Hi, on Saturday 29 October 2011 07:21:43 softw...@quantentunnel.de wrote:
> Hi Jack > > Thanks; worked nicely. Shouldn't this package be included with 'apt-get > build-dep kmymoney'; for the benefit of other newcomers? Yes, but that is a downstream problem. It really depends on your distro for this to work. > PS: I was out of town for the week, thus my late thank. Better late than never, thank you. > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > > Datum: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:38:58 -0700 (PDT) > > Von: Jack <ostrof...@sbcglobal.net> > > An: softw...@quantentunnel.de, kmymoney-devel@kde.org > > Betreff: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feature request: improved / additional > > currency conversion > > > > Hello Al, > > > > GMP is a library for arbitrary precision math, from http://gmplib.org/. > > Depending on your distro, you should find a gmp-dev package, or something > > like > > it. (By the way, subversion uses checkout, git uses clone.) > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "softw...@quantentunnel.de" <softw...@quantentunnel.de> > > To: kmymoney-devel@kde.org > > Sent: Sat, October 22, 2011 12:14:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feature request: improved / additional > > currency > > conversion > > > > Thanks, Thomas. After thinking a bit more and reading > > kmymoneycalculator.cpp I > > agree that the calculator widget is more appropriate than a plugin. So, I > > will > > give it a try; but need your help already to compile kmymoney. > > > > I cloned the subversion repo of kmymoney. As this is the first KDE app > > that I > > try to compile, I needed to download a bunch of libs > > (desktop:~/Temp/kmymoney/build$ sudo apt-get build-dep kmymoney). > > Unluckily, > > cmake (desktop:~/Temp/kmymoney/build$ cmake .. > > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/) > > still reports errors: "Could NOT find GMP (missing: GMP_INCLUDE_DIR > > GMP_LIBRARIES)" > > > > > > Any idea how to resolve? > > > > Best > > > > Al_ > > > > > > Hi, > > > > on Tuesday 18 October 2011 19:59:28 softw...@quantentunnel.de wrote: > > > ... > > > One feature in MS Money was handy that I miss in KMyMoney: entering > > > > amounts > > > > > in a foreign currency. Typical example are credit card purchases during > > > vacation: the customer copy lists, e.g., USD but the credit card > > > company will be me in Euro. In MS Money I could enter the amount in > > > USD, then press F8 which pops up a dialog where I can choose the > > > destination currency (Euro). This dialog looks otherwise similar to > > > the currency conversion dialog that KMyMoney presents when > > > transferring money between accounts with different currencies. And > > > yes, I realize that this will > > > > only > > > > > give approximate amounts as the credit card company most often applies > > > a slightly different exchange rate. Nevertheless, it becomes obvious > > > > during > > > > > reconciliation whether the amount can be correct or is fraudulent. > > > > > > Instead of F8, I suggest to include a button "Convert to ..." in the > > > > pop-up > > > > > calculator, in addition to basic math (+ - / * %). > > > ... > > > PS: I am an amateur C++ / Qt4 programmer. Do you believe I could > > > > contribute > > > > > to a "Convert to ..." plugin? > > > > Certainly, you can give it a try. We can direct you to the right spot. I > > am > > not sure, if a plugin would be the right solution, but I haven't thought > > about > > it either. > > > > The calculator is organized as an object and can easily be modified. It > > is automatically available for all amount widgets throughout the > > application. > > > > p.s. Please send furhter mails to kmymoney-devel@kde.org as this is the > > new > > developer list. -- Regards Thomas Baumgart GPG-FP: E55E D592 F45F 116B 8429 4F99 9C59 DB40 B75D D3BA ------------------------------------------------------------- Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code. -- Dave Olson -------------------------------------------------------------
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