[GNC] New to GnuCash SQLite on Windows: I have questions

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Thu Apr 21 03:45:20 EDT 2022


On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:54:31PM -0700, john wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Apr 20, 2022, at 1:58 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:02:16 +0100
> > Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:20:56PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 1. Is there any way to get GnuCash to save its file, by default,
> >>>> with an appropriate suffix other than "gnucash?"  
> >>> 
> >>> Sure, tell it to do that.  It only adds ".gnucash" by default, but
> >>> it won't override what you tell it.
> >>> 
> >> Where do you tell it that?
> >> 
> > 
> > "Save As" in the menu should do it.
> 
> Be careful to switch back to the "primary" file after doing that, otherwise 
> the primary will become the snapshot and new work will go into the new 
> file. 
> 
But that's the ultimate aim! :-

Instead of having the long, clumsy, "gnucash" suffix one wants
something tidier like "gc".

Remember on Linux the whole filename is always displayed so all those
"gnucash" suffixes get a bit wearing after a while.

-- 
Chris Green


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