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| | === How Do I Add GnuCash Shortcuts to Ubuntu's Unity Launcher? === | | === How Do I Add GnuCash Shortcuts to Ubuntu's Unity Launcher? === |
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| − | Starting with Ubuntu 11.10, default Ubuntu installations include Unity, and its Launcher, which contains a set of icons for commonly-used applications. If you regularly open more than one set of GnuCash books you can add a useful right-click menu to the GnuCash icon in the Launcher to open each of your sets of books independently. (Using this method you can have multiple sets of GnuCash books open simultaneously, which you cannot do using the menu within GnuCash.)
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| − | You will need to know the path to each of your GnuCash data files. If you compiled GnuCash yourself or installed it in a non-standard location you will also need to know the path to the GnuCash application.
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| − | * First remove GnuCash from the Launcher if it is there already by right-clicking the icon and choosing "Unlock from Launcher."
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| − | * Create a file <tt>~/.local/share/applications/gnucash_with_shortcuts.desktop</tt>
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| − | and paste the following text into the file:
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [Desktop Entry]
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| − | Type=Application
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| − | MimeType=application/x-gnucash;
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| − | Version=0.9.4
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| − | Name=Gnucash with shortcuts
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| − | GenericName=Finance Management
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| − | GenericName[de]=Finanzmanagement
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| − | Comment=Manage your finances, accounts, and investments
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| − | Comment[bg]=Управлявайте финанси, сметки и инвестиции
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| − | Comment[ca]=Gestioneu les vostres finances, comptes i inversions
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| − | Comment[cs]=Spravovat vaše finance, účty a investice
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| − | Comment[de]=Verwaltung der Finanzen von Privatanwendern und Kleinbetrieben.
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| − | Comment[en_GB]=Manage your finances, accounts, and investments
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| − | Comment[es]=Gestione sus finanzas, cuentas e inversiones
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| − | Comment[eu]=Kudeatu zure finantzak, kontuak eta inbertsioak
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| − | Comment[fr]=Gérez vos finances, vos comptes et vos investissements
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| − | Comment[hu]=Igazgassa pénzügyeit, számláit és befektetéseit
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| − | Comment[it]=Gestisce le proprie finanze, i conti e gli investimenti
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| − | Comment[ja]=財務、口座および投資を管理します
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| − | Comment[ko]=재정, 계정 및 투자 관리
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| − | Comment[lv]=Pārvaldiet savas finanses, kontus un investīcijas
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| − | Comment[nb]=Forvalt dine finanser, kontoer og investeringer
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| − | Comment[ne]=तपाईँको वित्तहरू, खाताहरू, र लगानीहरू प्रबन्ध गर्नुहोस्
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| − | Comment[nl]=Om uw financiën, rekeningen en investeringen te beheren
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| − | Comment[pl]=Zarządzaj swoimi finansami, kontami i inwestycjami
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| − | Comment[pt_BR]=Gerencie suas finanças, contas e investimentos
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| − | Comment[ro]=Administrează-ţi finanţele, conturile şi investiţiile
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| − | Comment[ru]=Управляйте своими финансами, счетами и инвестициями
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| − | Comment[ta]=உங்களுடைய நிதிகள், கணக்குகள் மற்றும் முதலீடுகளை நிர்வகிக்கவும்
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| − | Comment[uk]=Керування вашими фінансами, рахунками та інвестиціями
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| − | Comment[vi]=Quản lý tài chính, các tài khoản và vốn cố định
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| − | Comment[zh_CN]=管理你的财务、账户和投资
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| − | Exec=gnucash /full/path/to/default/accounts.gnucash
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| − | Icon=gnucash-icon
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| − | StartupNotify=true
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| − | Terminal=false
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| − | Categories=Office;Finance;
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| − | X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
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| − | X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=GnuCash
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| − | X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=General
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| − | X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.4.10
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| − | X-GNOME-DocPath=gnucash/gnucash.xml
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| − | X-GNOME-FullName=GnuCash Finance Management
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| − | X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=File_One;File_II;File_3
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| − | [File_One Shortcut Group]
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| − | Name=This Is The Text of the FIRST Menu
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| − | Exec=gnucash /full/path/to/project1/accounts.gnucash
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| − | TargetEnvironment=Unity
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| − | [File_II Shortcut Group]
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| − | Name=This Is the Text of Menu Two
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| − | Exec=gnucash /full/path/to/project2/accounts.gnucash
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| − | TargetEnvironment=Unity
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| − | [File_3 Shortcut Group]
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| − | Name=And This is the Text Yet Another Menu I Call Number Three
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| − | Exec=gnucash /full/path/to/project3/accounts.gnucash
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| − | TargetEnvironment=Unity
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| − | </pre>
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| − | * Just below the <tt>Comment</tt> lines, on the line that says <tt>Exec=</tt> put the full path to the accounts file that you want opened by default when you left click the launcher. If GnuCash is not in a standard location on your system (such as if you compiled it yourself) then <tt>Exec=</tt> should start with a full path such as <tt>/usr/bin/gnucash</tt> or <tt>/home/user/bin/gnucash</tt> or wherever you put the compiled GnuCash binary.
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| − | * Edit the line that says <tt>X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=</tt> to include an entry for each of your sets of GnuCash books. (These names will NOT appear to the user.) The list must contain no spaces, and its items separated by semicolons. You can have as many entries here as you like.
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| − | * Below the <tt>X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=</tt> line, edit the shortcut groups. Each shortcut group should have the same name as its item in the Shortcuts list. The <tt>Name=</tt> line contains the menu text you want to see when right clicking the launcher. In <tt>Exec=</tt> put the full path to the appropriate accounts file. (Just as in the first <tt>Exec=</tt> line, the gnucash command can include the path to the GnuCash binary if necessary.)
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| − | * When you are finished editing, save the file, and in the file manager right click the file and select Properties --> Permissions and choose "Allow executing file as program."
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| − | [Note that now if you want to edit this file again, you won't be able to edit it using the file manager -- Nautilus will give you no option other than just running it. You will have to edit it using a terminal or command prompt:
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| − | <pre>gedit ~/.local/share/applications/gnucash_with_shortcuts.desktop </pre>
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| − | * Double click the file in nautilus and if there are no typing errors, the file should take on the GnuCash icon. Clicking it should cause the GnuCash icon to appear in the launcher and the application will open your default accounts file.
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| − | * Right click the icon in the Launcher and select the option "Lock to Launcher" (below your new menu items). The locked icon will remain in the launcher when you close GnuCash. You can right click and choose the new menu links that you added and open multiple GnuCash data files.
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| − | ==== Sources ====
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| − | https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2013-February/047607.html
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| − | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UnityLaunchersAndDesktopFiles
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