Re: [GNC] GNU Cash on a Central Computer

2020-12-05 Thread randix
Nelson... although I have GnuCash installed on 2 separate laptops, I only actively use GnuCash on one laptop (with the data regularly backed up on an external drive). The other laptop installation is just in case my primary laptop crashes (and I could then copy one of the backed up data files for

Re: [GNC] GNU Cash on a Central Computer

2020-12-05 Thread Mike Brady.
Good point. Can GnuCash work as a front end to a database that does record locking, such as MySQL? Otherwise, how would work done by multiple other users on their copies of the data be safely merged into a single master file? It's clear, though, that GnuCash is designed mainly for single users. A

Re: [GNC] Silly font question?

2020-12-05 Thread John Ralls
Followup: I found that using selector #gnc-id-main-window let me set the font-family globally on Windows. Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 5, 2020, at 5:32 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > Sigh, it looks like the Gtk Windows Devs have broken using settings.ini, see >

Re: [GNC] Silly font question?

2020-12-05 Thread John Ralls
Sigh, it looks like the Gtk Windows Devs have broken using settings.ini, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/1774. I was able to get the register font to change to Times New Roman in the register by creating C:\Users\John Ralls\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0\gtk.css with the contents

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Well, I think I finally got to the GnuCash IRC channel using the HexChat IRC client... da da ! :-) On Saturday, December 5, 2020, 6:59:39 PM EST, Derek Atkins wrote: HI, On Sat, December 5, 2020 6:51 pm, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: >  1 - How do you browse there in Firefox? Does

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread Derek Atkins
HI, On Sat, December 5, 2020 6:51 pm, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > 1 - How do you browse there in Firefox? Does it have a built in IRC > client?2 - I've installed HexChat and got on the FreeNode server but no > gnucash channel there... > When I attempt to join #gnucash I get this prompt... >

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
1 - How do you browse there in Firefox? Does it have a built in IRC client?2 - I've installed HexChat and got on the FreeNode server but no gnucash channel there... When I attempt to join #gnucash I get this prompt... "The #gnucash irc channel is #gnucash on irc.gnome.org... please join us all

Re: [GNC] Silly font question?

2020-12-05 Thread Carlo Pelandini
John: I must be missing something: I created settings.ini in %LOCALAPPDATA% (C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0) to include: [Settings] gtk-font-name=Arial 14 Per the instructions you pointed me to. It made no difference to the font displayed in the Register. Is there another location

[GNC] Fwd: gnucash fonts

2020-12-05 Thread David Carlson
Harold, Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. Did you see John's reply to the other similar question on this list? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3#Typefaces -- Forwarded message - From: Harold Date: Sat, Dec

Re: [GNC] Silly font question?

2020-12-05 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 5, 2020, at 10:27 AM, Carlo Pelandini wrote: > > I just upgraded to GnuCash v. 4.2 from v. 3.1 on Windows 10. > > In version 3.1, my Register font was bold (and I’m guessing) Arial 12 point. > In version 4.2, it seems to have defaulted to some unknown 8 point font. > > I cannot

[GNC] Fwd: Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread David Carlson
Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Forwarded message - From: Fred Date: Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [GNC] Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat To: David Carlson I rarely do IRC, but

[GNC] Silly font question?

2020-12-05 Thread Carlo Pelandini
I just upgraded to GnuCash v. 4.2 from v. 3.1 on Windows 10. In version 3.1, my Register font was bold (and I’m guessing) Arial 12 point. In version 4.2, it seems to have defaulted to some unknown 8 point font. I cannot find any Help manual or Wiki subject that describes how to change the

[GNC] Error with Asset Chart report

2020-12-05 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I am on Windows 10, using Version: 4.2 Build ID: git 4.2-213-g562b4be22+(2020-11-21) Back in June 2019 (https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-June/085636.html), I reported a problem with an odd error in a saved report. After some back and forth, I don't believe that

Re: [GNC] Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread David Carlson
Derek is right. Wiki IRC to find a list. On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 10:45 AM Derek Atkins wrote: > There are tons of free IRC clients. > -derek > > On Sat, December 5, 2020 11:22 am, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > > 1 - Must I buy mIRC to get to the Gnucash IRC server and channel?2 - Are > > their

Re: [GNC] gnucash fonts

2020-12-05 Thread David Carlson
Harold, Small text is often an artifact of desktop screen resolution. Is GnuCash showing different size than your other programs? I am not sure where that is controlled in KDE. On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 8:36 AM Harold via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > When I open Gnucash 4.2

Re: [GNC] Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread Derek Atkins
There are tons of free IRC clients. -derek On Sat, December 5, 2020 11:22 am, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > 1 - Must I buy mIRC to get to the Gnucash IRC server and channel?2 - Are > their any free open source alternatives to mIRC?Thanks for any help. > >

[GNC] Need help using Gnucash IRC to live chat

2020-12-05 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
1 - Must I buy mIRC to get to the Gnucash IRC server and channel?2 - Are their any free open source alternatives to mIRC?Thanks for any help. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to

[GNC] gnucash fonts

2020-12-05 Thread Harold via gnucash-user
When I open Gnucash 4.2 in Linux PCLOS KDE, the fonts are too small. The menu, the account names, and the register itself. I have searched online and tried editing the style sheets but that doesn't seem to help. Are style sheets just for reports??? How do I increase the size of the font in the