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X-Accountant
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xacc is a program to keep track of your finances. It is similar in
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concept to Quicken(TM). Although xacc still lacks the advanced
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features of quicken, it does have the basic functionality. Some
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of the features of xacc are:
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- Multiple Accounts
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- 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 clear your account.
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- 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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- QuickFill... if you begin typing a description
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in the description fields, and it matches an
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previous transaction, hitting <TAB> will copy
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the previous transaction. Handy if you have
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similar transactions on a regular basis.
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(such as depositing your paycheck every week :)
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- 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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- Quicken File Import. Import Quicken Version 3.0
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QIF files.
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Advanced Features
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X-Accountant offers some features not usually found
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in simpler accounting programs.
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- 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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- Double Entry:
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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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- Income/Expense Account Types (Categories).
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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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- 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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Home Page:
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http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~rclark/xacc
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Running:
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--------
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The binary-only distribution includes two files: 'xacc' and
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'xacc-static'. The former requires a Motif shared library;
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the latter has Motif statically linked in. If you have Motif,
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then just run xacc. If you do not have Motif, then copy
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'xacc-static' to 'xacc'.
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Access to the on-line help documentation requires the that
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the environment variable XACC_HELP be set to the 'Docs'
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directory. For example, for csh/tcsh,
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% setenv XACC_HELP /usr/local/share/xacc/Docs
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or, for bash/bsh/ksh/sh
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% set XACC_HELP=/usr/local/share/xacc/Docs
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% export XACC_HELP
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You can then start xacc at the command-line, with
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"xacc" or "xacc <filename>", where <filename> is an
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xacc account file. Sample accounts can be found in
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"data" subdirectory. *.dat files are xacc accounts that can
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opened with the "Open File" menu entry. *.qif files are
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Quicken Import Format files that can be opened with the
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"Import QIF" menu entry.
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Building & Installing:
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These steps does not apply to binary distributions; only to
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source distributions.
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Normally, to build and install xacc, all you have to do is:
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# ./configure
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# make depend
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# make
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# make install
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You can also build xacc in a seperate directory, which is
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useful if you are compiling for several platforms from a
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single copy of the source tree:
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# mkdir BUILD
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# mkdir BUILD/debug
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# cd BUILD/debug
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# ../../configure --enable-debug
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# make depend
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# make
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# make install
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sorry, no "make install" yet.
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Status:
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-------
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As of version 1.0b11:
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xacc is known to work in the following configs:
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Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ RedHat Motif
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Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ Lesstif v0.81
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SGI IRIX --
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xacc seems to be having problems with:
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Solaris -- Sparc -- won't compile due to va-args in XmHTML
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Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ Lesstif v0.82
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That's all folks!
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Credits:
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--------
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Robin Clark <rclark@hmc.edu> for original xacc
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Linas Vepstas <linas@lins.org> for extensive enhancements
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Tom Kludy <tkludy@csd.sgi.com> for SGI Irix port
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