> On Feb 9, 2019, at 3:38 PM, Michael Hendry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 9 Feb 2019, at 23:16, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Feb 9, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Michael Hendry <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve been experimenting with the timing of Gnucash->Quit after clicking >>> Save. >>> >>> There is an activity indicator after Save is clicked, which disappears when >>> the mouse is moved away from the Save button, which makes it look as though >>> the process is complete. >>> >>> If Gnucash->Quit is clicked promptly after Save, it appears that the >>> process of saving is aborted leaving the .LCK and .LNK files, a log file, >>> and a binary file called something like MDH.gnucash.tmp-gkUdOJ. >>> >>> The connection I had made with the extensive reconciliations I had made >>> (sometimes including Postpone) was irrelevant, as this will happen even if >>> no reconciliation has taken place. >>> >>> The Save button is greyed out when the file is first opened, but a trivial >>> change to an existing transaction is sufficient to make it functional. >>> >>> I don’t believe this intended behaviour, so I plan to report it as a bug, >>> once I work out how to do it! > > That last line should have started: > > “I don’t believe this is…” > > but you obviously worked that out! > >> >> Indeed, it's not intended behavior, and it seems consistent with what you >> reported earlier. Good job! >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> > > Thanks, John. > > You will probably have received a copy of the bug report. > > I mentioned the large number of apparently redundant lines in the .LOG files > - but I’m not sure if this is meant to happen.
I think the logging is meant to happen. The multiple creation and rollback isn't and might be part of the cause of the slow shutdown. For everyone else following along, the bug is https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797098. We'll continue the discussion there. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
