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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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<title>About GnuCash</title>
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<body bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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<h1>About GnuCash</h1>
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<hr>
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GnuCash is a program to keep track of your finances. Some
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of the features are:
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<ul>
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<li>Multiple accounts, which can be open at
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the same time. Create one xacc account
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for each of your bank accounts.
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<li>Each account keeps a running balance and
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a reconciled balance, so you can keep track
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of the checks that have cleared your account.
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<li>A simple interface. If you can use the
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register in the back of your checkbook,
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you can use xacc.
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<li>Automatic account reconciling. At the end
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of the month, open up the reconcile window,
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enter your bank statement's ending balance,
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and check off the transactions that appear
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in the bank statement. This makes it easy
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to track down any discrepancies.
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<li>QuickFill... if you begin typing
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in the description field, and the text matches a
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previous transaction, hitting TAB will copy
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that previous transaction. Handy if you have
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similar transactions on a regular basis.
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<li>Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios. Track stocks
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individually (one per account) or in portfolio
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of accounts (a group of accounts that can be
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displayed together).
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<li>Support for multiple currencies and currency
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trading accounts. (partial, still broken).
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Bank accounts may be established in different
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currencies, and trades with indicated prices
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may be made, much as stocks would be traded.
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<li><a href="xacc-quicken.html">Quicken File Import</a>.
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Import Quicken Version 3.0 QIF files.
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<li><a href="xacc-reports.html">Reports</a>. Display
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or output as HTML Balance or Profit&Loss reports.
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</ul>
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<h2>Advanced Features</h2>
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GnuCash offers some features not usually found
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in simpler accounting programs.
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<ul>
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<li>Sub-accounts: A master account can have a hierarchy
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of detail accounts underneath it. This allows similar
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account types (e.g. Cash, Bank, Stock) to be grouped
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into one master account (e.g. Assets).
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<li><a href="xacc-double.html">Double Entry</a>:
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Every transaction can appear in two
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accounts; one account is debited and the other is
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credited with exactly the same amount. With
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double-entry, a transaction edited in one window
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will be automatically updated in all other windows
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showing that transaction, and in both of the
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accounts.
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<li><a href="xacc-expense.html">Income/Expense Account Types
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(Categories)</a>. When used properly
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with the double-entry feature, these can be used
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to create both Balance Sheet and Profits & Losses
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reports. For example, savings account interest,
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stock dividends, or paychecks can be marked as
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both a deposit in a bank account, and as income in
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an Income account type, using the double-entry
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(transfer) feature. Similarly, credit card charges
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can be noted in the credit card account, as well
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as in a corresponding expense account.
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<li>General Ledger: Multiple accounts can be displayed
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in one register window at the same time. This can
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ease the trouble of tracking down typing/entry errors.
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It also provides a convenient way of viewing a
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portfolio of many stocks, by showing all transactions
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in that portfolio.
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</ul>
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<h2>Version</h2>
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This version is gnucash-1.1.20, a somewhat unstable, buggy version.
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The latest stable release is 1.0.18, you should be using that.
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<p>
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Versions 1.0.x are considered to be stable revisions with all
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currently known bugs fixed. Versions 1.1.x are considered to be
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development versions, which may have many bugs. The next stable
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series will be 1.2.x
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<h2>Credits</h2>
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<br>Fred Baube <fred@moremagic.com> for Java port
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<br>Christopher B. Browne <cbbrowne@hex.net> for perl stock scripts
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<br>Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu> for perl, scheme & GTK graphing
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<br>George Chen <georgec@sco.com> for MS-Money QIF's & fixes
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<br>Robin Clark <rclark@hmc.edu> for original xacc
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<br>Jeremey Collins <linux@cyberramp.net> for GnoMoney & GTK port
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<br>Bob Drzyzgula <bob@mostly.com> for budgeting design notes
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<br>Koen D'Hondt <ripley@xs4all.nl> for Solaris patches to XmHTML
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<br>Ciaran Deignan <Ciaran.Deignan@bull.net> for AIX binary version
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<br>Dave Freese <DFreese@osc.uscg.mil> for leap-year fix
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<br>Otto Hammersmith <otto@bug.redhat.com> for RedHat RPM version
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<br>Tom Kludy <tkludy@csd.sgi.com> for SGI Irix port
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<br>Peter Norton <spacey@inch.com> for a valiant attempt at a GTK port
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<br>Gavin Porter <maufk@csv.warwick.ac.uk> for euro style dates
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<br>Ron Record <rr@sco.com> for SCO Unixware & OpenServer binaries
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<br>Richard Skelton <rich@brake.demon.co.uk> for Solaris cleanup
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<br>Henning Spruth <spruth@bigfoot.com> for German text & euro date fixes
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<br>Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org> for leading the project
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<br>... and I am sure that I have missed many others ...
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<br>
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<h2>Supported Operating Systems</h2>
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xacc is known to work in the following configs:
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<br>Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ RedHat Motif
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<br>Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ Lesstif v0.81
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<br>Linux Debian -- Intel w/ Lesstif v0.81
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<br>SGI IRIX -- MIPS
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<br>IBM AIX 4.1.5 -- RS/6000
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<br>SCO Unixware 7 -- Intel
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<br>SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 -- Intel
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<br>NetBSD -- Intel
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.gnucash.org/">
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<img src="logos/linux.gif"></a>
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<a href="http://www.sco.com/skunkware">
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<img src="logos/skunkware.gif"></a>
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<a href="http://www.bull.de/pub/">
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<img src="logos/bullogogross.gif">
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<img src="logos/ibm.gif">
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</a>
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<a href="http://www.sgi.com/">
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<img src="logos/sgi.gif">
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</a>
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/">
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<img src="logos/debian.jpg">
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</a>
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<img src = "logos/NetBSD-banner.gif">
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<h2>History</h2>
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The table below shows some historical lines-of-code and number-of-files
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counts for the X-Accountant/GnuCash development project
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<br>
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<table border=1>
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<CAPTION>Historical Development Stats</CAPTION>
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<tr align=center>
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<th>Version
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<th>engine
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<th>register
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<th>ledger
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<th>motif
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<th>gnome
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<th>qt
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<th>prefs (scm)
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<th>docs (html)
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<th>misc
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<th>Total
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<tr align=center>
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<td>xacc-0.9<br>Sept 97
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td>34 files<br>(7.5+0.9)
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td>5 files<br>(0.4)
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<td> -
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<td>39 files<br>(8.8)
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<tr align=center>
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<td>xacc-0.9w<br>Dec 97
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td>51 files<br>(13.8+1.5)
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td>9 files<br>(0.8)
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<td> -
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<td>60 files<br>(16.1)
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<tr align=center>
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<td>xacc-1.0.17<br>Feb 98
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td>52 files<br>(14.8+1.8)
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td> -
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<td>12 files<br>(1.4)
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<td> -
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<td>64 files<br>(18.0)
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<tr align=center>
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<td>gnucash-1.1.15<br>Aug 98
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<td>24 files<br>(6.2+1.5)
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<td>31 files<br>(6.1+1.7)
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<td>5 files<br>(1.4+0.4)
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<td>30 files<br>(7.4+0.7)
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<td>17 files<br>(3.4+0.5)
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<td>16 files<br>(1.2+0.2)
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<td>3 files<br>(0.3)
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<td>16 files<br>(1.9)
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<td>not counted<br>(>1.0)
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<td>142 files<br>(32.9)
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</table>
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<p>
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Each cell contains:
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<br>
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<br>number of *c and *.h files
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<br>(KLOCS in *.c + KLOCS in *.h),
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<p>
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where KLOC == kilo-lines-of-code, as reported by <tt>wc</tt>.
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