Register colors

John Layman john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
Thu Apr 14 11:28:45 EDT 2011


There is a problem with this feature in that it ignores the HOME= setting in
the environment file.  If you've relocated the configuration files, you'll
have to manually relocate gtkrc-2.0 after changing the theme.

-----Original Message-----
From: gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=laymanandlayman.com at gnucash.org
[mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=laymanandlayman.com at gnucash.org] On
Behalf Of David Carlson
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 6:18 AM
To: Geert Janssens
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Register colors

On 4/14/2011 3:08 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On woensdag 13 april 2011, David Carlson wrote:
>> I am investigating what it takes to change register colors.  I have 
>> found an unsatisfactory answer in the FAQ about creating a GTKRC file 
>> and somehow putting it in the right place for gnucash to find it when 
>> it starts.
>>
>> However, I found a whole bunch of GTKRC files already existing in the 
>> c:\Program Files\gnucash\share\themes\ directory.  Would it not be 
>> possible to simply choose among these?  How can i do that?
>>
>> David Carlson
> Actually, there is an undocumented way to do this: there is a program 
> called gtk2_prefs.exe that gets installed together with gnucash that 
> can be used to change the theme the gnucash will use.
> This program is located in c:\Program Files\GnuCash\bin\
>
> When you run this program, it should display a list of themes you can 
> select from.
>
> Geert
>
Thank you, Geert!  That should be documented in the installation
documentation.  Since you pointed that out, I found a link to that program
in the Windows Gnucash startup directory.  So easy!

There are also links to the online FAQ, Install Online Price Retrieval,
Report a bug, show the Readme, Uninstall Gnucash, and (hold on to your hats,
folks) to start Gnucash.


David Carlson



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