[GNC] Struggling with column width

[Donna F]

I can see from all the information, posts and forums I've been reading
that the problem of not being able to stop the Name/Description column
from taking up half the space on the ledger has been going for 15
years or more. Every time I read about a solution, I try it and it
doesn't work. Like double-clicking on the Balance Header, which made
the column smaller. Double-clicking again made it so small it
disappeared. Dragging the column header from the right hand side made
it smaller. In fact, anything I did made it smaller. Once I've got an
unreadable ledger on my hands, I have to close it and then use an
earlier version of the accounts in which the columns are readable,
even though I have now read that it's not possible to make the
Description column smaller no matter how wide it chooses to get. It's
like it has a life of its own! The other solutions I've read about
mean messing with the code, which I don't feel able to do at all! Yes,
I know that open source means you mess with the code, but all I want
to do is keep my freelance accounts. I love this program and nothing
I've seen is as good as this. But I can't live in fear of losing
columns I can't get back. Can anyone help?