[GNC-dev] Solved : how to extend the selection of predefined actions on a split

[Chris Good]

> On 1 May 2018, at 7:23 AM, Chris Good <goodchris96 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 1 May 2018, at 7:06 AM, Chris Good <goodchris96 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Message: 6
>>> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:15:29 +0200
>>> From: Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
>>> To: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>>> Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Solved : how to extend the selection of
>>>   predefined actions on a split
>>> Message-ID: <1739455.a6LQANBp6W at legolas.kobaltwit.lan>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>>> Op maandag 30 april 2018 10:07:47 CEST schreef Paul Dest:
>>>> My problem is solved. Due to a hint in the gnucash-de mailing list I
>>>> have identified the needed files and made the changes successfully.
>>>> 
>>>> But still wondering how the *.po files are created. They have very
>>>> regular format and each entry is commented with references to the lines
>>>> in c-files. That does not seem to be coded by the hand; all the *.po
>>>> files would be needed to be rewritten if a line would be inserted in one
>>>> of the c files referenced (what is actually the case with my personal
>>>> changes). Here is an example from de.po to illustrate what I am talking
>>>> about:
>>>> ------------
>>>> #: gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-model-split-reg.c:2856
>>>> #: gnucash/register/ledger-core/split-register.c:2486
>>>> msgid "Withdraw"
>>>> msgstr "Belastung"
>>>> ------------
>>> 
>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation#Updating_an_existing_.po_file
>>> 
>>> That page has additional documentation on how to translate gnucash (for which 
>>> the *.po files are used), gnucash documentation or gnucash account hierarchy 
>>> templates.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Geert
>> 
>> Hi Paul,
>> 
>> Another solution, which does not cause extra work each time you upgrade, would be to program a function key to output "Paul".
>> I haven't tried this myself but I think it should be possible to do this by modifying a gtk3 user configuration file which doesn't get clobbered by an upgrade.
>> See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3
>> 
>> Regards, Chris Good
> 
> Sent again with Subject this time which I must have somehow clobbered on my iPad. Sorry.
> 
> Regards, Chris Good

Ah... Problem with missing subject was caused by copying Subject which contained newline. Sorry again...

BTW, does the GnuCash mailing list enable threads to continue if "Solved" is used to prefix subject?

Regards, Chris Good