Mark,
Thanks for the links!
Concerning the backup files, those get stored in the same directory as
the book, so since that directory is already accessible, I wouldn't
expect there to be any issue with writing backups there.
On the icon front, I think it originally just had the icon name, then it
disappeared so I added the path, but that has never worked. I did edit
from /current/ to /active/ this morning, and I'll be able to check out
if it worked this afternoon. (this is on a work machine I haven't set up
screensharing for just yet, so I need to be physically present to check
up on that aspect.)
Regards,
Adrien
On 10/24/26 09:54, Mark Penner wrote:
On Saturday, October 24, 2026 2:25:39 AM Central Daylight Time Adrien
Monteleone wrote:
I'm certainly no expert on flatpak sandbox rules, but I thought
everything in ~/ was fair game.
By default everything has to use the portal to reach outside the sandbox, but
GnuCash has
the --filesystem=host permission, so it can access most locations on the host
without using
the portal. I believe that's necessary for the way GnuCash does backups when
saving, since
it doesn't request permission for each backup file it saves.
https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/basic-concepts.html#portals
https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html#filesystem-access
https://github.com/flathub/org.gnucash.GnuCash/blob/f4fe8554deb64964c21eca2b006b97f3e5b713c2/org.gnucash.GnuCash.json#L16
And all of that might offer me a clue about how to get a particular
flatpak .desktop file to properly use the GnuCash icon. Oddly, it did
the first time it was installed, and then disappeared upon subsequent
logins. I suspect this is because it doesn't have access to the icon
location. So I either need to copy it elsewhere, or, as you have done,
just link it. The kicker for me is where does the flatpak *want* to find
the icon?
That depends if it is a system or user install. For my user install, the icons
are installed in
~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/icons. The desktop file should work just
using the
icon name "org.gnucash.GnuCash", I don't know why it wouldn't.
_______________________________________________
gnucash-user mailing list
[email protected]
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.
