I have lots of other information associated with the GnuCash data which I keep in the same directory. E.g. there are copies of cheques deposited and GiftAid records. So my way of working is to go (in a terminal window) to that directory and then run programs as needed from there.
That is not actually relevant to the discussion (except that you have some sense of "current directory"). Indeed, in my case there would be lots in the directory devoted to the organization for which the books being kept, the exported reports, their finished versions, Gov't filings etc. In other words, there would actually be sub directories devoted to some of these things << and ONE of these would have the books file and associated log files making it easier to maintain how many kept >>
But that has NOTHING to do with how I open gnucash. I open the application (nofile) and select which I am working with today. The ones I work with frequently will be on the MRU list, the others not << but this is actually SEASONAL -- thus an organization which has little financial activity 10 months of the year and then a lot when putting on an annual event might for two month of the year be on the MRU list but then drop off it.
I do not usually open files (we aren't talking just about gnucash) by "click on object". That is because with my decades in the cypher mines, I don't think of objects that way (as things that can be opened by only one application). For example, my "hex editor" can open ANYTHING. Therefore I usually open an application and tell it what I want it to open.
Please note, "click on object" only works for objects that have an "extension" associated with an application. It doesn't work when you have several applications which COULD (usefully) open the object so that part of the process is selecting which. Objects (like a gnucash data file) represent a special case of "only one application COULD be usefully used to open". I don't know about what's on your computers, but on mine, the number of "objects" that could be usefully opened by more than one application on my computer outnumbers the ones like gnucash files that cannot hundreds or thousands to one. OK, I do tend to have favorites for these file types and set the associations that way (let's me open by clicking) BUT I often have to check/test (before sending off) that other folks will be able to use the file on their computer with their favorites.
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