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

[Elmar]

Found it - thanks :)

On 1/31/19 1:10 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 11:28 AM Elmar <etschme at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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