[GNC] Scary moment

[Derek Atkins]

The UI locks up while the Save happens, so saving every minute might be...
annoying..  Even on a fast SSD.

I would recommend you don't go below 5.

-derek

On Fri, December 30, 2022 1:50 pm, Simon Roberts wrote:
> New user (refugee from Intuit, finally) question on this topic:
>
> Given that these days we tend to have vast disks, and they're often very
> fast SSDs, I'm inclined to enable auto-save and set a relatively short
> interval (perhaps as little as a minute?)
>
> Are there issues with doing this that I've not thought of? If my file gets
> to several years worth, will it get large enough that this actually takes
> a
> non-trivial amount of time? Will it be unmanageable for other reasons?
>
> Thanks for your wisdom,
> Simon
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:16 AM Michael or Penny Novack <
> stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On 12/30/2022 1:02 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> > I suppose there could have been a bug..
>> >
>> > GnuCash is supposed to prevent you from exiting if there is unsaved
>> data.
>>
>> > However, I suppose there COULD be a way for you to shut down / close
>> > GnuCash in a way that prevents it from popping up that dialog box.
>> >
>> > -derek
>>
>> Of course there is. Simply shut down the computer over riding an "there
>> are apps still open" warnings.
>>
>>
>> Michael D Novack
>>
>>
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