No menu when opening gnucash

[Lincoln A Baxter]

On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 11:18 -0400, Normand Fisher wrote:
> Thanks,
> Option 1 was the right one.  The test file I had been using was deleted.
> I also found out that I have been tricked by the uniqueness of the Unity interface.  When I resized the window I realised that all the menu commands are hidden until you move the cursor to the top of the page.
> As soon as I did that, all the icons reappeared on the toolbar.  All is OK now.
> Normand

I think you are use "implicit focus" mouse behavior, wherein you do not
have to click on a Window to get it into focus.  

This simply does not work with the Unity interface.  Because, a window
can loose focus or focus can be given to another window while you are
trying to get to the menus at the top.  I found this IMPOSSIBLE to use
on Ubuntu 11.10.  

(I am very wedded to this mouse management style. On Windoze (work), I
use the "Xmouse" powertoy (on my work computer) to achieve the same
thing.)

The only way I could make the later Ubuntu distributions continue to
work for me was to use the gnome2 fallback interface.  It is not really
gnome2 (there are significant differences -- it is less configurable),
but it is usable. 

I have not tried 12.4 yet, but I'm hoping at least the fallback
interface will still be available.  If it is not, I'll be leaving Ubuntu
behind.  It's SAD, they are loosing a lot of folks with the Unity
interface.  The should explicitly ask you which you want during
installation.  And install the other by default so it is easy to switch
back and forth.

Lincoln


> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>
> À: "Normand Fisher" <fishern at ncf.ca>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Envoyé: Mercredi 30 Mai 2012 11:09:51
> Objet: Re: No menu when opening gnucash
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 11:04 am, Normand Fisher wrote:
> > When I try to open gnucash on my Ubuntu 12.04 system, all I get are the
> > 'Tip of the day' and a window showing only the following options "Save" or
> > "Close".
> >
> > I have removed gnucash and reinstalled it with the same results.
> >
> > Reading the help manual or the archive have not returned any information
> > about this behavior.
> >
> > Any pointers as to how to correct this would be appreciated.
> 
> Two options:
> 1) use File -> Open to open your data file.  GnuCash might have gotten
> into a state where it has no default file.
> 
> 2) use View -> New Accounts Page to create a new Chart of Accounts page. 
> It might have disappeared if you had multiple windows and closed them in a
> "bad" order and made your CoA page disappear.
> 
> > Thanks
> > Normand
> 
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> 
> -derek
>