One possible work-around, although not easy to implement, would be to create separate users on your computer for each book that needed separate user preferences. Using separate computers might even be easier.
On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 11:16 AM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Aug 2, 2024, at 00:13, Manfred Usselmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > It seems to me that the currently set accounting period is not saved in > the GnuCash file? I have different files for different periods and > different organizations and have to adjust the period every time I open > another file. Wouldn't it be a useful improvement to change this? > > They are indeed user preferences, not part of the book. Yes, it would be a > huge improvement to make it a book feature. It’s not a trivial change > though and so far nobody has prioritized doing the work. Should anyone care > to write it note that it will need to be guarded by a feature (see > libgnucash/engine/gnc-features.h) and so will need two PRs: One to > implement the engine and backend changes that make it readable for the > stable branch and a second that moves the option from preferences to file > properties and set the feature for the future branch. > > 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. > -- 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.
