My Gnucash.app is in /Applications/GnuCash and I found GnuCash/Gnucash as in "defaults read -app GnuCash/Gnucash" was sufficient however if it's not under Applications you're probably correct :-)
Cheers David H. On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 00:35, w...@theprescotts.com <w...@theprescotts.com> wrote: > Note: If you have Gnucash in a non-standard location like I do, you > probably will have to give the full path to the application. e.g. > > defaults read -app /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash-4.4/Gnucash.app > > On 2021 Jan 18, at 01-18 04:20:33, Michael Hendry < > hendry.mich...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 17 Jan 2021, at 20:11, David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > You can easily check the mru details by doing the following... > > > > defaults read -app Gnucash > > > > or > > > > defaults read -app Gnucash | grep history > > > > Cheers David H > > Yes, I discovered how to read and write the relevant plist using > “defaults”, via the man page, and have also inspected it with Xcode. > > Here is the output from the command you suggested: > > => defaults read -app Gnucash | grep history > "/org/gnucash/history/file0" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/TestMRU.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file1" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/ESJE.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file2" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/RotaryClub.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file3" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/RotaryCharity.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file4" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/MDH.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file5" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/CrashTest/A.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file6" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/CrashTest/B.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file7" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/ESJE.gnucash.20200316161155.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file8" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/RotaryClub.gnucash.20200108210937 > copy.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file9" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/Test_2019-10-26.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles" = 6; > > I recently created “TestMRU.gnucash”, the following 4 files are those I > regularly use, and the final 5 are not currently in use. > > I still get only the 4 most recently opened files in the File menu, so if > I want to open MDH.gnucash, I have to use File->Open. > > After opening this file, your command yields the following: > > => defaults read -app Gnucash | grep history > "/org/gnucash/history/file0" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/MDH.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file1" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/TestMRU.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file2" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/ESJE.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file3" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/RotaryClub.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file4" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/RotaryCharity.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file5" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/CrashTest/A.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file6" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/CrashTest/B.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file7" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/ESJE.gnucash.20200316161155.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file8" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/RotaryClub.gnucash.20200108210937 > copy.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/file9" = > "/Users/michaelhendry/Documents/Accounts/Test_2019-10-26.gnucash"; > "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles" = 6; > > …which is as expected. > > If there’s another Mac user with more than four files in use, perhaps s/he > could report on what after the command: > > defaults write -app Gnucash "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles” 6 > > (preferably with a before-and-after run of the "defaults read…” command). > > Regards, > > Michael > > PS I noticed that the values associated with the various keys are enclosed > in double-quotes, and tried > > defaults write -app Gnucash "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles” “6” > > but the double-quotes don’t appear in the plist. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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