41e0a94ac4 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnome-mdi.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnome-mdi.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,54 @@ The Gnome MDI PICTURES NEEDED!!!! -This is not yet documented. +GnuCash can display multiple views of your finances at once, in +multiple windows, a tabbed "notebook" style, or in one plain window. +This facility is provided through the GNOME MDI (multiple document +interface). When you open a new +account tree +or report using the file menu, the +new view can be displayed in several ways. + + + +Notebook View +Picture Needed Here! +Notebook view puts all new views in the main window, but places +them on named tabs - just like a real notebook, in fact. You can bring +a notebook tab to the front by clicking on it. + + + +Multiple Windows +Picture Needed Here! +If this mode is selected, a new top-level window will be created +for the new view. You can move and resize this window any way you +want, independently of the original gnucash main window. If you have +a window manager that supports multiple desktops, you can happily +move it onto a to a different one. + + + +Single Window +Picture Needed Here! +The single-window view works like the notebook view, except +that instead of using tabs to select which report/account +tree you wish to view, you can select them from the Window menu. + + + + +Selecting MDI Modes +MDI mode can be set in two different ways. Firstly +you can set it within GnuCash through the "Application MDI Mode" +option in the +Preferences Dialog +However, if you prefer a particular MDI mode across all your +GNOME applications, you can set the preference for all of them in +the MDI section of the GNOME Configuration program (see the GNOME +on-line help for more details). To get GnuCash to recognize the +global setting, set the "Application MDI Mode" option in the preferences +dialog to "Use GNOME Default". diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnucash-web-browser.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnucash-web-browser.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ed90dfeb0e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-gnucash-web-browser.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +
+ +GnuCash as a Web Browser? + + +GnuCash as a Web Browser? +Picture Required!!! + +GnuCash has the ability to display most web pages as a "Frame URL" +report. +This can be very useful, particularly as a way to display web-based +financial information, in combination with private gnucash data + as part of a +Multicolumn View. +Note that GnuCash's web viewer is not as sophisticated as +fully-fledged web browsers, and may not fully display pages containing +Javascript, Flash animation, movies and sound, and so on. If you want +to do that, you need a stand-alone browser like Mozilla. + +Options supported by this report include the following: + + + + Report Title + + Stylesheet (Note: this option has virtually +no effect on this special-purpose report) +URL: The URL to display. + + + +
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