[GNC] Preferences reset

[John Ralls]

> On May 22, 2021, at 11:44 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> Op zaterdag 22 mei 2021 19:34:44 CEST schreef John Ralls:
> > > On May 22, 2021, at 4:00 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have looked into this some more and filed bug
> > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798194 with more details.
> > > 
> > > The proper fix would require changes affecting all users, not only flatpak
> > > users (changes to how we store our preferences in GSettings). That's
> > > probably out of proportion with the benefit we'd have from this.
> > Well, all Linux users. The domain is already correct on macOS,
> > org.gnucash.Gnucash.plist. Would it change the HKLM\Software registry keys
> > on Windows?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
>  
> Interesting. What makes this different on MacOS vs Linux ? Where is this defined ?

https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-on-osx/blob/c79543057f2a0efa21169ab6fccb31bebb731cd5/gnucash-bundler/Info.plist#L13

>  
> And more interestingly perhaps what are the key paths used inside of that plist file ?

Looks like the paths inside the file *would* be affected, e.g. /org/gnucash/window/pages/account-tree/summary/start-choice-absolute

Regards,
John Ralls