Looking further, the taxinvoice report Options->Display screen allows using an alternate template and css file. On my system, ~/.local/share/gnucash is on the search path. I put the modified and renamed files there and they get used. This works with a standard distribution.
Unless you want to do your own build, you are stuck with the taxinvoice.scm file that comes with the distribution. I now have a new default invoice that places the company and addressee properly in my window envelopes. On Tue, 2023-01-03 at 10:47 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > Steve, Adrien, thanks again. I think I shall have a look at hacking > the > source for the default invoice. It's important to me to keep my > bookkeeper's life as easy as possible during this transition. > Fortunately, > we have a very simple business with very few clients, and virtually > all the > work is the same kind of service-based thing, so I should have no > difficulty creating a build-specific default that "just works" for > our > needs. Then I'll wait till some of these RFEs are acted on and the > world > will continue to improve :) > > As a side question, Adrien, you commented that one of my replies had > been > delayed. I notice there seem to be two distinct (although similar) > email > addresses for the list: gnucash-user@gnucash.org and > gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org. Evidently they end up in the same > place, > but is one or other preferred? > > Thanks again, > Simon > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 9:44 AM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > Interesting approach concerning modifying the tax invoice. > > > > I'd say all of that sounds correct to my understanding as well, > > save I > > think you have the Scheme—HTML bit reversed. > > > > The files are in Scheme, which generate the report as an HTML > > table. > > (not the other way around) > > > > I'm pretty sure there are already several RFE's filed, but the > > ability > > to set one's own default report and default spreadsheet would > > greatly > > enhance the reporting system and avoid hacks like re-writing an > > existing > > report. (entirely inaccessible to most folks) > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 1/3/23 5:03 AM, Steve Brown wrote: > > > I've been wrestling with this too, specifically with regard to > > > invoices. This is a rather lengthy comment. I hope it is useful. > > > Also, > > > if some of this is inaccurate, which is likely, please let me > > > know. > > > > > > I've looked at the wiki and sifted through the code trying to > > > understand how reports work. There appear to be two approaches. > > > > > > One uses scheme to wrap html around the report variables. These > > > report > > > files live in gnucash/report/reports/standard. Each has at least > > > 3 > > > sections, one to define the report, it's location in the menu and > > > a > > > guid identifier, one for the options menu and one to render the > > > report. > > > A report file can contain several report definitions that may > > > share the > > > same render section. My opinion is that these files are quite > > > opaque > > > and very fragile. > > > > > > The other and apparently newer approach has a report file that > > > contains > > > the same report and option sections as above, but preprocesses a > > > html > > > document with embedded scheme tags and a companion css file to > > > generate > > > scheme for the render section. The template and css files live in > > > gnucash/report/reports/support. At this point, only 3 reports > > > have been > > > converted/rewritten using this approach. Only one is for > > > invoices. > > > > > > This second approach is discussed in the eguile section of the > > > wiki but > > > seems out of sync with the implementation. A better explanation > > > is in > > > the source of the preprocessor. It lives at > > > gnucash/report/eguile.scm. > > > > > > The report for printing invoices is chosen at Edit->preferences- > > > > business->Report for printing. That is a glade screen and is > > > > hardwired > > > to the guids of 4 specific reports, Printable, Fancy, Easy and > > > Tax. > > > Only the latter uses the equile preprocessor. The first 3 are > > > packaged > > > in a single file, invoice.scm. > > > > > > At this point, I plan to modify the tax invoice to meet my needs. > > > This > > > seems to be the only way the Print Invoice button on the View > > > Invoice > > > screen will generate my custom invoice. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
