Getting the "Num" column width to persist between sessions?

[Dave Stevenson]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:09:49 +0100, Marcus Wolschon wrote:

> Are you sure the width of table-columns is store as preferences at all?
> 
> Marcus
> 
> 2008/11/20 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>:
>> Are you sure GConf is working?
>> Do other Preferences changes persist across sessions?
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I had the same problem in Ubuntu and fixed it by running gconf-editor.

Make sure that gnucash is NOT running (if you don't, changes won't stick)
Select apps-> gnucash-> window-> pages-> register
Change num_width entry to something suitable
Close gconf-editor
Restart gnucash.

Dave