Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should. In this discussion I saw reference to the possibility of having two sets of books open at the same time and how much easier that would make it when a transaction spans the books There is a down side to that convenience you

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-21 Thread James Thorpe
Yes, that does it, thank you! I can drag directories/ folders onto the sidebar as bookmarks within the GnuCash file chooser and they persist for future open/save. Brilliant. On 2022/04/21 15:51, Geert Janssens wrote: Hmm, on my flatpak gnucash I can drag and drop directories into the left

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-21 Thread Geert Janssens
Hmm, on my flatpak gnucash I can drag and drop directories into the left sidebar, in the area that will show "Add bookmark" as soon as you start dragging. Can you try that ? Op donderdag 21 april 2022 12:43:26 CEST schreef James Thorpe: > Yes, it is a flatpak app I see, thanks, perhaps that is

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-21 Thread James Thorpe
Yes, it is a flatpak app I see, thanks, perhaps that is why the OS or desktop bookmarks don't show. There doesn't seem to be any option in the file explorer to create bookmarks, though. On 2022/04/21 12:22, Geert Janssens wrote: Op woensdag 20 april 2022 09:06:53 CEST schreef James Thorpe:

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-21 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 20 april 2022 09:06:53 CEST schreef James Thorpe: > 2. The ability to see file browser bookmarks on Linux Mint > > This may be a rather more OS-specific topic but I use gnucash on Linux > Mint and I've set up bookmarks in the file explorer application that > allow me to quickly

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread John Layman
=== snip === You can also set up desktop shortcuts that open different specific files. === snip === Yes. In my own message I meant 'shortcut' (as opposed to 'bookmark'). ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread John Layman
; gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks Thanks Gyle, But I'm not trying to save the file I'm trying to open it. So I have one gnucash file I'm working with and I want to open a different one. So it's the file "open" rather than &qu

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread Liz
On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:06:53 +0200 James Thorpe wrote: > I have two questions regarding usage of the file browser dialog to > open a gnucash accounts file. > > > > many thanks > James, one way of dealing with this is to make changes to your user menu on Linux. Not that I remember how to do

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The File menu has a 'recent files' list at the bottom. That gets populated on each File > Open of a different file. (or the same file in a different location) You only need to do File > Open once per file, and then afterwards, just select it from the list. GnuCash remembers where it saved it,

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread James Thorpe
f of James Thorpe *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3:06 AM *To:* GnuCash users group *Subject:* [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks I have two questions regarding usage of the file browser dialog to open a gnucash accounts file. Because I manage my business and personal accou

Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread Gyle McCollam
nesday, April 20, 2022 3:06 AM To: GnuCash users group Subject: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks I have two questions regarding usage of the file browser dialog to open a gnucash accounts file. Because I manage my business and personal accounts in separate files I am often

[GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks

2022-04-20 Thread James Thorpe
I have two questions regarding usage of the file browser dialog to open a gnucash accounts file. Because I manage my business and personal accounts in separate files I am often using this functionality to select a different gnucash accounts file and there are two things that would greatly