Hi John, have a look at https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkCalendar.html and tell me, the right call. I didn't see it and fear, you should complain at the GTK team.
Regards Frank Am Mo., 12. Aug. 2019 um 23:10 Uhr schrieb John Morris <johnj...@editide.us>: > > Hi Adrien, > Thank you for your interest. The first day of the week is, of course, a > personal preference. However, because it is set to Monday everywhere else in > my life, it would be more convenient if GnuCash were set similarly. > > Yes, I am aware of System Preferences > Language & Region; that is where I > have set the first day of the week for the rest of my computer. Thank you for > pointing that out. > > The main issue that makes life difficult with GnuCash using Sunday as the > first day of the week is in our business. We have a small editing business, > but we don't work conventional hours. Basically, we work whenever we can fit > it in. That means we might be working at 11p on a Sunday or 6a on a Tuesday. > However, we still find it convenient to break our time up into weeks. Reports > from our time-tracking software help us know if we are doing enough income > work to make our goals. Reports from our accounting software (GnuCash) help > us know if our income is matching expectations and helping us reach our > goals. However, it is just a little more difficult because the time tracking > software is set to use Monday as the first day of the week, but GnuCash > refuses to accept that setting. > > A second place this problem makes trouble for me is entering transactions. > Sometimes I type dates and sometimes I select them from the drop-down menu. > That menu puts Sunday on the far left of the block instead of the far right > where I expect it. Thus, I sometimes click the wrong date because I forget > that GnuCash does this. Of course, this is just one example, but I think it > gives the flavor. > > Naturally we could change our whole life around to use Sunday as the first > day of the week, but we don't want to do that. Computers should adjust to the > users' lifestyle, not the other way around. We can also just make do, > accepting that the accounting week starts on Sunday and the time-keeping week > starts on Monday. That is how we have functioned since we switched to GnuCash > about five years ago. > > I understand that the developer pool is small. This is why I have not > bother reporting the many bugs I work around every day. When I first started > using GnuCash, I reported what I saw, but it quickly became clear that the > developers feel they have bigger fish to fry. Given that I have no time to > offer to this effort, I stopped wasting my time. I would love to help with > the development. I even have some of the skill required and could probably > get up to speed fairly quickly, but my to-do list is way too long for me to > take on any new projects. Frankly, if I were going to get back into > development, I would seriously consider starting from scratch rather than > trying to fix the mess that is GnuCash. > > Best, > John > > > On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone > > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > > System Preferences > Language & Region is where you can set first day of > > the week. (I’m on Mojave) > > > > But I see it has no effect on the calendar displayed in the Scheduled > > Transaction editor. (not sure where else this would matter) > > > > I’d have to ask (because I have Sunday as my first day and I don’t > > understand the utility of changing it), how does not being able to change > > it impact your use of GnuCash? What is more difficult by the day being set > > to Sunday? I really mean this as a curiosity. Is it merely a matter of > > you’ve always seen calendars start on Monday and it looks odd and sometimes > > hard to comprehend at a glance? > > > > What parts of the app other than the Scheduled Transaction editor is this > > an issue for? > > > > Please note, the developer pool is small, their time is not infinite, and > > they are all volunteers. (and I’d guess they all have day jobs) They have a > > roadmap for prioritizing their time. If something is an annoyance but the > > app is still usable, it is likely to be pushed to the back burner unless > > someone new decides to jump in and help address it. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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