[GNC] Calendar does not pop up

[Pierre Fortin]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 10:11:11 -0800 john wrote:

>The calendar itself is a GtkCalendar, https://developer-old.gnome.org/gtk3/3.24/GtkCalendar.html, wrapped in gnucash/register/register-gnome/gnucash-date-picker.*  which adds the popup behavior and gnucash/register/register-gnome/datecell-gnome.c. You probably should start by setting a breakpoint in popup_get_height (https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/58d37b75b09e71805bc0bc932866b00e5051bd94/gnucash/register/register-gnome/datecell-gnome.c#L650) to see if it's getting a sane value.

Thanks for the hints John.  gdb wasn't helpful, so I decided to track
down GtkCalendar.  It no longer seems available in my distro. Finally
located https://github.com/debmint/gtkcalendarentry -- but its
configure.ac fails.  

I'm suspecting GtkCalendar is being deprecated.  It's not worth any more
effort on my part... Building gnucash 4.8 was a cakewalk compared to this.

Cheers,
Pierre

>Regards,
>John Ralls
>
>
>> On Nov 13, 2021, at 5:31 AM, Pierre Fortin <pf at pfortin.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:32:51 -0600 David Carlson wrote:
>>   
>> DC>What release are you using and what is your OS?  
>>   
>>> Oops... Sorry for forgetting...
>>> Version: 4.4
>>> Build ID: 4.4+(2020-12-28)
>>> Finance::Quote: 1.49
>>> on Linux Mageia 8 updated weekly on average.  
>> 
>> Just built from source:
>> Version: 4.8
>> Build ID: 4.8a+(2021-09-28)
>> Finance::Quote: 1.49
>> and the calendar is still a no show. The Transfer column has a similar
>> v|^ button which displays available accounts.
>> 
>> Is the gnucash calendar a built-in, or does it call an external program?
>> I suspect an external program because issuing:
>>  $ find . -iname \*calen\*
>> in the build directory returns nothing...
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Pierre
>>   
>>> Oops#2... Sorry David. Fixed my [Default To]...  
>> Sigh...  missed setting Reply's Default To address.
>> 
>> 
>>   
>>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 11:30 AM Pierre Fortin <pf at pfortin.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Been having this issue for quite a while, hoping someone would notice and
>>>> fix it.  Not finding any clue in the archives, etc, I'm suspecting it's a
>>>> local issue, so asking here first...
>>>> 
>>>> In any account window, on the blank line, or any existing entry: when I
>>>> click on the date field, then the "v", it changes to "^" but the calendar
>>>> never appears.
>>>> 
>>>> Any clue what/where to check?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Pierre  
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