relocate gnome files

[mchaires at comcast.net]

Yes, the forward slashes worked. I relocated all GnuCash data files to a sub-directory of the My Documents directory and reference same with the HOME env var. Thanks much for your help and patience. 



BTW, if you take requests here, it would be great if double-clicking a transaction in the register would display the transaction in split view. I know you can do it from the context menu and that's handy, but requires more clicks. Or h ow about a hot-key to toggle one-line vs. split view? 



----- Original Message -----


From: "Geert Janssens" <janssens-geert at telenet.be> 
To: mchaires at comcast.net 
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:37:16 PM 
Subject: Re: relocate gnome files 



HOME is the correct variable to override. 




I think backslashes are treated special and may have to be escaped. Can you try to use forward slashes instead of backward slashes ? That's counter Windows habits, but the GnuCash code originates from linux. 




So try with 

HOME=C:/Program Files (x86)/gnuCash 

instead of 

HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\gnuCash 




But I would not advise to use the GnuCash program directory to store user configuration data. In fact I'm not even sure Windows 7 will allow you to do so. It would be better to use the directory Microsoft has defined for this, like the %APPDATA% directory, like so: 

HOME={APPDATA}/GnuCash 




This will store all the relevant directories in 

C:\Users\<your username>\appdata\roaming\GnuCash 




Hope that helps. 




Geert 




On maandag 27 juni 2011, mchaires at comcast.net wrote: 

> My environment file is included below. I tried both HOME and GNC_HOME 

> environment variables. I also tried it with Program Files (x86) in quotes. 

> I'm on a Windows 7 machine and I can't find any trace files. 

> 

> 

> 

> # environment 

> # 

> # This configuration file can be used to change/add environment variables 

> # during GnuCash startup. 

> # 

> # It uses a very simple syntax for this: 

> # <variable_name>=<variable_value> 

> # 

> # You can refer to existing environment variables in the new value by 

> # enclosing it in {}, for example 

> # NEW_VARIABLE={OLD_VARIABLE}_something 

> # 

> # When adding variables that hold a collection of directories (path 

> variables), # always use ';' to separate the directories. GnuCash will 

> replace these with # the proper separator for your operating system. For 

> example: 

> # PATH=/some/extra/path;{PATH} 

> # 

> # Finally, GnuCash exports a number of environment variables itself you can 

> use # here as you see fit. They are read only. GnuCash will ignore any 

> changes you # make to them. These variables are: 

> # GNC_HOME the directory where GnuCash was installed. This is the base 

> #          directory of all the other directories below 

> # GNC_BIN  the directory where the GnuCash executable resides. This is 

> #          equivalent to {GNUCASH_HOME}/bin 

> # GNC_LIB  the directory where the GnuCash private libraries reside. This 

> is #          equivalent to {GNUCASH_HOME}/lib/gnucash 

> # GNC_DATA the directory where GnuCash specific additional data is stored, 

> #          equivalent to {GNUCASH_HOME}/share/gnucash 

> # GNC_CONF the directory where GnuCash configuration files are stored, 

> #          equivalent to {GNUCASH_HOME}/etc/gnucash 

> # SYS_LIB  the directory where the GnuCash public libraries reside. This is 

> #          equivalent to {GNUCASH_HOME}/lib 

> 

> [Variables] 

> # PATH is used to find the finance::quote utility functions 

> PATH={GNC_BIN};{PATH} 

> 

> # Tell GnuCash where to look for GnuCash modules 

> GNC_MODULE_PATH={GNC_LIB};{GNC_MODULE_PATH} 

> 

> # Prevent embedded guile from issuing deprecation warnings 

> GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED=no 

> 

> # Tell Guile where to find GnuCash specific guile modules 

> # GUILE_LIBS can be used to override the path to Guile's own modules 

> # GUILE_LIBS= 

> GUILE_LOAD_PATH={GNC_DATA}/guile-modules;{GNC_DATA}/scm;{GUILE_LIBS};{GNC_H 

> OME}/share/guile/1.6;{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} # Clear SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH to 

> prevent interference from other guile installations (like cygwin) 

> SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH= 

> 

> 

> # Tell Guile where to find GnuCash specific shared libraries 

> GNC_LIBRARY_PATH={SYS_LIB} 

> LD_LIBRARY_PATH={GNC_LIBRARY_PATH};{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} 

> # The same, but for GnuCash on OS X 

> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH={GNC_LIBRARY_PATH};{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH} 

> 

> # If you wish GnuCash to use a different language, uncomment the two 

> parameters # below and set LANG to your preferred locale 

> # LANG=nl_BE 

> # LANGUAGE={LANG} 

> GNC_DBD_DIR={GNC_HOME}/lib/dbd 

> 

> HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\gnuCash 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> 

> 

> From: "Geert Janssens" <janssens-geert at telenet.be> 

> To: mchaires at comcast.net, gnucash-user at gnucash.org 

> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 3:22:06 PM 

> Subject: Re: relocate gnome files 

> 

> 

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> On donderdag 23 juni 2011, mchaires at comcast.net wrote: 

> > OK. I have been away from this for awhile and am now just getting back to 

> > 

> > it, hence the delay. 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > I added a line to the environment file but that does not change the 

> > 

> > behavior. I have since downloaded and installed v2.4.6 and even if you 

> > 

> > manually remove these files from the Users directory, they will be 

> > 

> > recreated when GnuCash launches. BTW, the environment file has comments 

> > 

> > that suggest that the value of certain environment variables cannot be 

> > 

> > changed, among them GNC_HOME. Is that what you meant when you quoted HOME 

> > 

> > ... GNC_HOME? Is there another way to force GnuCash not to litter the 

> > Uers 

> > 

> > directory? 

> 

> Can you post the contents of your current environment file ? Note that this 

> file gets overwritten when you update GnuCash, so perhaps your change has 

> been undone by accident ? 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> And perhaps there is also a hint in the GnuCash trace file that explains 

> why this didn't work. See 

> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Error_messages.2C_Trace_file to learn 

> where you find the trace file. 

> 

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> 

> 

> Regards, 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> Geert