Hi David, Yes tried it without and get "Couldn't find an application named "Gnucash"; defaults unchanged" so it definitely seems to need the folder name in addition to the app name. Might uninstall on my Macbook Pro later and re-install to apps folder only and see if it makes any difference.
Cheers David H. On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 at 09:30, David Reiser <dbrei...@icloud.com> wrote: > Have you tried without the extra directory info? > man defaults says that the -app flag specifies the name of the app, not a > directory. I haven’t tested it myself, and the manfile is a bit vague on > details here. But since defaults write is writing to the pfile in Library, > it doesn’t have to know the location of Gnucash. Gnucash reads the pfile on > launch, so it shouldn’t matter where the app is stored. > -- > Dave Reiser > dbrei...@icloud.com > > > > > > > On Jan 16, 2021, at 5:54 PM, David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi David, > > > > Been playing around with that exact same setting for a while now but it > > doesn't seem to work on my Big Sur / Gnucash 4.4 system. > > > > My setup is slightly different in that I installed Gnucash in > > /Applications/GnuCash as opposed to /Applications itself, so I've been > > tinkering with > > > > defaults write -app GnuCash/Gnucash "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles" 5 but > > no luck so far.... > > > > Cheers David H. > > > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 at 07:52, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> Searching the archives of this list I found a thread a year ago. This > >> suggestion was part way through the thread: < > >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2020-January/089080.html> > >> It seems to be only for Mac computers so there is no info that I could > find > >> for Linux or Windoze. For either it might be an OS or workspace > setting. > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:51 PM Stephen M. Butler < > >> stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> On 1/16/21 9:15 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: > >>>>> On 15 Jan 2021, at 03:30, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Maybe I searched for the wrong term. I would never have guessed to > >>> search > >>>>> for plist or mru, for example. > >>>> I’ve found the relevant file here: > >>>> > >>>> ~/Library/Preferences/org.gnucash.Gnucash.plist > >>>> > >>>> but I can’t locate the Key that defines the maximum number of > >>> recently-used files for display (hereinafter called “MRU_MAX"), which > >>> defaults to 4 on my iMac Catalina running 4.4. > >>>> > >>>> I notice that the Keys org.gnucash.history.file0 to > >>> org.gnucash.history.file9 contain fully qualified filenames for the ten > >>> books I have opened most recently, which suggests that MRU_MAX up to 10 > >>> could be supported if the default of 4 were changed. > >>>> > >>>> There seems not to ba a way of adjusting MRU_MAX using GnuCash’s > >>> Preferences, so I’m stuck! > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Michael > >>> Check the recent archives as I remember a discussion that if the key > >>> entry doesn't exist, it defaults to 4. You have to create the entry > >>> name/value pair in order to change it. They gave the key name in that > >>> discussion. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > >>> stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > >>> kg...@arrl.net > >>> 253-350-0166 > >>> ------------------------------------------- > >>> GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Carlson > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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. 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