If you bothered to investigate what the .gcm file does, if keeps separate records for every different data file that the user has opened since the beginning of time. That is why it is called user data and there is a great deal of discussion on the GnuCash website about why it exists and how to back up and copy the important parts over to a new computer for your favorite operating system when desired.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 3:47 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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.
