[GNC] Multiple Instances of GnuCash: Was Can't find file

[David Carlson]

Another way to implement multiple instances with the additional advantage
of not sharing user prefs is to use separate virtual machines for each
instance.

It is possible to share clipboard contents and do other tricks if you are
creative.

David Carlson
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 1:16 PM will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
wrote:

> John,
>
> I have played around with trying to open multiple instances of gnucash
> from the Terminal (Mac OS Catalina) without success in getting two
> instances running at the same time. I am pretty unix-savvy, after 40 years
> as a geophysicist, now I write software for a living. But so far it hasn't
> helped.
>
> Also, it is not that high a priority to me. The two Gnucash projects I
> have are completely independent so I never need to cut and paste between
> them. It would be a nice-to-have-but is not a need-to-have. So I haven't
> spent that much time trying to get it to work.
>
> Will
>
> On 2020 Jul 31, at 07-31 12:16:32, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> macOS does not, and one must use the command line to launch subsequent
> instances of gnucash.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
> > On Jul 31, 2020, at 3:50 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger <
> frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You can avod the warning by starting all except the first with
> > gnucash --nofile
> > or explicitly
> > gnucash path/to/file
> >
> > Each OS/desktop environment should have abilities to create
> > corresponding links.
> >
> > Regards
> > Frank
> >
> > Am 30.07.20 um 23:24 schrieb Liz Dodd:
> >> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:38:50 -0500
> >> "will at theprescotts.com" <will at theprescotts.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On that topic, if I someone asked me what one change I would like to
> >>> Gnucash, my choice would be the ability to open two different files
> >>> in different windows at the same time.
> >>>
> >>> Will
> >>
> >> I routinely run with 4 open Gnucash files.
> >>
> >> Open up Gnucash again. It will tell you there is a lock. Choose "open a
> >> new file" or similar. Then use the File Open REcent to find the second
> >> file
> >>
> >> I actually have a series of menu shortcuts that I use all the time
> >> (XFCE4 on Debian)
> >>
> >> Liz
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