[GNC] Why does "Managed Document Link" send me to the wrong directory?

[Alan Hopkins]

Oops... sorry. I see you have changed the path head in preferences -
apologies for the confusion
Not sure what is happening there as it works ok on linux for me.

Cheers
Hop

Sent from my unbelievably smart phone

On Sun, 25 Dec. 2022, 10:40 pm Alan Hopkins, <hoppo52 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David
> Merry Christmas.
> You change the default attachment location in preferences. You appear to
> be changing it as per individual file which is ok if the attachments are
> all in different locations
>
> I'm not at my computer right now otherwise I could tell you exactly where
>
> All the best - &  I just love GNC - many many thanks & Merry Christmas to
> all the dev's & support people & best wishes for 2023
>
> Cheers
> Hop
>
> Sent from my unbelievably smart phone
>
> On Sun, 25 Dec. 2022, 6:20 pm Dr. David Kirkby, <
> drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I'm using GnuCash 4.12 on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux. When trying to attach a
>> file,
>> the GnuCash GUI sent me to $HOME/Downloads. So I changed that to
>> /home/drkirkby/accounts/receipts-and-invoices. However, whenever I try to
>> attach a document, it starts from $HOME (/home/drkirkby/) rather than
>> /home/drkirkby/accounts/receipts-and-invoices. So I have to navigate to
>> /home/drkirkby/accounts/receipts-and-invoices each time. It's not a big
>> inconvenience, but I'm wondering why this is. Please see the attachments.
>> The numbers 1, 2 and 3 indicate the order I took the screenshots.
>>
>> Dr David Kirkby Ph.D
>> Email: drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web:
>> https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/
>> Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100)
>> Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT.
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