No Default Value Setup Screen on Startup

[Geert Janssens]

On Thursday 19 March 2015 18:24:57 Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Thursday 12 March 2015 12:02:36 Derek Atkins wrote:
> > HI,
> > 
> > On Thu, March 12, 2015 11:39 am, Haudi8 wrote:
> > > 	Here is a direct copy from the Manual on your website:
> > Thank you for pointing to the documentation...
> > 
> > > 3.1.1. Cannot find default values screen
> > > 
> > > The very first time you run GnuCash you will be presented with the
> > > Cannot find default values screen that contains three buttons:
> > > 
> > > Quit — exits GnuCash.
> > > 
> > > Skip — continue without setting default display values for
> > > GnuCash.
> > > 
> > > Setup — will open the Update GnuCash Configuration Data assistant
> > > (see Section 3.1.2, “Update GnuCash Configuration Data assistant”
> > > <http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/first-time.html#u
> > > p
> > > date-configuration-data>) to start the setup process for a new set
> > > of default settings.
> > 
> > Okay, now that I see what you're talking about..... This page does
> > NOT always appear.  It only appears when it's needed which is only
> > on some platforms some of the time.  If it's not needed (like it
> > wasn't on your system) then it does not appear.
> 
> (Very technical addition to this post)
> 
> I'm almost sure this part of the documentation is now obsolete. If I
> remember correctly this screen was relevant for GConf, which
> sometimes needed some additional configuration step at first run. We
> have since switched to using GSettings which no longer needs this
> additional step.
> 
These obsolete sections were indeed still in the manual while the 
windows they refer to are no longer in the gnucash code.

> I'm going through a large mail backlog right now. I'll look into this
> later and file a bug report if necessary.
> 
No bug report. Instead I have immediately removed the sections from the 
manual (and guide).

Thank you for bringing this up !

Geert