FSVO "safe", yes it is, at least in Windows. Caution: reports, preferences, and most-recently used (with geometry of the window) are per user and not per book(*). Therefore, depending on the sequence in which you make changes and close files, you may find that some or all of the changes you made get lost. The actual data would not be lost, as far as I'm aware.
I echo Ken's question: Why do you want to do this? (*)There's also File ยป Properties, which _is_ per book. Some of the preferences would more logically be properties, but there isn't general agreement on which ones should change. I don't see why you think "the two instances are forced to have documents in the same directory". Just specify absolute paths for your documents, not relative paths. That's what I did, and it works just fine without even setting a path head. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-08-14 05:46, Brook Milligan via gnucash-user wrote: > Is it safe for a single user to run simultaneously two different instances of > GC on two different books? > > If so, what settings are shared between them and therefore must be the same? > I can think of all the general settings, which mostly seem to be preferences > about overall features like whether or not to use formal or informal names. > I would expect no conflict as these are preferences of the individual GC user > and stored within a user-specific directory. Have I missed anything here or > misinterpreted this? > > However, I can think of one preference that is not like that: the root > directory for associated documents. I believe this is also a user-specific > setting not a book-specific one (please correct me if that has been changed, > which I eagerly wish for). If so, then the two instances are forced to have > documents in the same directory, something that might or might not be > appropriate. Are there any other settings like this that would interact > (possibly poorly) between two distinct instances of GC? _______________________________________________ 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.
