On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 06:54:11PM +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> Op donderdag 21 april 2022 16:36:36 CEST schreef Bert Riding:
> > On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:45:20 +0100
> > 
> > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:54:31PM -0700, john wrote:
> > > > > On Apr 20, 2022, at 1:58 AM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:02:16 +0100
> > > > > 
> > > > > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> > > > >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:20:56PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > > >>>> 1. Is there any way to get GnuCash to save its file, by
> > > > >>>> default, with an appropriate suffix other than "gnucash?"
> > > > >>> 
> > > > >>> Sure, tell it to do that.  It only adds ".gnucash" by default,
> > > > >>> but it won't override what you tell it.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Where do you tell it that?
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Save As" in the menu should do it.
> > > > 
> > > > Be careful to switch back to the "primary" file after doing that,
> > > > otherwise the primary will become the snapshot and new work will go
> > > > into the new file.
> > > 
> > > But that's the ultimate aim! :-
> > > 
> > > Instead of having the long, clumsy, "gnucash" suffix one wants
> > > something tidier like "gc".
> > > 
> > > Remember on Linux the whole filename is always displayed so all those
> > > "gnucash" suffixes get a bit wearing after a while.
> > 
> > In my experience gnucash doesn't care what your data file is called,
> > with or without any suffix you care to use.  Personally I use none.
> > Once you have opened the file and gnucash knows of it, it will show up
> > in the recents list automatically.
> 
> True. GnuCash doesn't care. However operating system file managers in general 
> do care. 
> They use the extension to figure out which application to launch when you 
> double-click a file. 
> But if you don't use that feature (and many don't with GnuCash as it 
> remembers which file 
> you last opened) you're ok without file extension.
> 
However this all begs the question.  *How* do I get GnuCash to save a
file without a file extension?  As I said back up this thread
somewhere it insists on adding ".gnucash" whatever I do to try and
discourage it.

Are people who say they save without an extension just seeing the
Windows default of not showing extensions maybe?

-- 
Chris Green
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