Automatic Saving

[Glen Ditchfield]

How does saving work with the database back-end?  

I think I would want GnuCash set up so that every time I enter a financial 
transaction (or add an account, or a price, or whatever) the database would 
be changed immediately.  In that case, "File > Save" would be a no-op, 
autosaving wouldn't be useful, and GnuCash doesn't maintain backups.

If that is so, I would like the file back-end to work the same way: every 
change is saved immediately, and "File > Save" is unnecessary.  And keep no 
backups; I (should) back up all my files, when and as necessary.  Just give 
me a good Undo!

In fact, I agree with Matthew Thomas 
(http://mpt.phrasewise.com/stories/storyReader$374): having to save data is 
interface cruft, and we'd be better off without it.  

Giving GnuCash a cruftless interface would be a lot of work.  For instance, 
the file back-end might need rewriting to allow incremental saves.  But maybe 
it's something to think about for version 2.0?