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

rsbrux rsbrux at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 10 10:38:54 EST 2020


Dear Peter,

Thanks for the tip; that fixed starting GC from the Whisker menu.  
However, I had also setup Windows-like shortcuts (Launcher items on the 
xfce desktop) which included the file name, so I had to change those as 
well.

On 10.01.20 12:14, Peter West wrote:
> What happens if you move the old file?
>
> Peter
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> But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do 
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>> On 10 Jan 2020, at 8:48 pm, rsbrux via gnucash-user 
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto: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 <mailto:rsbrux at yahoo.com>>
>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 11:46 AM
>> To: 'gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>' 
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto: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 
>> <mailto:adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>>
>> To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
>> <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to change default book/file to open in GC 2.6
>> under Ubuntu Linux?
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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 <mailto: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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