> On 7 Jun 2021, at 17:30, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Michael Hendry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only >>> package without it. The workaround changing accounts is just not worth the >>> grief. >>> >>> Other software allows a category or class[ification] field on each >>> transaction. Normally the field is even auto-populated based on say a >>> payment by a tenant. One field is still not ideal because you might want >>> multiple classifications on one transaction like bigger accounting packages >>> offer (location, manager, supplier, owner, enterprise etc). The feature's >>> been requested fairly frequently for ages: >>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113772 >>> >>> Best thing you can do is change to different software. I use an old >>> quickbooks version for my business to get that feature but you miss out on >>> the open access to the database and potential reporting that brings. Say >>> rental statements, performance per unit or property manager. >>> >>> Maybe look at https://kmymoney.org/ >> >> >> I’m using GnuCash 4.4 on iMac with Catalina, and have 6 files in my >> Most-Recently-Used (MRU) list. >> >> Some time ago I reported a bug in the updating of the MRU which was fixed in >> the next release, and it was about this time that the 6-item MRU became >> available on my system. >> >> I can’t find a Preferences setting for the number of files in the MRU, but >> I’m sure John Ralls could point a finger in the right direction. > > Not sure what MRU has to do with categories.
This has been a long thread, and earlier on there was a complaint about not being able to have > 4 files in the MRU list. You had shared the magic “defaults write…” incantation with me, but I used it once (all that was necessary) and promptly forgot how I’d done it. Apologies for the noise! Michael > > The MRU list size preference isn't exposed in the GnuCash UI. Linux users can > get to it with dconf-editor and macOS users via defaults, e.g. > defaults write -app Gnucash /org/gnucash/history/maxfiles '6' > Microsoft Windows users can get to it via regedit, it will be somewhere under > IIRC HKCU\Software\Gnucash. > > 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.
