Flickering in reports

[Edward Doolittle]

I would expect to see graphics-card related flickering on a video game, but
GnuCash has yet to reach that level of excitement.

What it looks like to me is that the displayed item is too wide, so some
kind of line-breaking algorithm is invoked, which then fails because it
can't break the graph, then back to step 1. Just a guess.

I've also noticed that my (wide) budget report slows down the whole
computer (Windows 10, but not on my Mac), until I close the budget report
tab. I see others on the list have complained about that. I'm wondering
whether the effects are related. I'll try a few more things ...

On 18 January 2017 at 02:11, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17 January 2017 at 22:04, Edward Doolittle
> <edward.doolittle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you so much for trying this out, Greg. It looks like we might have
> to
> > gather more data before the problem can be diagnosed sensibly. I'll see
> if
> > I can trigger the problem with a multicolumn report.
>
> Symptoms like flickering may possibly vary with graphics card/driver,
> so only certain machines may show it. For all of you seeing the
> problem what sort of graphics card have you got. I don't know how to
> find that out on Windows but no doubt someone (or google) does.
>
> Colin
>
> >
> > On 16 January 2017 at 21:46, Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> (Win 7-64, 2.6.15)
> >>
> >> No flickering for whatever the default width is.  Also tried the width
> >> Edward mentioned.  Since that didn't take up the full width of my
> screen, I
> >> tried a larger width value to make it go across the entire screen.
> Still
> >> no flickering.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> Greg Feneis
> >>
> >>  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 5:57 AM, <edward.doolittle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > What width did you use for the graph?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> >> > Windows 10
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > *From: *Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com>
> >> > *Sent: *January 15, 2017 8:29 PM
> >> > *To: *gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> >> > *Subject: *Re: Flickering in reports
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Win 7-64, GnuCash 2.6.15 this time
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I just tried Edward's recipe again on 2.6.15, and still no flickering.
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Kind regards,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Greg Feneis
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > Win 7-64, GnuCash 2.6.14
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > I tried Edward's recipe and couldn't get the flickering    (#FOMO)
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > I'll try upping to the latest and see if I can have flickering too
> >> >
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> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > Kind regards,
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > Greg Feneis
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > >  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical>
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Ingrid Friberg <ikf at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > >> I was definitely able to cause the problem your way. I think the
> >> problem
> >> >
> >> > >> for me is that since my reports are multicolumn,  I can't edit the
> >> > specific
> >> >
> >> > >> options to change the total width to something that works.
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> How does one file a bug report?
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> ---- Edward Doolittle wrote ----
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> I noticed a similar problem with a wide graph in one of my
> reports. I
> >> >
> >> > >> worked around the problem by narrowing the graph. GnuCash 2.6.15 on
> >> > Windows
> >> >
> >> > >> 10.
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> The problem is easily reproducible for me by the following recipe:
> >> >
> >> > >> Reports -> Assets & Liabilities -> Net Worth Linechart
> >> >
> >> > >> then Options -> Display -> set Plot Width to 1265 -> Apply
> >> >
> >> > >> (the exact number may be dependent on screen width and/or window
> >> width,
> >> > I
> >> >
> >> > >> suppose)
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> The flickering eventually stops, I've found, but I have no idea
> why.
> >> Now
> >> >
> >> > >> that I've tried it a few times in a row, the flickering stops more
> >> > quickly.
> >> >
> >> > >> So I can suggest trying to close and reopen your reports a few
> times
> >> and
> >> >
> >> > >> then waiting, as a work around for your multicolumn reports.
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> Shall we file a bug report?
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> E
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> On 14 January 2017 at 17:18, Ingrid Friberg <ikf at hotmail.com
> <mailto:
> >> >
> >> > >> ikf at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >> I've been using gnucash for a couple of years and this is my first
> >> >
> >> > >> problem.  The newest version of the software has damaged my
> >> multicolumn
> >> >
> >> > >> reports so that I cannot see them. They flicker endlessly.  I can't
> >> > refresh
> >> >
> >> > >> or see any of the information about the reports either. Some of the
> >> > single
> >> >
> >> > >> reports do this as well, but it stops quickly.  Does anyone else
> have
> >> > the
> >> >
> >> > >> same problem and any ideas about how to fix it? Thanks.  Ingrid
> >> >
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> >> > >> --
> >> >
> >> > >> Edward Doolittle
> >> >
> >> > >> Associate Professor of Mathematics
> >> >
> >> > >> First Nations University of Canada
> >> >
> >> > >> 1 First Nations Way, Regina SK S4S 7K2
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> > 1 First Nations Way, Regina SK S4S 7K2
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-- 
Edward Doolittle
Associate Professor of Mathematics
First Nations University of Canada
1 First Nations Way, Regina SK S4S 7K2

« Toutes les fois que je donne une place vacante, je fais cent mécontents
et un ingrat. »
-- Louis XIV, dans Voltaire, Le Siècle de Louis XIV, Chap. XXVI