Wait! EMACS already supports double-entry bookkeeping. :-) https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryFinancial
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:28 PM Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
