newbie: customizing register view

[Derek Atkins]

bn <aval57 at yahoo.com> writes:

> How do I get the 'Memo' field to display in the basic
> ledger view?  I imported a qif file, but can only see
> 'Memo' in the transaction journal view.  Is this how
> it's supposed to be, or is there a problem with the
> import*?  Is there a way to user-define the register
> styles?

No.

> Also, I've checked 'Save window geometry' in
> Accounts>Edit>Preferences>Advanced, but the register
> window reverts to the initial geometry every time I
> open it, even after saving the account.

I believe this has been fixed for 1.9/2.0, but I'm not 100% sure.

> Thanks,
> Bahman
>
> *import details: original qif was produced by Quicken
> 6, I converted it to unix Ansi format in mswindows,
> then converted it to en_US.iso88591 format via gedit
> in gnome.  gnucash is running in the en_US.iso88591
> locale, and the import druid didn't complain abut anything.

This is odd...  Unless you actually had a Description field in
the QIF that happened to be empty..

-derek

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