I am not a computer programmer, but I think that what I want to see does not require any additional data to be saved within the data file. I think that it could be implemented as a minor program enhancement.
Of course, to match the wealth of information for example that Libre Office can provide about a currently open data file might be another matter, and perhaps that might be called feature creep. I think that is a higher level but I would certainly welcome such info as number of transactions, number of accounts, default currency and perhaps other basic info as well. On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:47 AM Glenn Fowler <gfowl...@outlook.com> wrote: > Ok, so in your use case you use different filepaths? I get it... financial > data is mission critical. However, I took a different approach. GnuCash > itself saves three deep backups in my config. That will cover any user > error mistakes. Daily I have a script which backs up all my books to a > backup drive to cover hardware failure, disk corruption, etc. That folder > is also encrypted and synced to the cloud. > Any scenario is covered. > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 10:33 AM David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Stan and Glen, Thanks for the comments. >> >> I do like Stan's suggestion. >> >> Glen, One issue that I am concerned about is that to see where the >> currently open file is located it would be necessary to use a gimmick such >> as File>Save As, which has some potential hazards if an unintended file >> write command is executed. >> >> I would invite further comments. >> >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 8:46 AM Glenn Fowler <gfowl...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> Wouldn't it make more sense to keep file information where it belongs, >>> in the file manager? My opinion is that would be out of the scope of >>> GnuCash and give it feature creep. >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 8:36 AM David Carlson < >>> david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> For some other programs' files the equivalent menubar item, when >>>> applied to >>>> a data file shows several basic properties under the general tab such as >>>> Filename, Type, Default program to open the file, File Location, >>>> Modified, >>>> Accessed and Size. With some file managers and for some programs and >>>> filetypes there is much more information about the particular datafile. >>>> >>>> I do see these properties when I click on a filetype ".Gnucash" in a >>>> filemanager. >>>> >>>> I would also like to see the same information when I click on the >>>> menubar >>>> of an open data file, particularly location and size. This would be >>>> extremely useful when there may be several data files with identical or >>>> very similar filenames in the MRU list. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David Carlson >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> David Carlson >> > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
