You are mixing up several different functions in one message. Not a good way to get cogent comments.
As for scheduled transactions, just un-select Edit >> Scheduled Transactions >> Since Last Run >> Run when data file opened, then run it manually by Actions >> Scheduled Transactions >> Since Last Run... whenever you like. On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 2:55 PM David G. Pickett <dgpick...@aol.com> wrote: > Now that I do not kill nightly to get quotes, I notice that scheduled > trans generation does not occur unless you shut down periodically, as that > is a startup task. I am having trouble remembering to get quotes most > nights, too. > > "What if the file contains unsaved data?" I was talking about auto save, > so what happens to unsaved data with autosave? > > The shutdown does a save, so there must be some point in the code where > the gcm file is saved near the same time. Maybe window/tab closing is > mixed in there. Can the gcm data be made part of the main data file? If I > was working more than one set of books, I'd expect different tabs on each > set of books. > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 08:10:28 PM EDT, David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I wasn't trying to answer your comment about code. > > Since the developers have not found a way to easily solve either your > problem or my related problem, the code must be complex. Thus, we must > satisfy ourselves with a work-around that meets our needs. For me, I find > a time to close the program after doing a file save when I know there is > some display information that I want to save. and I need to refill my > coffee cup or whatever. > It didn't occur to me to try your suggestion. Would that actually close > the data file and re-open it? What if the file contains unsaved data? > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 10:59 AM David G. Pickett <dgpick...@aol.com> > wrote: > > My point, in a bit of reverse humor, was that it was a mistake to have 2 > kinds of save, in several senses, and my issue is one of them. Surely all > the transactions and quotes take much longer to save than my tab list, so I > do not see any up side to having two kinds of save -- just more code, less > function. > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 11:08:42 AM EDT, David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't know about that but it takes a substantial amount of time to wait > for GnuCash to (possibly) save the data file, save the .gcm file, shut down > and then re-open the data file with all the register windows that were not > closed and all the reports that were not closed, vs (possibly) save the > data file, save the .gcm file and then refresh the program window. In the > bug report the point is made by a developer that the program flow is > different when the data is not in an .xml format, but a user doesn't care > about that detail. > If there was another symbol similar to the asterisk next to the data file > name that indicates unsaved file data to indicate unsaved .GCM details, the > user would be aware that some display formatting details are not saved. I > think that would address your original concern. > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 9:22 AM David G. Pickett <dgpick...@aol.com> wrote: > > How much code is saved by having 2 different definitions of save? > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 02:10:45 AM EDT, David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > AFAIK, certain dynamic configuration details such as which account > register tabs are open, column widths in those account registers, and > settings for reports which are left open are only updated when GnuCash is > manually closed. I have proposed a button to manually save these details > in *Bug 729889* <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729889>. > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > Windows 11 seems to reboot itself regularly for some update, when gnucash > has been running a while, so it should be auto saved. When I restart > gnucash and accept that the lock file was still there, it has the tabs of a > much earlier time. Why does auto save not save the tabs open? > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > -- > 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.
