Did you restart GnuCash? Regards, John Ralls
> On Nov 27, 2022, at 11:07 AM, rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > P.S. I created the file > $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash/config-user.scm > > with the contents: > > (gnc-hook-add-scm-dangler HOOK-UI-POST-STARTUP > (lambda () (gnc:book-add-quotes #f (gnc-get-current-book))) > > under my own Ubuntu login, but the price database does not show any new > prices when I open GC and let it sit for half an hour. > > Thanks for your help. > > On 27.11.22 18:35, rsbrux wrote: >> Thanks, that sounds very promising! My only problem is that I have a Flatpak >> installation under Ubuntu. >> >> According to >> https://code.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GNC_DATA_HOME, >> GNC_DATA_HOME is under $HOME. >> >> However, I have installed GC for all users on the system and want the >> startup task to run regardless of who is running GC. >> >> If I put config-user.scm in $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash, >> won't it be user-specific? >> >> On 25.11.22 21:07, john wrote: >>>> On Nov 25, 2022, at 12:56 AM, rsbrux via gnucash-user >>>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I used to have a chron job set up to automatically fetch security prices >>>> on first login each day, but found this inconvenient because it locks the >>>> data file, and opening GnuCash is often the first thing I do upon logging >>>> in. >>>> >>>> I have noticed that when I have GC open interactively, I can start an >>>> update in the price database window and let it run in the background while >>>> I continue to work in the registers. >>>> >>>> Would there be some way to get GC to perform the Price Database >>>> automatically when GC is started (interactively), instead of performing >>>> the automatic price update in a separate session? >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, but only through 4.x because the quotes system won't be accessible >>> from Scheme in GnuCash 5, it having been rewritten in C++. >>> >>> Create if necessary $GNC_DATA_HOME/config-user.scm and edit it to add >>> (gnc-hook-add-scm-dangler HOOK-UI-POST-STARTUP >>> (lambda () (gnc:book-add-quotes #f (gnc-get-current-book))) >>> >>> 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
