[GNC] undo needed, was Re: Reconciliation is not adding up correctly

[David Carlson]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 11:28 AM Elmar <etschme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm running 2.6.12; that setting does not exist in the preferences.  The
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup says that this folder HOME
> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#HOME>/.gconf/apps/gnucash/
>
> should exist, but it does not, nor is there any gsettings file in HOME
> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#HOME>/.gnucash
> (Linux Mint 18.3 btw).  - Elmar
>
> On 1/31/19 4:14 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 09:08, Elmar <etschme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Open simultaneously - that sounds dangerous to my galloping senility :)
> >> Normally I run into this when I have been working on the file for an
> >> hour or so, having done some 20 or 30 operations e.g. end of month
> >> multiple bank statement reconciles, then I screw up something.  A quick
> >> ctrl-z would save a whole lot of grief.
> > Configure Auto Save to save the file every 5 minutes.  Then you should
> > not need to go back and redo more than that.  Unless you are unlucky
> > enough to make an erroneous change and by coincidence it immediately
> > saves before you have time to close without saving.
> >
> > Colin
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I believe the AutoSave feature has been present for many years under Edit >
Preferences > General > Files  and should be in 2.6.12.  The problem with
that is that it freezes the UI during the save, which can take more than a
minute for some combinations of data file size and locations of program,
user and data.  Twenty percent or more unavailability is not acceptable.
Worse, Auto means that it happens exactly when the quarterback has the
ball, the defensive line is breaking through, the receivers are all covered
with flypaper and the TV replay cameras are not properly aimed.

That is why I choose manually when I want my backups.

David Carlson