[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

[Stan Brown]

On 2022-08-07 00:44, flywire wrote:
> More cat skinning:
> 
>> * the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems:
> *
> 
> In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and it
> will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash).
> 
> Alternatively, for each file: right-click file, create a shortcut, drag
> shortcut to desktop. Same as above from desktop.

>From desktop _or_ Start Menu, as a matter of fact. I choose the latter,
because I like to keep my desktop clean.

Buy there's another option, that I don't think I've seen posted yet.

The OP is presumably using those "multiple file systems" to keep books
on different entities. The user should give the files different names
even though storing them in different locations.

Then, if the user forgets to use the shortcuts you suggested, or just
doesn't like the shortcut idea, they can simply open GnuCash from the
regular program icon. GC will automatically open the last file the user
was working on. If that's the "wrong" one, click File and the last N
files worked on will appear in the menu; just select the appropriate one.

Unlike most Windows programs, GC doesn't show you the location of each
file, only its name. (At least that's true in the version I'm running.)
That's why it's important to give the data files different names even if
they're in different folders .

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com