[GNC] 4.0.1 attachments symbol

[Adrien Monteleone]

To clarify:

For anyone not on MacOS, (or on a system that doesn’t support that emoji block of characters) you should be able to see the symbols (paper clip icon for single associations, and chain-link/URL icon for location associations) but only if you have View > Double Line mode turned on.

You should see the icon in the second line (the Notes field is to the left of it) in the same column as Reconciliation codes. (‘R’ column)

The field should be labeled ‘A’ for Association in the Header.

If you have Auto-Split view or Transaction Journal view turned on, then you’ll see the association icon directly above the reconciliation codes from the splits below.


If you are on MacOS, there is a display problem with the section of Unicode that contains the icons. So instead, you will see ‘f’ for a single file association or ‘w’ for a location association. (not sure why ‘w’ was chosen) This is not a GnuCash ‘bug’ or a lack of having the proper font, but rather a limitation of the state of GTK integration on MacOS. (as best I understand the issue)

If you are using 3.x (not sure when it was introduced) you’ll see the ‘f’ or ‘w’ respectively.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jun 29, 2020 w27d181, at 11:17 AM, gnucash.dgr9z at ncf.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The 4.0.1 release notes say:
>         • A symbol is now displayed on transactions in the register when they have an attachment and the selected font supports the symbol.
> 
> When I attached a file to a registry entry, I didn't see the symbol, so I assume the default font on macOS Catalina doesn't support it. 
> 
> Before I start a lot of trial-and-error trying to find a font that works (and looks good), does anyone have a suggestion for a sans-serif font that works well?
> 
> And is ~/Library/ApplicationSupport/GnuCash/config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css the correct place to make this change?
> 
> Thanks in advance