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Welcome to the Accounting-System wiki!

This is a basic bookkeeping and accounting system. It is useable with appropriate caution for what would be an alpha release and I encourage any with knowledge of what alpha implies to try it and use it. You will not loose data but regular trial balances would be prudent. At this point the sqlite database is not locked in any way and though this fails the audit trail requirement it is a good safety hatch for you data.

Development is on going with particular attention to interface level entry validity checks and printing as high priorities. Python printer access remains more complex than I think it should be and that may end up as a good general project to address for me. At this time the use of tkinter gets in the way of sending widget contents to the printer - vis-a-vis canvas being postscript bound. There are lots of open source tools to get around this including good old GIMP as well as pandoc workarounds.

OpenAccounting

The manual for this application will for now be served by this wiki. With that in mind I will start with a quick bookkeeping rudiments overview in the context of this software. If you have your own how to resources or don't need such a review, my apologies if I speak below your level. I like to think the interface is pretty intuitive if you have bookkeeping or accounting backgrounds.

Then, as time allows, I will explore the deeper intricacies of the application itself for those who want to look at the applied implications of the development notes in the repository Readme. Feel free to skip that exploration of the app as it doesn't interest you. It is not necessary to using it. Because it is open source how I've done thinks is exposed to all. Because I am a python newbee it may be still cludgey appearing - mea culpa, I'm always learning. Thus the need for feedback as well.