Besides the reminder on exit, if a file has unsaved data, there is an asterisk to the left of the filename in the titlebar and the "Save" icon is *NOT* greyed out.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 2:01 AM John Layman <[email protected]> wrote: > I initially configured GnuCash for periodic backups, but found the > disruption annoying. You are free to save the file at will, and, yes, if > the file is "dirty" you'll get a reminder when you exit the program. > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> > On Behalf Of R Losey > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 11:15 AM > To: Derek Atkins <[email protected]> > Cc: Gnucash Users <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] XML or database? > > That helps - thanks! > > I assume that if I attempt to quit GnuCash with unsaved data, it will > remind > me to save... but the current indications of unsaved data files have been > sufficient to remind me to save the data. > > If you have data going back 15 years, I'm just getting started with 6 years > (heh). > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 8:31 AM Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, October 31, 2022 9:14 am, R Losey wrote: > > > This question may have been asked before, but I'm relatively new to > > > this mailing list. > > > > > > Is there any advantage to switching to the database format? Would it > > > use less space? My ".gnucash" file is about 1.5M currently, and > > > opening it takes mere seconds. > > > > The main advantage of using the SQL backend is that all changes are > > "saved" immediately, so you wont lose data because you "forgot to save" > > > > But no, the DB is most definitely NOT smaller; the XML file is > > compressed on save, so that 1.5MB would probably be more like 10-20MB of > DB. > > > > > Long ago in my Quicken days, I would generally keep about 3 years of > > data > > > and then "archive" transactions older than that... I don't know if > > GnuCash > > > has (or needs) any similar feature. > > > > For what it's worth, I have data going back to like 2007 in my file. > > GnuCash does not really have an "archive" function (although there > > have been 3rd party tools that do that. > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > _________________________________ > > > Richard Losey > > > [email protected] > > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > -derek > > > > -- > > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > > [email protected] www.ihtfp.com > > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > > > > > -- > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > [email protected] > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
