Thank you Geert. I'll update my script to save the theme directories and add GNC_DATA_HOME in my environment instead of GNC_DOT_DIR when I get to v3.
Kind regards, Michael On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be > wrote: > Op dinsdag 10 april 2018 17:47:24 CEST schreef Fross, Michael: > > Thanks Geert. I thought you had posted some time ago about the change in > > v3 but I may have misread. > > > > I don't use .gnucash in my home dir (windows) as I like to keep all of my > > GNC stuff together on an encrypted drive. I then use GNC_DOT_DIR to > point > > to that. (I also use AQBanking_Home to point to the encrypted drive.) > > > > I thought I read (probably mistaken) that in v3, GNC_DOT_DIR was > deprecated > > and that GNC_DOC_DIR replaced it. > I see the release announcement mentions GNC_DOC_PATH rather than > GNC_DOC_DIR. > This variable is indeed still used but it's not a replacement for > GNC_DOT_DIR. > I will update the release announcement. The proper replacement is > GNC_DATA_HOME. > > > Does v3 still use GNC_DOT_DIR? > > > I don't think so. > > Note that gnucash will not migrate any of your metadata (saved reports, > open > tabs in your files, stylesheets) if you were using GNC_DOT_DIR with gnucash > 2.x. I think this is how it should be, but in order to continue to use it > in > 3.0 you'll have to set GNC_DATA_HOME instead to point at the same > directory. > > Also note that as of gnucash 3.0 you can create a file named > 'environment.local' next to the environment file in which you can set > variables like GNC_DATA_HOME or AQBANKING_HOME. This file will never be > overwritten by gnucash (or the gnucash installer). > > Regards, > > Geert > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
