[GNC] How to manage multiple accounts (as in separate gnucash??? databases)?

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:44:57 -0700 Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com wrote:

> 
> On 4/26/22 11:33, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:21:46 +0100 Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 02:00:22PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> >>> Under Linux, gnucash's "recent file memory" is in ~/.gnucash/books/. Maybe if
> >>> that directory is removed or made to be an empty "read-only" directory, you
> >>> might be able to "enforce" gnucash to have a memory loss...
> >>>
> >>> rm ~/.gnucash/books/*
> >>> chmod -w ~/.gnucash/books
> >>>
> >> Yes, it seems a bit drastic though! :-)
> >>
> >> It's actually /home/chris/.local/share/gnucash/books (or, strictly,
> >> some system variable specifies the directory I believe).
> > Probably depends on the version.  I'm still using 2.6.19-1 on my Ubuntu 18.04
> > system.
> >
> > Even opening GnuCash from a menu or icon (rather than the command
> > line) I'd really prefer that it didn't default to the last set of
> > accounts opened.
> > Yeah, that is unfortunate.  And really unfriendly.
> >
> 
> I happen to really like that it opens the last set of books.  Yes, I 
> have three (3) separate sets of books with each in a different folder 
> (directory).
> 
> And having the list of recent opened files makes it really handy to 
> switch between the three sets as desired.

I have no objection to the recent opened files. But applications that
automagically opening the last opened can be obnoxious and awkward for some 
workflows.  There should be preferences settings for that -- eg what is in the 
recent opened files list and what to do when opened without a filename on the 
command line (open nothing, open last, something else, etc.).

> 
> --Steve
> 

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