I think that a ~/.gnucashrc would be the right place to save
preferences.
-derek
Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jan-Uwe Finck writes:
> > On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 12:10:21AM -0800, Dave Peticolas wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyway, in looking into these things, I noticed
> > > that we have a config variable GNC_CONFIGDIR
> > > which we really aren't using. There is a note
> > > in Makefile.in to the effect that it ends up
> > > being /etc/gnucash and that this is a bad place
> > > to put config files. Why is that? Seems like
> > > a fine place to put config files.
> >
> > And I would suggest to include something like 'save preferences', which
> > I have to repeat now everytime I restart GnuCash.
> >
> This is a good idea. In fact, it's probably reasonably high up the
> "missing things that are annoying me" list at the moment. If nobody
> else does, I'll tackle it reasonably soon (there are a couple of other
> little changes I want to make first).
>
> > Oh, and could we include a dialog for choosing a default directory for
> > the files ?
> > In the moment it's the cureent or the home-directory of the user, but
> > this is not where I would put my financial-files.
> >
> > Just an idea.. ( I know I should learn to code and do it on my own,
> > but I'm not that good yet.. ;-) )
>
> I'm not convinced this is such a good idea. In my experience,
> programs almost always default to the directory that they are started
> in. Changing this would probably confuse new users.
>
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