GnuCash Documentation 2.2.2 released
The GnuCash documentation team proudly announces release 2.2.2 of the GnuCash
help manual and concepts guide. This documentation is intended for the 2.2
series of GnuCash.
Note that this will be the last documentation release for the 2.2 series. All
future documentation efforts will go into the 2.4 and unstable series.
Reading the documentation online
An online version of the documentation is available on the Documentation page
of the GnuCash website. The 2.2.2 documentation will be found under "Older
GnuCash Documentation", "GnuCash v2.2".
Getting GnuCash Documentation as source code
If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 2.2.2 for yourself, the
source code can be downloaded from:
* Sourceforge
* You can also checkout the sources directly from the subversion
repository as described here.
Changes
Changes between 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 include
* Bugs fixed
o Bug #588035: Correct keyboard shortcut for Actions > Split menu
item.
o Bug #621573: Simplify explanation of entering a split transaction
and remove comment about register bug (no longer applicable).
o Bug #627266: "Steps to enable On-line price updating"
doesn't say
to install Finance::Quote
o Bug #630652: Expand and add GnuCash Other Assets
Patch author: Tom Bullock (tbullock at nd dot edu)
o Bug #632244: Removed the Preferences section from guide and
updated on help. Keep old screenshots and source credits. Delete
all references to new preferences such as Printing tab. Delete all
references to new SQL backend and default .gnucash extension.
o Bug #633066
o Bug #633385: Restructure section 2.2 Data Entry Concepts to only
include basic info on files, accounts, and transactions.
Minor cosmetic edits to section 2.1.3 and a concept clarification
to section 4.2.2.
Author: David (sunfish62 at yahoo dot com)
Input: Yawar Amin (yawar dot amin at gmail dot com) and Tom
Bullock (tbullock at nd dot edu)
o Bug #634075: Replace all usage of the term `druid' with
`assistant' in the GnuCash Guide.
Author: Mike E (mikee at saxicola dot idps dot co dot uk)
* Translation updates
o New and updated German version of guide document, by Juergen
Hoewener.
* New or improved content
o guide: Explain concept behind What's New section
o guide: Mention important changes in What's New section
o guide: Mention platform support only for current stable version
o guide: Change/remove references to old versions
o New figure for Printing tab under Preferences.
o Add Budgets and Other Assets chapters to the overview.
Author: Tom Bullock (tbullock at nd dot edu)
o Fix sequence of tenses grammar error
Author: Tom Bullock (tbullock at nd dot edu)
o Minor spelling and grammar fixes.
* Internal, non-user visible changes
o Add chapter getting-help to Makefile.
o Separate getting-help chapter to validate getting-started xml
file.
o guide: Add entities for stable and unstable series
o guide: Add single-quote entity definitions
o Replace all usage of the words `GnuCash' or 'Gnucash'
with the
'app' entity. Patch by Yawar Amin
o Added <application> markup to GnuCash program name
o Remove old file that collides with existing one in case-
insensitive filesystems.
o Delete guilabel tags below section titles with same wording
(redundant).
Delete note about debit and credit effects on asset accounts
because it's
effectively the same as note `More on Debits and Credits' at the
end of Section 3.2.2 (Income and Expense Accounts).
Replace GnuCash name with defined app entity.
Use tip tags for tips.
Use an xref tag for a reference.
o GnuCash docs: merge revisions 19151,19307,19312-19313,19386,
19455,19460,19472-19473,19479-19480,19482-19483 to 2.2 branch
o guide: Remove 2.3+-specific info
About the Program
GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the GNU
General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Mac
OSX and Microsoft Windows. Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its first
stable release was in 1998.