At Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:36:13 +0100 Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 12:24:32PM -0400, David T. wrote: > > On April 26, 2022 11:25:02 AM EDT, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > I have several gnucash accounts files (sqlite databases in my case) > > > spread around my system. When I go to a specific directory and run > > > GnuCash I just want it to see only the database[s] in that directory. > > > Is there a way I can tell gnucash to forget about all previous files > > > it has opened? As it is I get presented with a 'memory' of other > > > accounts which can be very confusing unless I'm very careful with file > > > naming. > > > The --nofile option tells gnucash not to open the last accounts > > > database, it helps a little, but I really want it to forget more! > > > > I'm not certain what has you confused, but if you need each file to > > have its own existence, you might have to create separate OS logins for > > each. > > > Seriously?! Do you really mean that I should create a different user > for each GnuCash account? That seems a very clumsy way to handle more > than one account. > > What 'has me confused' is the way that GnuCash by default opens the > last account I was looking at. In nine cases out of ten that's just > what I don't want it to do, why else would I have exited GnuCash and > moved to another directory? > > My ideal would be for GnuCash to look for account files in the current > directory, if there is only one then open that one, if there are more > then offer me a list to choose from. I can write myself a little > wrapper script to do this but I don't find other programs need this. > Many other programs do have a 'recently opened' option but they don't > automatically open the last opened file. ... and, as I pointed out, > using the --nofile option prevents GnuCash from opening any file, you > have to select the file after starting GnuCash. In the GUI world there really isn't anything like a "current directory". GUI apps don't know anything about the current directory, *esp* if they are fired up from a launcher menu or desktop icon. I understand that under MS-Windows (and maybe Linux) you can bind desktop *file* icons to fire up gnucash with the specified file. I have heard that this does not work under MacOSX -- something is "broken" there. From the (evil?) command line, gnucash will take a filename on the command line (at least for XML/Compressed XML files -- I have not used a version of gnucash that supports SQL). Under Linux, gnucash's "recent file memory" is in ~/.gnucash/books/. Maybe if that directory is removed or made to be an empty "read-only" directory, you might be able to "enforce" gnucash to have a memory loss... rm ~/.gnucash/books/* chmod -w ~/.gnucash/books > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ 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.
