From 52d3836a15c240e320b281cad7987587be6c1c39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linas Vepstas Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:33:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update history, bring in line with web site credits git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@2966 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd --- doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml index 3943953eca..0dc730c669 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml @@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ similar transactions. rclark@hmc.edu Robin Clark wrote the original X-Accountant in -Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October -1997. + Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October + 1997. Although every single + line of his code has been re-written, his name appears as a + credit in almost every file. Such is the magic of copyrights. + @@ -217,11 +220,16 @@ Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October combobox and arrows would make an even slicker GUI, rewrote the X-Accountant internals to add double-entry, an account hierarchy, split out a transaction - mini-engine, add support for stocks, and spiff up the help - menus. This was version 1.0 as of January 1998. Since then, for - version 1.1, the engine was expanded and refined, and the + mini-engine, add support for stocks, and spiffed up the help + menus. That was version 1.0 as of January 1998. For + version 1.1 & 1.2, the engine was expanded and refined, and the register window code completely redesigned and made mostly - Motif-(and GUI-)independent. Did some prototype OFX work. + Motif-(and GUI-)independent. + Linas is now active with Gnumatic Incorporated, a company formed to + enhance and support GnuCash for everyone, from home desktop users + to commercial and professional accountants. + + @@ -230,36 +238,49 @@ Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October publicized the GnoMoney project widely and broadly, and then changed its name to - GnuCash. Jeremy created the - gnucash.org web site, registered the domain, got the initial - GTK/gnome code working. + GnuCash. + (Actually, put the selection + of the name up to popular vote. Democracy is not + a good way to pick names.) + Jeremy registered the domain name, and created and maintained + the gnucash.org web site for years, + and got the initial GTK/gnome code working. + + rlb@cs.utexas.edu Rob Browning -abused everyone for not using perl, and then after we - added perl support, dumped perl in favor of guile/scheme - support. Rob maintains the build infrastructure, is handling - the whole guile/perl extension language thing, and is dealing - with configuration and configurability. +abused everyone for not using Perl, and then after we + added Perl support, dumped Perl in favor of Guile/Scheme + support. Rob built the build + infrastructure, hacked the gtk code, and is whacking the file format. + Also, the re-write of reports and statement downloading in scheme, + the g-wrap guile wrapper, and the user preferences. + + dave@krondo.com Dave Peticolas hacks obsessively on GnuCash. But he can stop anytime he - wants to. Really. + wants to. Really. + (As he is now the gatekeeper of the GnuCash CVS tree, be nice to him, + or he may decide to stop hacking in the middle of your patch). + grib@billgribble.com Bill Gribble -works magic. If your checks print wrong, blame him. If - you don't like the amount printed on your checks, blame him. - If you don't like your your bank balances, your bank, or your - life, blame him too. + + is not shy, or softly spoken. So don't be shy if you find a bug in + his code: QIF import, query API and transaction search, check-printing, + commodity and currency support, gtkhtml integration and report printing. +