Change ledger font

[Geert Janssens]

On Friday 19 September 2014 23:33:27 AC wrote:
> On 2014-09-19 04:44, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > 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_col
> > ors.3F
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Q:_What_if_I_need_to_change_an
> > other_visual_aspect.2C_not_covered_by_.22Select_Theme.22.3F for more
> > info.
> 
> Those instructions don't lead me to a .gtkrc-2.0 file anywhere on my
> system.  I used the select theme tool as instructed but it never
> generated the .gtkrc-2.0 file.
> 
Depending on your version of Windows this file is generated in
c:\Documents and Settings\<your-username>\
or
c:\Users\<your-username>\

It may be treated as a hidden file on your system. In that case you need 
to change your folder settings to show hidden files and/or system files.

> The closest I've found is an etc directory (\program files
> (x86)\gnucash\etc) with a simple gtkrc file under a directory named
> gtk-2.0 within that etc directory but it has only one line:
> 
> gtk-theme-name = "Nimbus" (which is the theme I chose.)
> 
That is the default being installed.

> I tried adding a theme override here using the examples at
> http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/browser/gnucash/trunk/doc/gtkrc-2.0.gnucas
> h with no success.
> 
Which changes did you make ?

> I also found many gtkrc files spread throughout the \program files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\themes tree.  I edited the Nimbus theme there,
> too, again with no success.  The ledger stays green/tan.

No these files define the possible themes available. Changing these 
won't make a difference.

However, if your ledger stays green/tan that means you didn't change the 
preference inside gnucash that I pointed out to you:
Edit->Preferences->Register->Use System Theme colors

If you *don't* want the green/tan color scheme, you should *enable* this 
option.

Regards,
Geert