'save off' last year's data ??

[Jeff Clark]

Dave Peticolas wrote:
> 
> Jeff Clark writes:
> > Rob Browning wrote:
> > >
> > > Thomas Spahni <tsp@lawbiz.ch> writes:
> > >
> > > > So, what is the suggested work around? Start with a new filename
> > > > and re-enter all accounts? Or -- is there any easy way to delete
> > > > everything except the accounts from a copy?
> > >
> > > Well, with the newer XML version data files, if you're handy with a
> > > text editor, you could conceivably just make a copy of the file and
> > > edit it to delete all of the <transaction> blocks.  That should
> > > preserve your account hierarchy.
> > >
> > > In the long run, we want to do something more like "closing the
> > > books", which involves some accounting entries to roll up your income
> > > and expenses for the year, etc.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu> PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930
> >
> > I'm really looking forward to this particular feature.  My gnucash file
> > has data from January of '98 and it's getting much too big: completion
> > of a new transaction (based on a previous transaction) takes several
> > seconds and it's getting tiresome.
> 
> Yes, 1.4.x is slow for this. The next version will be much faster.

Glad to hear it.

> In the meantime, you should be able to speed things up by unchecking
> 'show all transactions' in the Settings/Register dialog.

I tried this, but unless I'm getting forgetful in my old age, I seem to
remember that when completing a transaction only those that are shown in
the register are considered.  Or did I dream this? 8-}

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