[GNC-dev] Comments in the state file

[Geert Janssens]

Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 14:50:30 CET schreef Robert Fewell:
> Hi,
> Need some advise on this problem I found when trying to fix a budget state
> file issue...
> Currently the register full name is being added as a comment to the
> register sections of the state file based on the group, so we have...
> 
> #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account"
> [Register 5ca76dbe6668a75daeffd33b1229fa0e]
> date_width=111
> ...
> Unfortunately, when the state file is loaded it strips out all the comments
> and it is only the registers that have been open in the current session
> that get there comments added back on save.
> There is a key file flag that can be set, G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_COMMENTS but this
> has the disadvantage of ending up with the comment being added on every
> close so you end up with multiple comments like ...
> 
> #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account"
> 
> #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account"
> [Register 5ca76dbe6668a75daeffd33b1229fa0e]
> date_width=111
> ...
> This does not happen if the comment is for a key, so if the date_width was
> used you get...
> 
> [Register 5ca76dbe6668a75daeffd33b1229fa0e]
> #Register state for "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account"
> date_width=111
> ...
> So my first idea was to make the changes for above on maint and then in
> master make the key file flag change but this would not work, if some one
> from a version less than 3.8 upgraded to 4.0, there key file would still
> have group comments and they would start multiplying on each save. I did
> try removing the group comment but that does not work with the new key file
> flag,
> 
> The only other thing I can think of is add a dummy key and put the register
> full name in that which what I had done originally. The reason for asking
> is I want to add a similar comment for the budget as it is only
> identifiable by the guid and was looking at the lack of saving of the
> invoice sheet layout hoping to get that sorted on master.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob

Have you tried completely removing a group from the key file before updating 
it ? Perhaps deleting the group will also delete its related comment.

Regards,

Geert