Of course. Sent from my iPad
> On 27 Nov 2022, at 22:41, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did you restart GnuCash? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Nov 27, 2022, at 11:07 AM, rsbrux <[email protected]> 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 >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 [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.
