[GNC] How to change default book/file to open in GC 2.6 under

[Peter West]

What happens if you move the old file?

Peter
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> On 10 Jan 2020, at 8:48 pm, rsbrux via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> P.S.  The new file appears in the recently opened files list in GC, but in
> position 2.
> The old file is in position 1.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsbrux <rsbrux at yahoo.com> 
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 11:46 AM
> To: 'gnucash-user at gnucash.org' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: How to change default book/file to open in GC 2.6 under
> 
> Dear Adrien,
> Thanks for the tip, but I already tried that (several times).  GC still
> opens the old book/file 
> Regards, rsbrux
> 
> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:03:02 -0600
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to change default book/file to open in GC 2.6
> 	under Ubuntu Linux?
> Message-ID: <61E290AA-A213-4544-B103-764ED0D01448 at lusfiber.net>
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> 
> Open Gnucash, it will open the last used book.
> 
> If it is the old one, then go to File > Open, and choose the new book.
> 
> Close Gnucash.
> 
> When you re-open Gnucash, it should still open the last used book, but this
> time, that will be the new one.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Jan 10, 2020 w2d10, at 2:59 AM, rsbrux via gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I am using GC 2.6.19 (the standard version) under Ubuntu Studio 18.4.
>> 
>> I have just created a new GC book/file, but when I close it and reopen GC,
> it opens the old book/file.
>> 
>> ISTR having to set up something in some config file to get GC to start
> with a particular book/file open, somthing I only did because I couldn't
> find a way to do this with a shortcut containing a command-line argument, as
> I would normally do under Windows.
>> 
>> I don't find any documentation or help describing how to specify a
> book/file to open on GC start.
>> 
>> How can I make GC open my ne book/file instead of the old one
> 
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