> On Sep 30, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net> wrote: > > On 09/30/2018 10:07 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >> >>>> On Sep 29, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Robert Kesterson <robe...@robertk.com> >>>> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> When I open Gnucash, it opens the last file I had open, which is >>>> great. Then I start the second instance from a terminal with “open >>>> -n /Applications/GnuCash.app” and it starts up. Since the most >>>> recent file is already open, it will complain that it can’t get the >>>> lock and ask what I want to do. Since there isn’t an “open a >>>> different file” option ........... >> >> But there IS a way to open gnucash for another file. Or rather a way >> to start gnucash without it opening a file, thus allowing you to >> specify what file you want to open. The -nofile option << I don't know >> exactly how to specify that for a mac >> >> >> I am always opening gnucash that way since keeping four sets of books >> and the last opened is usually not the one I want to open. >> >> Michael >> > > I found it easier to just navigate to the file with the file explorer > (at least on Linux) and double click on the file. GnuCash then launches > and opens that file.
That doesn't work on Macs. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
