[GNC] I would like different Preference settings for different files, same user

[Michael Hendry]

> On 3 Mar 2019, at 15:34, Jeff Abrahamson <jeff at p27.eu> wrote:
> 
> A bug was filed on this issue in November of 2007 (!).
> 
>    https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493789
> 
> I've updated it to to point to this thread.  I strongly encourage those
> of you who who feel that this is important to add yourselves to that bug.
> 
> I've not found documentation on how the gnucash developers prefer one
> express interest.  A common technique in many communities is simply to
> (create a bugzilla account on bugs.gnucash.org, then) login and add a
> single comment with the text "+1".  This will express your interest to
> the developers, add you to receive emails about the evolution of the
> bug, and make it easy to find again (in principle, anyway).
> 
> Jeff

Thanks, Jeff.

I wouldn’t necessarily describe this as a “bug”, in that the program is operating as intended (and documented).

The same issue affects Saved Report Configurations, where applying another book’s reports is likely to yield suboptimal results.

I can imagine that there are situations where per-user settings would be helpful (e.g. the Account Separator character, which is what got me into this in the first place).

If given the option, I would favour the per-book separation of preferences and report configurations with the option of “priming” a newly created book from an existing configuration or accepting a default set.

Michael