[GNC] register description field width

[Glenn Fowler]

There isn't a value for the description field. You can set the others as
you found out. The description width is basically what is left over from
the width of the other columns you set.

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:51 AM Kevin T <nevikintx at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have found the file in question.
> I edited the file in question, with vim a text editor, to make all the non
> description fields the same.  save the file.
> I start the tool.
> If I change anything, window size, or field size of some tab, any tab, the
> file is overwritten by the tool.  vim notifies me that the file has changed.
>
> I have learned more about the behavior of the tool which makes it
> understandable at least.  Not preferable, but understandable.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Thursday, May 26, 2022, 08:24:57 PM CDT, Kevin T <nevikintx at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> i have scanned the directories mentioned for entries with 'description'
> and 'width'.  I can find nothing that is specific to the 'Description'
> field in the support files that exist.
>
> again this is a windows install.
>
> do know what file, in what directory, with what content, you modified?
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Thursday, May 26, 2022, 06:48:33 AM CDT, Glenn Fowler <
> gfowler1 at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> If you want to hardcode the widths of columns, you can do that in user
> data. I wanted my books and accounts to all be exactly the same so I did it
> this way.
>
> Depending on your OS, the user data locations are described here:
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 12:11 AM Kevin T via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> I have found how to make the fonts large enough to read through inspection
> of the mailing list history.  it is now 14pt.
> This is great but now the gnucash window has to be almost, 80% of my
> screen width.  70% of that width is due to the width of the description
> field.   through the mailing lists I have found that double clicking the
> vertical bars between the fields will adjust them to the width of the
> data.  It works for all but the description field.  This field behaves as
> if there is an extra 200 spaces attached to the end of each entry.  Trying
> to pull the right hand vertical bar will move the header, temporarily, but
> the field width remains the same.
> Is there some way to hard code, force, change the width of the description
> field?
>
> Kevin
>
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