>>>>> On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 21:07:21 -0800, Dave Peticolas
>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> 1. there is a "save" button, but no "save as" button. There is
>> only a "save as" menu item. Is this intentional?
Dave> Yes, I figured that 'save' would be used much more often than
Dave> 'save as' so I put it on the toolbar. But there is also a 'save'
Dave> menu item. Are you not getting one?
oh, no, I am getting save. i just noticed no save as.
>> 2. If I open gnucash with no command line options, the "save"
>> button and menu item are active. I would think that the "save as"
>> would be active, but not "save".
Dave> It is customary to have 'save' behave as 'save as' for new
Dave> files, which is what we do.
I see. ok.
>> 3. If I run gnucash like "./gnucash ~/data/thirdtry.xac" and there
>> is no such file, I get an error dialog which says, "the file
>> /home/rob/data/thirdtry.xac could not be found".
>>
>> a. why doesn't it say, "the file ~/data/thirdtry.xac could not be
>> found"?
Dave> Due to the way files are searched for, this dialog comes up the
Dave> way it does.
interesting.
>> b. truthfully, my expected actions was something like "the file
>> ~/data/thirdtry.xac could not be found, creating file", with an OK
>> button. Then I would have an active Save button, with the name of
>> the currently opened file ~/data/thirdtry.xac.
Dave> That could work, too.
cool!
rob
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