Register Colors Changing

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 29, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Игорь Обоймов <orion.msk at inbox.ru> wrote:
> 
> Thank you, John! I didn't see a dot.
> 
> Now the changes are effective, but there was a nasty red font and I can't seem to get rid of it. My settings does not contain the color red. Where did it come from?

Igor,

Please remember to copy the list on all replies.

Got me, maybe the theme? There's a theme setting tool in the Start Menu's GnuCash folder. You should be able to override it by adding


style "gnc-register"
{
 fg[NORMAL] = "#000000"
}

Regards,
John Ralls

> 
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> С уважением,
> Игорь Обоймов
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 10:31 AM
> To: Игорь Обоймов <orion.msk at inbox.ru>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Register Colors Changing
> 
> 
>> On Sep 28, 2016, at 8:08 PM, Игорь Обоймов via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> 
>> As I read in GnuCash FAQ (Q. 2.2.2) to change Accounts Register Window 
>> I need change settings in file gtkrc-2.0.gnucash (sections:
>> 
>> "# The color of the first line/transaction in a register" and "The 
>> color of the second line/transaction in a register". And then to put 
>> this file to directory C:\Users\<User Name>\.
>> 
>> Preferences>General>Don't use GnuCash built-in colors is selected.
>> 
>> But line colors hasn't changed:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What is my mistake?
> 
> Igor,
> 
> You can't inline attachments; if you try the list server eats them.
> What you need to do is copy those two sections (not just the comments) from https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/doc/gtkrc-2.0.gnucash#L138
> and then change the color codes. You'll have to restart GnuCash after making the change, the rc files are read at start-up. 
> 
> The file name is 'C:\Users\<User Name>\.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash'. Note the dot at the beginning of the file name, which makes it a hidden file on unix-like systems. Even though the hiding doesn't work on M$Win, the dot still needs to be there.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls=
>