Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 14:50:30 CET schreef Robert Fewell: > Hi, > Need some advise on this problem I found when trying to fix a budget state > file issue... > Currently the register full name is being added as a comment to the > register sections of the state file based on the group, so we have... > > #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account" > [Register 5ca76dbe6668a75daeffd33b1229fa0e] > date_width=111 > ... > Unfortunately, when the state file is loaded it strips out all the comments > and it is only the registers that have been open in the current session > that get there comments added back on save. > There is a key file flag that can be set, G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_COMMENTS but this > has the disadvantage of ending up with the comment being added on every > close so you end up with multiple comments like ... > > #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account" > > #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account" > [Register 5ca76dbe6668a75daeffd33b1229fa0e] > date_width=111 > ... > This does not happen if the comment is for a key, so if the date_width was > used you get... > > [Register 5ca76dbe6668a75daeffd33b1229fa0e] > #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account" > date_width=111 > ... > So my first idea was to make the changes for above on maint and then in > master make the key file flag change but this would not work, if some one > from a version less than 3.8 upgraded to 4.0, there key file would still > have group comments and they would start multiplying on each save. I did > try removing the group comment but that does not work with the new key file > flag, > > The only other thing I can think of is add a dummy key and put the register > full name in that which what I had done originally. The reason for asking > is I want to add a similar comment for the budget as it is only > identifiable by the guid and was looking at the lack of saving of the > invoice sheet layout hoping to get that sorted on master. > > Regards, > Bob
Have you tried completely removing a group from the key file before updating it ? Perhaps deleting the group will also delete its related comment. Regards, Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
