[GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
David JamesTK
davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk
Sun Jan 16 00:36:22 EST 2022
Followed the wiki instructions, although no need to create a file as settings.ini already exists as shown. What does not exist (at least on my laptop) is:
GTK_CONFIG_HOME/settings.ini:
Or this path posted by D below
C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash
This is the only path to GNUCash files
C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash (isnt this for older 32 bit programmes x86?)
No other apps use GTK unless Thunderbird but that font is changed through css style sheet from within the program itself.
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From: D. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Sent: 16 January 2022 05:17
To: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
Cc: David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>; D. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
On Windows, I'm not sure there are many other gtk apps installed-- or whether a generic settings manager would work. I know the specific commands I cited work; I used them on my own machine before posting.
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From: David H
Sent: Sat Jan 15 23:05:20 EST 2022
To: "D."
Cc: David JamesTK , Gnucash Users
Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
It seems from https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3 that you can use settings.ini for ALL GTK apps installed or the gtk-3.0.css to affectGnuCash only... Settings.ini seems to use the gtk-font-xxxx=yyyy format.
Cheers David H.
Typefaces
There are two ways of setting a default font and size for GnuCash.
The first sets an option in GTK's settings.ini for all GTK applications (GIMP etc.),
the other uses css to accomplish the same for GnuCash only.
* If neither you nor a program changed the default values before, the files mentioned in this section will not exist. In this case just create them as pure text files and with normal file access rights.
The examples below with both set the default font to Arial and font size to 14.
Via settings.ini
Create if necessary and add the following line to GTK_CONFIG_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GTK_CONFIG_HOME>/settings.ini:
[Settings]
gtk-font-name=Arial 14
General notes
* In settings.ini, lines beginning with a # and blank lines are considered comments.
* If the file exists and has a [Settings] line just add the font line beneath it.
* Setting font family via settings.ini doesn't work on macOS and Microsoft Windows. Use CSS to set font family on those operating systems.
Via css
Create if necessary and add the following to GNC_CONFIG_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GNC_CONFIG_HOME>/gtk-3.0.css:
* {
font: 14pt arial, sans-serif;
}
On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 12:55, D. < sunfish62 at yahoo.com<mailto:sunfish62 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
So,
My gtk-3.0.css is in
C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash
And the designator that changes fonts looks like this:
* {
font-size: 16px;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
}
You'd be better off following that, rather than copying from another app.
David T.
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From: David JamesTK
Sent: Sat Jan 15 20:12:23 EST 2022
To: David H
Cc: GnuCash users group
Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
Copied the config file containing this
[Settings]
gtk-font-name=Arial 18
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba=rgb
Into empty file location C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\gtk-3.
No change, this happened with Thunderbird too, option there was edit css file something mentioned on wiki also.
Cheers
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From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com<mailto:hellvee at gmail.com>>
Sent: 16 January 2022 00:50
To: David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>>
Cc: Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com<mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com>>; GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
It’s my understanding the file is optional so won’t appear in all locations? Have you tried copying your file into the app data location which is currently empty by the look of things?
Cheers David H.
On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 10:35 am, David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>>> wrote:
Cheers David, tried the local folder first but appears empty (hide system files option off)
C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0 (empty)
Searching C drive for gtk-3.0 returns four entries below with my comments in blue;
C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc\gtk-3.0 (currently in this folder)
C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0 (empty)
C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\share\themes\Default\gtk-3.0 (contains css file gtk-keys)
C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\share\themes\Emacs\gtk-3.0 (contains css file gtk-keys)
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Sent: 16 January 2022 00:09
To: David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>>>
Cc: Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com<mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com><mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com<mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com>>>; GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org><mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>>
Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
Probably not, depends what you set GNC_DATA_HOME to I guess - check that wiki again - https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GTK_CONFIG_HOME
Cheers David H.
GTK_DATA_HOME
Versions: 3.x and more recent only
GnuCash uses GTK for its graphical user interface; thus, locations that are used by GTK are also relevant. Note the base directories on Windows and macOS for this differ from the base directories for GNC_DATA_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GNC_DATA_HOME>.
Linux
USER_DATA_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#USER_DATA_HOME>/gtk-3.0
Windows
%LOCALAPPDATA%<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#Environment_variables_LOCALAPPDATA_and_APPDATA>\gtk-3.0
macOS
HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#HOME>/.local/share/gtk-3.0
On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 09:56, David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>>> wrote:
Thanks Glen.
Currently in this folder C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc\gtk-3.0 on Windows 10 Pro
editing this file settings.ini
Before
[Settings]
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba=rgb
After
[Settings]
gtk-font-name=Arial 18
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba=rgb
Is this the right folder location and entry (18 font not needed, just making it super obvious for any changes)
Thanks, David
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From: Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com<mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com><mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com<mailto:gfowler1 at outlook.com>>>
Sent: 15 January 2022 23:47
To: David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>>>
Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org><mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>>
Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble
Hi,
You can use any text editor
On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 6:20 PM David JamesTK <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk>>>> wrote:
Hello all,
No idea if this will reach anyone but wanted to ask a question please.
Just switched back to using Windows (long story) but noticed the font is smaller than on Mint using the same screen.
Followed most of the GTK 3.0 instructions on Wiki including editing settings.ini file as per their help file, unfortunately no change at all.
Do I need to run GTK inspector to edit or can this be done in notepad (as I have done?)
Thanks,
David
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