[GNC] Multiple company setup

[Michael Hendry]

> On 19 Jul 2019, at 09:47, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, 18 July 2019 11:48:37 BST Mary wrote:
>> Hi, I have just installed GnuCash v3.6 on my MacBook Air. How do I set up 2
>> companies on GnuCash? I have tried creating new directories (1 and 2) and
>> launching from them separately but it just loads the same chart of accounts
>> and data!
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> Hi Mary,
> there's something weird about GC on MacOS - clicking on a data file doesn't 
> open that file; GC always resumes with the last used file....
> 
> Just File-> open and navigate to the other file.
> 
> once you've done that once, you should just be able to go file -> [recent files 
> list] to get the data you want...
> 
> HTH,
> Maf.

Hi, Mary & Maf.

This happens with other open-source, multi-platform software as well (e.g. LibreOffice, Frescobaldi), and I think must arise from the way in which Mac OS passes the “file-to-open” to the appropriate program when you double-click.

It’s not an insoluble problem - if I double-click a file whose default program is MacVim, MacVim will start up and open the chosen file - but then MacVim isn’t raw VI.

I’ve found that if LibreOffice is already running when I double-click one of its files, it will open that file OK, but LibreOffice s expects to have more than one file open at a time, and I haven’t tried double-clicking one GnuCash file when another is already open - too scared of possible side-effects!

Michael