open 2 sets of accounts
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
gnucash at numerixtechnology.de
Tue Oct 9 07:20:13 EDT 2007
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:36:11 +0100
"Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 Oct 2007, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Maf. King wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 09 Oct 2007, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> > > > I have 2 separate sets of accounts and I need them open
> > > > simultaneously. The only way I have found to do this is to
> > > > start GnuCash twice, ignore the warning and once the second
> > > > instance is up open the other set of accounts.
> > >
> > > A possibility (under KDE, at least) is to set up the mime-types
> > > so that clicking a data file opens GC with that data file. GC
> >
> > Someone here once told me to start gnucash from terminal with the
> > file name ie gnucash /home/user/data_1 and gnucash /home/user/data_2
> > now i have put those entries in my KDE menu :-)
>
>
> That is actually what the KDE mime-type system does (when it is
> tweaked properly!)
>
> When you click on a .xac file (or technically, a file of mime-type
> application/gnucash) kde "knows" to run the command guncash %f
> (where the %f gets replaced with the filename).
> Possibly a better generic solution than creating loads of menu
> options?
>
> If anyone wants detailed instructions, I'll gladly share what I know!
I use Krusader. I presume the file that has to be opened is the one
without any extension. The Krusader context menu open-with offers
Kwrite, gnumeric, Scribus, ..., Other
> Just my 0.02 units of currency of your choice
GBP
Yes, please!
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Best Regards,
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
Q: Why is top posting bad?
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