Restated: column widths

[Geert Janssens]

On Monday 16 February 2015 16:13:42 Dean Gibson wrote:
> 2.6.5 on Win 7:
> 
> Previous question:  Once I've gotten column widths set correctly in an
> account register, is there an easy way to propagate those widths to
> ALL accounts?  Please, PLEASE say yes (but only if it's true).

Unfortunately there is now way to do it in the gui. You have found a way via the .gcm file 
yourself already.
> 
> New question: OK, I've found where those are set (*.gnucash.gcm) on a
> per-account basis, but is there a place to set the default widths, so
> as I open a new account register, they get applied, without me having
> to go back and edit *.gnucash.gcm?
> 
No, sorry...

> I suppose I could write an AWK script to go back and replace the
> default widths for every register ... too bad the account name is not
> there ...
> 
The gcm file was never written with user interaction in mind. It only holds the 
information needed for gnucash to make sense out of.

> -- Dean
> 

Geert