Type help.
Even more helpful text is available on the the RevBank page on the RevSpace wiki.
When upgrading from a previous version, please refer to the file UPGRADING.md because there might be incompatible changes that require your attention.
In general, upgrading is done by committing any changed files and then doing a
git pull.
- Install the dependencies:
Debian: apt install libterm-readline-gnu-perl libcurses-ui-perl
Generic: cpan Term::ReadLine::Gnu Curses::UI
- Clone the repository, run revbank :)
revbank uses data files from the working directory from which it runs. You
can use that to your advantage, if you don't want to change anything in your
git working tree - in that case, copy revbank.* to the intended working
directory, and symlink plugins. But you can also just change the files and
deal with merge conflicts later, if you prefer.
RevBank just works out of the box if you're in a hurry, but there's a lot you could customize.
revbank.plugins: enable or disable plugins here.revbank.accounts: if you're migrating from another system, you can add the existing account balances here. Only the first two columns are mandatory (account name and balance). Editing the accounts file when revbank is in active use is not recommended because you might overwrite the effect of the latest transactions, but you can maybe get away with it if you're fast enough.revbank.products: list your products here; the first column is a comma separated (no space after the comma!) list of product codes. Only the description makes it into the logs so make it sufficiently unique.plugins/deposit_methods: if you want to enable this plugin (which is highly recommended!), at least change the bank account number. When customizing plugins, you can either copy the file and use your own, or edit the existing file and deal with merge conflicts later. Either way you'll have to pay attention to changes when upgrading.
After changing revbank.plugins or any of the actual plugin files, you'll need
to restart revbank. The easiest way to do that is ctrl+D. No restart is
required after editing revbank.products, revbank.market, or
revbank.accounts.
If your terminal is unable to beep, e.g. if it's Linux console on a Raspberry
Pi, copy the beep_terminal plugin to a new file, and figure out another way
to play a sound or make a light flash. This is optional, but in general it's
useful to have something that alerts users to the mistakes they make. An
audible bell works better than a visual effect, but why not both?
If you want RevBank to indicate how much money it thinks the cash box should
contain after every cash transaction, you'll probably want to enable the
plugins deposit_methods, cash, and skim.
Read RevBank::Plugins and RevBank::Amount.
Exiting is not supported because it's desigend to run continuously. But if you
run it from a shell, you can probably stop it using ctrl+Z and then kill the
process (e.g. kill %1). RevBank does not keep any files open, so it's safe
to kill when idle.