Transaction Register Problem

[Les]

On 05/29/2012 06:17 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> Actually the problem appears to be a missing column for "Credits".  As
> a test, try creating a brand new file named ColumnTest and try
> changing the register views between single line and two line, etc.. 
> This might help to get closer to the problem.
>
> David C
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net>
> *Cc:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> *Sent:* Tue, May 29, 2012 5:30:35 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Transaction Register Problem
>
> On 05/29/2012 02:15 AM, Maf. King wrote:
> > On Mon 28 May 12 20:44:40 Les wrote:
> >> Hey All:
> >>
> >> I have a serious problem that I have been unable to resolve
> (including a
> >> complete uninstall/reinstall).
> >>
> >> I am on Mint Linux Debian v. 12 with Gnucash 2.4.10.
> >>
> >> While trying to expand an expense register, I have somehow fubarred my
> >> registers (all of them).
> >>
> >> Before, the registers had the following columns for Assets:
> >> Date, Num, Description, Transfer, R, Deposit, Withdrawal, Balance.
> >> Now: Date, Num, Description, Transfer, R, Withd. Balance.
> >>
> >> Before, for Expense accounts:
> >> Date, Num Description, Transfer, R, Expense, Rebate, Balance.
> >> Now:  Date, Num, Description, Tranfer, R, Rebat, Balance.
> >>
> >> I have Mac with Gnucash v 2.4.10 installed and it is ok.  I have copied
> >> the files from it to the Linux machine but no effect.
> >>
> >> I then did a complete uninstall of Gnucash using Apt.  I then
> >> reinstalled Guncash, used the gnucash files from the Mac and still no
> >> effect.
> >>
> >> There must be some way to resolve this problem.  Any help, greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Les
> >>
> > Hi Les,
> >
> > Not exactly clear on what problem you are seeing  - you've given
> "before"
> > conditions above, but not a "current" condition.
> >
> > I'm going to have a guess, though.  Have you looked at this?
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F
> >
> > Any use?
> >
> > HTH,
> > Maf.
> >
> Maf:
> Thanks for the suggestion.  (The "now" condition is the current
> condition.)
>
> That is the issue, but it did not work.  As a matter of fact, following
> the instructions, I attempted to resize the columns made it worse.  Now
> I have a huge description column and very small columns for the
> remainder.
>
> As a test, I created a new account, imported GC's accounts and
> everything looks fine.  So, it appears to be a profile issue.  I have no
> idea how to fix this.
>
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Les
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I managed to get all three columns for dollar entries back but they and
the transfer column are still very small, with a huge description
column.  I cannot enlarge the dollar or transfer columns and/or shrink
the description column.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Les