[GNC] Edit number of recently opened books

[Geert Janssens]

Hmm, I don't have access to an Apple computer, so the command I proposed was based on one 
I found in the FAQ.

I know which gsettings key it refers to (org.gnucash.history/maxfiles), but I may have the exact 
command invocation to set it wrong.

Perhaps it needs quotes around the number ?

And perhaps the MacOS build of gnucash has another way of handling the history file list? I 
didn't see anything to that effect in the code though.

Geert

Op vrijdag 31 januari 2020 21:41:46 CET schreef Adrien Monteleone:
> I just tried this on Catalina, no dice. The pref was added in the plist
> file, but it doesn’t seem to have any affect. I also tried logging out and
> back in after the change.
> 
> Interestingly, there are key-value pairs for more than 4 files. (I have 8
> filled and 2 still blank) But only 4 show in the File menu.
> 
> Note, that ‘maxfiles' key didn’t exist prior to me issuing the command.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> > On Jan 31, 2020 w5d31, at 2:15 PM, Greg W <allrightname at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On OSX 10.14.6 the 'defaults write --app Gnucash' command was invalid due
> > to syntax issues.
> > 
> > I tried 'defaults write org.gnucash.Gnucash
> > "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles"
> > 10' and it didn't have any effect.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> > 
> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:05 PM Geert Janssens
> > <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >> Op donderdag 30 januari 2020 21:11:00 CET schreef Greg W:
> >>> I've tried searching around and haven't found anywhere that seems to
> >>> 
> >>> suggest how to edit then number of recently opened books that show up in
> >>> 
> >>> the File menu on OSX:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> [image: Menubar.png]
> >>> 
> >>> Can I change that 4 to a 6 or more somehow?
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> 
> >>> Greg
> >> 
> >> There is a hidden preference that can increase this number to up to 10
> >> recently opened books. You can't set this via the GnuCash user interface,
> >> but probably via the defaults command line tool. For example to increase
> >> the list to 6 you could try:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> defaults write --app Gnucash "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles" 6
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Geert
> > 
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