Introduction



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Introduction

CBB is a personal check book balancing utility for Unix/X. It is written entirely in Perl and Tcl/Tk so it is very portable and very extendable. It is a program for anyone who would like to balance their checkbook and manage their money using free software under Unix and X.

CBB is intended to be an open, extensible program. It utilizes a simple, easily understood data file format and is written entirely in scripts. In addition, it provides a simple interface for users to add their own reports and graphs without modifying any of the CBB source. In the future, I plan to create a simple interface to other external modules with the intent that others will provide modules to increase CBB's functionality.

CBB stands for the Check Book Balancer. This name was ``discovered'' late one afternoon in a fit of extreme creativeness. Every once in a while I try to think of something better, but as of yet, nothing has come to mind.

CBB is to be used as an application for balancing one's check book. Any other use (such as ammunition for a mail bomb or lining a cat's litter box) is not supported or recommended. CBB is currently nearing the end of its alpha/prototype stage. Version 0.60a represents a fairly substantial reworking/reorganization of version 0.53a-although this may not always be immediately visible on the surface. Version 0.62a represents a substantial amount of rework to better support tk4.0.

I sincerely hope you can find CBB useful in your day to day and year to year money management. I am always working to improve this program so please send in your comments, suggestions, and complaints.




Mon Feb 26 23:26:50 CST 1996