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[Derek Atkins]

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

> 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.

agreed on all parts.  I should probably just file a Bz report so we
don't forget.

> Geert

-derek

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