Multiple Accounts

[Maf. King]

On Fri 15 November 13 09:52:35 Alan Jordan wrote:
> Hi Maf,
> 
> 
> Thanks for that. I've found the file you mention, and edited it to remove
> the unwanted Account List entries, but this has no effect. As soon as I run
> Gnucash, the deleted entries get re-written into the File. It looks as if
> this really is a History File.

Hi Alan,

don't forget to include a CC to the list, there are others there who know far 
more than me... and others may benefit from the conversation in due course 
too.

Did you ensure that gconf was not running?  What happens if you delete the 
file completely?

> 
> 
> There are a lot of other %gconf.xml Files in the ~/.gconf/apps/gnucash
> Directories, but none of them containing a recognisable Account List.
> 
> 
> I suspect the File we want must be hidden somewhere else in Linux, but I'm
> afraid I am not enough of an expert to know where to look.
> 
> 
> I have to admit that I'm a little bit surprised this problem isn't something
> that is very well known, and the solution readily available; I can't
> believe I am the only person to have this issue!
> 

Did you see John Dablin's suggestion? There's a FAQ about it, so you are not 
alone!

Are you similarly bothered by the recently-used list in say Libre Office?  I 
suspect that it is just because one tends not to have many different files in 
GC that it can be occasionally problematic.  I have 6 different sets of books 
in GC that I use, some daily and others monthly or less often.  I tend to 
navigate to the relevant folder and start GC with a click on the data file I 
want, and only when swapping books in a session do I use that menu, often 
though, the file I want isn't there....

have a good weekend,
Maf.


> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Alan Jordan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net>
> To: Alan Jordan <adjordan at talktalk.net>
> CC: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Sent: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:42
> Subject: Re: Multiple Accounts
> 
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> Have a look at ~/.gconf/apps/gnucash/history/%gconf.xml
> 
> Just be sure that gnucash (and gconf too?) are not running if you make a
> hand edit
> 
> regards,
> Maf.
> 
> On Fri 15 November 13 06:56:09 Alan Jordan wrote:
> > Sorry, I meant to include that in the E-mail, but forgot. Operating System
> > is Ubuntu Linux 13.10 64-Bit.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > Alan Jordan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net>
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org; Alan Jordan <adjordan at talktalk.net>
> > Sent: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:43
> > Subject: Re: Multiple Accounts
> > 
> > On Fri 15 November 13 05:02:53 Alan Jordan wrote:
> > > I am using Gnucash with multiple Accounts, which I can switch between
> > > using
> > > the Account List under the Menu Option 'File'. Occasionally I need to
> > > move
> > > the location of one of the Accounts, whereupon the existing Account List
> > > link to this Account no longer works. I then use the Menu Option
> > > 'File/Open' to access this Account, and Gnucash adds a new Link in the
> > > Account List, but does NOT remove the old (redundant) Link which has the
> > > same name, which can be very confusing! Is there any way I can edit the
> > > Account List to remove the old (redundant) Links?
> > 
> > Hi Alan,
> > 
> > The "Account List" you talk of is just a recently-opened file list,
> > exactly
> > the same as you get in say a word processor or image editor.
> > 
> > As you open your files, the oldest set of books gets dropped of the bottom
> > of the list.  There is no other way to change the list from within GC, but
> > you can do it by hand-editing a config file.  I believe that it is one of
> > the gconf files, but can't be any more precise than that - maybe someone
> > else will chip in - but it would be useful to know your operating system
> > details.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Maf.

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