I have a similar situation to yours, only running on windows. My GnuCash books are called simply 'Business' and 'Personal' and are stored in the same location. I created separate bookmarks to launch GnuCash for each. That makes it a simple matter to have both books open at the same time. That's especially handy in situations such as a funds transfer for capital contribution or draw where the transaction requires corresponding entries in both books.
-----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=ieee....@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of James Thorpe Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3:32 AM To: Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com>; gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks Thanks Gyle, But I'm not trying to save the file I'm trying to open it. So I have one gnucash file I'm working with and I want to open a different one. So it's the file "open" rather than "save" dialog that I'm looking at. kind regards James On 2022/04/20 09:29, Gyle McCollam wrote: > James, > You can use File/SaveAs and choose any name you want for the name. The > program opens the last saved name automatically, but if you look at > the file list it will be easy to figure out which file you need to > open. This way it will not be Gnucash, but whatever you named it. As > for question 2, I will have to leave that for Linux users. > > Thank You, > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > 609.680.2326Mobile > > gmccol...@live.com <mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>email > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > *From:* gnucash-user > <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf of James > Thorpe <ja...@fusionsystems.co.za> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3:06 AM > *To:* GnuCash users group <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > *Subject:* [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks I have > two questions regarding usage of the file browser dialog to open a > gnucash accounts file. > > Because I manage my business and personal accounts in separate files I > am often using this functionality to select a different gnucash > accounts file and there are two things that would greatly speed up the > process for me > > 1. The ability to filter on file extension > > I find that both on Windows 11 and Linux Mint the browser shows all > the gnucash log files as well (which have similar start names). The > actual account file just ends in ".gnucash". It would be great if > there were a place where a file extension filter could be set to just > show the files with this extension. And, even better, if it could default to > .gnucash? > > Is this a development request or is there some setting I could change > that would allow this? > > 2. The ability to see file browser bookmarks on Linux Mint > > This may be a rather more OS-specific topic but I use gnucash on Linux > Mint and I've set up bookmarks in the file explorer application that > allow me to quickly navigate to folders on my drive. These are mounted > network shares from my NAS drive. In Windows the mounted network > drives show up in the gnucash file browser but on Linux Mint these > bookmarks don't show up so I have to navigate manually to the mount > points via the file system. If anyone has any tips as to how to make > these mounts / bookmarks show up in the "root" of the file browser > window that would also be of great help. > > many thanks > > -- > -- > James Thorpe > 061 476 2775 > ja...@fusionsystems.co.za > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- -- James Thorpe 061 476 2775 ja...@fusionsystems.co.za _______________________________________________ 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.
