[GNC] undo close?

[Maf. King]

On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:28:40 BST Geert Janssens wrote:
> Op woensdag 8 mei 2019 09:34:18 CEST schreef ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user:
> > On 5/8/19 12:27 AM, Maf. King wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 08:14:05 BST Geert Janssens wrote:
> > >> And actually it's very odd your copy of gnucash has this button to
> > >> begin
> > >> with. So that begs the question: what version of gnucash are you using
> > >> ?
> > >> And from what source did you install it ?
> > >> 
> > >> Regards,
> > >> 
> > >> Geert
> > > 
> > > Wow, Geert.  top notch detective work finding that obscure possibility!
> > > 
> > > take a round of applause from me.
> > > 
> > > Maf.
> > 
> > 2+
> > 
> > :-)
> 
> Thanks for the praise, but we're not there yet...
> 
> I really don't see how this could possibly have been triggered :(
> 
> I have looked at the build Fedora 30 build configuration (which can be found
> here by the way: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gnucash/blob/f30/f/
> gnucash.spec)
> To activate the obscure code path one would have to define the the constant
> CLOSE_BOOKS_ACTUALLY_WORKS somewhere and that doesn't seem to be the case.
> And even if that constant would have been set the extra function to archive
> is not added to any tool button or menu item. So in theory there is no way
> to trigger this functionality from the GUI.
> 
> /me is puzzled...
> 
> Todd, do you remember which tab was open when you accidentally clicked the
> close button ? Was it a report tab, a register tab or an accounts tab or
> even something else ?
> 
> And could you remember the exact message you received after closing that
> specific tab ? I have searched all of the gnucash source code and there's
> really only one message using the word "archive". The message lead me to the
> obscure function I pointed out before. But that doesn't seem to be
> triggerable...

Geert,

Assume for a moment that the code path was somehow triggered.  What would the 
effect be on a book?  what would OP actually see happen?  Do you know / can 
you deduce from the code?  If it is not what ToddandMargo saw happen then 
maybe it didn't trigger the code path?

Since it seems that only ToddandMargo can see the function, we're all at a 
disadvantage!

Maf.