Hi, The Edit -> Preferences are saved immediately. The File -> Properties are saved with the data file.
-derek On Fri, August 2, 2024 6:13 pm, David Carlson wrote: > I have a question about when the user preferences that can be set under > Edit > Preferences are saved. Is it necessary to close the program to > save > changes to these settings or is it sufficient to perform, say, File > > Save? Or are those preferences automatically updated when you close the > Preferences window a la Android OS? > The reason I ask is that it seems to be necessary to close the program to > update custom report configurations and register window column widths, to > name a couple of things. I think that I once created a feature request > to > add a button to commit updates to user configurations such as reports and > column widths without needing to close the program, but that was long ago. > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 12:15 PM David Carlson > <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> One possible work-around, although not easy to implement, would be to >> create separate users on your computer for each book that needed >> separate >> user preferences. Using separate computers might even be easier. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 11:16 AM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> > On Aug 2, 2024, at 00:13, Manfred Usselmann <manf...@usselmann.de> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > It seems to me that the currently set accounting period is not saved >>> in >>> the GnuCash file? I have different files for different periods and >>> different organizations and have to adjust the period every time I open >>> another file. Wouldn't it be a useful improvement to change this? >>> >>> They are indeed user preferences, not part of the book. Yes, it would >>> be >>> a huge improvement to make it a book feature. It’s not a trivial change >>> though and so far nobody has prioritized doing the work. Should anyone >>> care >>> to write it note that it will need to be guarded by a feature (see >>> libgnucash/engine/gnc-features.h) and so will need two PRs: One to >>> implement the engine and backend changes that make it readable for the >>> stable branch and a second that moves the option from preferences to >>> file >>> properties and set the feature for the future branch. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> 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 > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
