[GNC] Location of gtk css file on MacOS

Fri Sep 11 22:38:37 EDT 2020

Will,

Assuming that $HOME/.gtk-3.0.css, $HOME/.gtk-3.0/gtk.css, and $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css don't exist and that you haven't overridden the definition of XDG_CONFIG_DIRS in Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gnucash/environment I think that the only files that Gtk would look at are $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css and $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

Note that your attempt to use that last path isn't right because you named the file gtk-3.0.css.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Sep 11, 2020, at 7:29 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> Will,
> 
> No, macOS since 10.11 won't let a program from one app bundle look at anything in another one. That's why the old Update Finance Quote applet stopped working.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
>> On Sep 11, 2020, at 2:50 PM, will at theprescotts.com wrote:
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> I'm just getting back to investigating this. I have tried making changes to both of those two files and I don't see any change when I open Gnucash. I have done a search for gtk-3.0.css. Most of the ones it finds are in the Gnucash applications themselves. I have a bunch of old Gnucash apps on my machine. Could they be causing problems.
>> 
>> /Users/[user]/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Users/[user]/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Applications/Gnucash//Gnucash-3.10/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Applications/Gnucash//Gnucash-3.4/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Applications/Gnucash//Gnucash-3.0-1/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Applications/Gnucash//Gnucash-4.1.4/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Applications/Gnucash//Gnucash-4.0/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> /Applications/Gnucash//Gnucash-4.1/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> 
>> Will
>> 
>> 
>> On 2020 Sep 1, at 09-01 22:10:44, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> 
>> As long as you haven't messed with anything the two documented locations are:
>> ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
>> 
>> The second is because GnuCash.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gnucash/environment sets XDG_CONFIG_HOME to $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config.
>> 
>> Documentation aside, older versions of Gtk would look in other places for backwards compatibility, like ~/.config/gtk-3.0 and ~/.gtk-3.0, and ~/.themes/Adwaita. You might to a global search for files named gtk.css to make sure that there isn't a leftover somewhere overriding the one you want to use.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 7:33 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Will,
>>> 
>>> The other file ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0.css
>>> that you said also existed only exists as an empty folder on my system ???
>>> 
>>> Cheers David H.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 11:28, will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> David,
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the response. It is curious. But I have tried that numerous
>>>> times with no effect.
>>>> 
>>>> Will
>>>> 
>>>> On 2020 Sep 1, at 09-01 18:50:05, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Will,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm running 4.1 on the latest Big Sur Public Beta - it's picking up the
>>>> first one (/Users/davidh/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css)
>>>> which only has the following in it ...
>>>> 
>>>> * {
>>>> font-size: 12px;
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> If I change the 12px to 18 px and restart GnuCash I can see the difference
>>>> right away.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers David H.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 08:58, will at theprescotts.com <mailto:
>>>> will at theprescotts.com> <will at theprescotts.com <mailto:
>>>> will at theprescotts.com>> wrote:
>>>> I am running Gnucash 4.1.4 on MacOS 10.15.6 and I am looking for the
>>>> location of the gtk.css file that is controlling the display. I have seen
>>>> discussion of it here and have looked at the wiki but I am still having
>>>> trouble.
>>>> 
>>>> I have files:
>>>> ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>>>> ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0.css
>>>> 
>>>> However, it doesn't look like Gnucash is reading or paying attention to
>>>> either. If I run Gnucash in the gtk debugger with:
>>>> 
>>>> GTK_DEBUG=interactive
>>>> /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash-4.1.4/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>>>> 
>>>> It does appear to read the first one, but not when I run Gnucash normally
>>>> (i.e. by double clicking on the Gnucash.app or from the command line).
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Will
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