On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 06:54:11PM +0200, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op donderdag 21 april 2022 16:36:36 CEST schreef Bert Riding: > > On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:45:20 +0100 > > > > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:54:31PM -0700, john wrote: > > > > > On Apr 20, 2022, at 1:58 AM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:02:16 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > > >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:20:56PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > > >>>> 1. Is there any way to get GnuCash to save its file, by > > > > >>>> default, with an appropriate suffix other than "gnucash?" > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Sure, tell it to do that. It only adds ".gnucash" by default, > > > > >>> but it won't override what you tell it. > > > > >> > > > > >> Where do you tell it that? > > > > > > > > > > "Save As" in the menu should do it. > > > > > > > > Be careful to switch back to the "primary" file after doing that, > > > > otherwise the primary will become the snapshot and new work will go > > > > into the new file. > > > > > > But that's the ultimate aim! :- > > > > > > Instead of having the long, clumsy, "gnucash" suffix one wants > > > something tidier like "gc". > > > > > > Remember on Linux the whole filename is always displayed so all those > > > "gnucash" suffixes get a bit wearing after a while. > > > > In my experience gnucash doesn't care what your data file is called, > > with or without any suffix you care to use. Personally I use none. > > Once you have opened the file and gnucash knows of it, it will show up > > in the recents list automatically. > > True. GnuCash doesn't care. However operating system file managers in general > do care. > They use the extension to figure out which application to launch when you > double-click a file. > But if you don't use that feature (and many don't with GnuCash as it > remembers which file > you last opened) you're ok without file extension. > However this all begs the question. *How* do I get GnuCash to save a file without a file extension? As I said back up this thread somewhere it insists on adding ".gnucash" whatever I do to try and discourage it.
Are people who say they save without an extension just seeing the Windows default of not showing extensions maybe? -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ 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.
