[GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

[David Carlson]

David,

Perhaps you could call it a work-around, but years ago I trained myself to
never leave my computer without looking at the titlebar for that teltale
asterisk before the filename, and saving the file if it is there.  Then, if
GnuCash complains about an unsaved transaction, I get a chance to fix it.

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 4:31 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> I often accidentally leave a transaction complete but with the cursor of
> that sheet still on the same line, so despite an aggressive auto save
> setting, such a transaction is not committed to the saved image.  Of
> course, if it is not in valid form, it cannot be committed!  But if the
> host goes down or gnucash terminates for any reason not a stable
> interactive exit, despite the auto save, the entire transaction or any
> change is lost.  I would like an option to auto-commit such transactions,
> if valid, before the timed auto save.
>
> For me, this creates loss of input when I run my nightly cron job for
> quotes, where I kill any running gnucash and remove any lock to allow the
> quote additions.  (A side thought would to have the quote fetch built into
> the interactive gnucash such that it has a way to get quotes without being
> killed.  Maybe a gnucash service daemon that could negotiate the updates
> with any running interactive gnucash or do the updates if no interactive
> gnucash is running?  That in turn suggests a gnucash with a service and
> multiple interactive sessions so changes in any interactive session could
> be notified to other interactive sessions, supporting both quotes from a
> crontab scheduled service internal or external, and multiple interactive
> users to support larger enterprises.)
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David Carlson