On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:20:51PM +1000, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote:
> Chris,
>
> In around 12 years of using GnuCash on Linux, I could probably count on one
> hand
> the number of times I have had to type in the full filename and extension or
> even search for the location of GnuCash data files. At least with the
> ".gnucash"
> extension there is little chance of a clash with another developers use of the
> same 2-3 letter extension. Compared with the datetime stamp on the log and
> backup files its not too much of a problem, just stretch the terminal or file
> manager window out to the right. I am spoiled for screen real estate with
> 2x27"
> screen side by side which might be a mitigating factor for me.
>
Quite! But the suffix still makes filenames much longer than necessary.
I don't "even search for the location of GnuCash data files", but I do
occasionally look at the contents of directories and want to tidy them
up.
If I look in (one of) my Gnucash directories I see:-
chris@esprimo$ ls
building2022.gnucash
general2022.gnucash.-452605816.1384867.LNK
building2022.gnucash.-452605816.1385351.LNK
general2022.gnucash.-452605816.4124828.LNK
cheques giftaid
(cheques and giftaid are my own directories)
It really would be much tidier and nicer if those gnucash files had no suffix at
all, it's not necessary, especially in Linux. Secondly it would be much nicer
if the place wasn't littered wiht those .LNK files.
As an example of the sort of thing I would expect look at this:-
chris@esprimo$ ls pcc
Pass_Certificate.pdf 'TR takeaway Jeremiah.pdf'
auditedAc2019.pdf
SpiritualityOfFundraising.pdf Whoswho.docx
parishReturn2019.pdf
No long suffixes, obvious names and no backup/log files in the same
directory.
--
Chris Green
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