On 3/24/20 9:32 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 3/24/2020 7:58 AM, lbo...@rogers.com wrote: >> Would it be possible to incorporate a backup module function into the >> menu bar, as a pull-down feature under the heading "File", as is >> commonly found in some programs? Backing up to the hardrive is >> currently automatic but saving to a disc or memory stick, for off site >> storage could be made simpler for the less technically inclined user. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Leo > > Would not be hard to do BUT would foster bad practice with regard to > backup procedures. Do you really want to back up all the data on your > computer file by file? The point is, it is not just your gnucash data > that needs backup but ALL your user data. And if there is a process > whereby all your user data is backed up, a special process to back up > gnucash data is redundant.
If you are going to put all kinds of things into GnuCash, why not a web browser, an e-mail program, etc.? Pretty soon it will end up like emacs, where you pretty much can do anything within the one program, but it may drive you nuts trying to figure out how. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer /V\ PGP-Key:166D840A 0C610C8B /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey ^^-^^ 14:20:02 up 11 days, 17:49, 3 users, load average: 4.32, 4.44, 4.50 _______________________________________________ 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.
