[GNC] booking period

[John Ralls]

> On Aug 20, 2024, at 15:22, Manfred Usselmann <manfred at usselmann.de> wrote:
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> Am 2024-08-02 18:15, schrieb John Ralls:
>>> On Aug 2, 2024, at 00:13, Manfred Usselmann <manfred at usselmann.de> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> It seems to me that the currently set accounting period is not saved in the GnuCash file? I have different files for different periods and different organizations and have to adjust the period every time I open another file. Wouldn't it be a useful improvement to change this?
>> They are indeed user preferences, not part of the book. Yes, it would be a huge improvement to make it a book feature. It’s not a trivial change though and so far nobody has prioritized doing the work. Should anyone care to write it note that it will need to be guarded by a feature (see libgnucash/engine/gnc-features.h) and so will need two PRs: One to implement the engine and backend changes that make it readable for the stable branch and a second that moves the option from preferences to file properties and set the feature for the future branch.
> 
> Also the currency should be part of the book.
> 
> When I have some time...
> 
> For now I will create a shell script for every gnucash datafile which loads a specific dconf file before starting GC and dumps the settings to it afterwards…


The base currency *is* part of the book. It’s not visible in the UI except when creating a new file hierarchy. The currency preference is to set the default currency when running reports.

Regards,
John Ralls