[GNC] Renaming Pages

[John Ralls]

See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Metadata_File and https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations, but note that I misspelled GNC_DATA_HOME as GNC_USER_DATA.


Regards,
John Ralls

> On Mar 22, 2025, at 10:07, griffin <griffin at bernevyl.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks. And where my I find this in Windows 10?
> 
> Louise
> 
> 
> On 2025-03-21 8:53 p.m., John Ralls wrote:
>> It’s a display setting that’s only good for the life of that tab. Close the tab and it’s discarded. If you leave the tab open and quit GnuCash or load a different account then the changed name will be saved with the other tab information in the state file (your-book.gnucash.gcm in GNC_USER_DATA) and will be restored with the tab when you reload that book.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2025, at 18:13, Griffin <griffin at bernevyl.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm going to see if it's a listed bug, and if not, I'll submit it.
>>> 
>>> On March 20, 2025 12:42:17 p.m. MDT, Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:
>>>> I tested this and it does the same on my system.  I'm using Gnucash 5.10 (2024-12-14) on Windows 11 Pro.
>>>> However, if you shutdown Gnucash and reopen it has the new page name.  In Both cases the account name in the COA has not changed>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thank You,
>>>> 
>>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>> 
>>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>> 
>>>> gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
>>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of griffin <griffin at bernevyl.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 2:28 PM
>>>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>> Subject: [GNC] Renaming Pages
>>>> 
>>>> I have been trying to rename pages in GnuCash.
>>>> 
>>>> 1. I opened a journal for the liability of choice, and then selected
>>>>   Action>Rename Page.
>>>> 2. The tab became an input field, and I entered the name of the page.
>>>> 3. On pressing <ENTER>, the text I had entered was displayed.
>>>> 4. I then closed the page. There was not an asterix next to the file
>>>>   name at the top of the screen ( or even an Obelix!)
>>>> 5. When I reopened the page, the tab dis not should the text I entered.
>>>> 
>>>> Is this a setup issue, or a bug?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
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