Change ledger font

[Geert Janssens]

On Thursday 18 September 2014 21:17:01 AC wrote:
> On 2014-09-18 07:12, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 September 2014 06:30:59 AC wrote:
> >> On 2014-09-18 00:03, Geert Janssens wrote:
> >>> GnuCash ships with a tool to change the theme it uses. That tool
> >>> also
> >>> allows you to change the font being used by default. You should
> >>> find
> >>> it in your start menu in the same group as gnucash. I believe it's
> >>> called 'Select Theme' or something like that.
> >> 
> >> Thank you, I didn't notice that tool before.  So much better now.
> >> I'll have to dig into the theme files later and find out how things
> >> get tweaked.
> >> 
> >> Do the ledger row colors themselves get set in there (right now
> >> they
> >> are alternating green and tan)?  I didn't see any of the themes
> >> changing that part in the preview on the tool.
> > 
> > The ledger row colors are not set in here. GnuCash uses the
> > hardcoded
> > green/tan color scheme by default.
> > It has a preference option though to switch to the colors offered by
> > the current theme:
> > Edit->Preferences->Register->Use System Theme colors
> > 
> > I'll add that there is currently a bug in gnucash version that
> > causes
> > the theme colors to be ignored. This bug will be fixed in the
> > upcoming gnucash 2.6.4.
> 
> I noticed that setting, I just had hoped it was somewhere else
> configurable, too, without changing the whole system scheme.
> 
> I did also notice that it ignored my current system setting which is
> why it's currently on green/tan.

You can always override the system's theme settings by writing a 
customized gtkrc config file.

See
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_change_the_register_colors.3F
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Q:_What_if_I_need_to_change_another_visual_aspect.2C_not_covered_by_.22Select_Theme.22.3F
for more info.

Geert