how to read the data file outside GnuCash

[Patrick Schweiger]

David Reiser wrote:
> When things were getting weird with r13835, I thought I'd look at the 
> data file outside GnuCash. I had no success. They are  supposed to be 
> UTF-8 xml, right?

It's probably compressed ...

Select Edit -> Preferences, then uncheck "Compress Files" check box on 
the General tab.  Save, then have a look at the file.