[GNC] I'm still a bit confused about when things get saved.

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hello Chris,

Am 10.09.20 um 15:22 schrieb Chris Green:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 08:58:04AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, September 10, 2020 8:32 am, Chris Green wrote:
>>> When does data entered get saved?  Also are there different 'levels'
>>> of save as it were?
>> Yes, there are different levels of data storage, per se.  There are:
>>
>> * Data Entry -- the data only lives in the UI
>> * Commit -- the data is stored into the in-memory cache of your data
>> * Save -- the in-memory cache is written to disk
>>
> Excellent, thank you, it seems odd that this isn't made explicit
> anywhere in the documentation (or is it?).  Maybe it's just my
> software engineering rather than accounting background! :-)
> 
> [snip]

Perhaps the question is, what are the right place for storing and
linking that info?

https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/basics-entry1.html?
Parts are already in
https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/basics-files1.html#basics-storage-comparison-table

OTOH as a technical detail it would belong into
https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-help/

Awaiting your Pull Request ;-)

Frank