Accounts sort order not saving

[David Carlson]

On 4/4/2015 10:10 AM, David Backhouse wrote:
> This is very bizarre: but my issue seems to be fixed.
> I moved the account code heading from first column to second column, moving
> account type into the first column.
> I then deleted the account type column, and sorted by account code.
> I then checked the .gcm file as suggested, and the last entry under [Account
> Hierarchy] in the .gcm file now reads sort_column=account-code.
> So (for the time being at least) it displays accounts in the order I
> specified when I reload Gnucash.
>
> However if I ever get a similar problem I know where to look.
>
> David Backhouse
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user
> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+david=davidbackhouse.plus.com at gnucash.org] On
> Behalf Of Geert Janssens
> Sent: 04 April 2015 15:35
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Accounts sort order not saving
>
> On Saturday 04 April 2015 09:04:04 David Carlson wrote:
>> Geert,
>>
>> Looking at the .gcm file, I think that there is some personal
>> information in it.  Is the part that you need to see sufficiently
>> obfuscated or is there an easy way to sanitize it?
>> I had already deleted todays work and renamed yesterday's last backup
>> to the original filename before I saw your message, but the sort order
>> is still scrambled, so I still need to follow your instructions to
>> restore the sort.
>>
> David,
>
> I'm actually only interested in the Account Hierarchy section. So if you
> copy only that part in the bug report that's sufficient. To my knowledge
> this part doesn't hold any sensitive data.
>
> Geert
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I filed https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747333.  It should 
not be necessary to jump through hoops to recover the default sort.

David C