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[Geert Janssens]

Op maandag 6 februari 2012 10:16:16 schreef Derek Atkins:
> Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:
> > Op maandag 6 februari 2012 08:36:18 schreef Alain Cageda:
> >> Great! Working perfectly now. Even better than I expected (this
> >> includes the date format wigth dots rather than slash and the decimal
> >> *point* rather than a comma). Thanks a lot!!
> > 
> > I'm glad this worked out for you. Just one small note: if you install a
> > new version of GnuCash in the future, you will likely have to make this
> > change again. The environment file is overwritten during updates.
> > 
> > That's one minor inconvenience with the current settings system in
> > GnuCash.
> I think we should create a $HOME/.gnucash/environment file that
> overrides settings in the system/environment file.  This way a user can
> override the env w/o sysadmin privs, and it wont get overwritten on
> update.
> 
I am aware of this and agree. It didn't happen yet because
a. I don't have much time now.
b. Phill was playing with the idea to redo the whole settings system. I think 
this change can be part of that as well.
c. I don't consider this a priority right now.


Geert