edit gnucash file in ubuntu

[Geert Janssens]

On woensdag 31 augustus 2011, Colin Scott wrote:
> > It's possible File Roller won't unzip the file because it's not
> > using the .gz extension. I know the gzip tool itself is pretty
> > picky about this (to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the
> > original file).
> 
> Wouldn't it be simpler to start up Gnucash, alter the preferences to remove
> compression, save and quit?  Then you don't have to mess around with
> uncompressing the file, 'cos it will be in plain text ...
> 
> Colin
Definitely the most elegant solution... :)

Geert