Dave,
Showing the extensions (e.g. the .txt in foo.txt) is a preference in Finder's preferences on the Advanced tab. You don't need to double click a text file to read it, you can just select it and tap the space bar. That actually works for a surprising variety of file types, not just text. Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 21, 2019, at 5:53 PM, David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks John so they are but I think I'll just keep copying them over with the > app as it's a lot easier than digging down about 5 sub directories :-) The > dmg I have doesn't show them with .txt on the end of the file name or if they > are I've turned it off somehow but they open up when you double click on them > ok. > > Cheers Dave H. > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 10:30, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > You only need to copy Gnucash.app. The other files, README.txt, NEWS.txt, > etc. are in the dmg and renamed with the .txt so you can easily read them > with QuickLook. They're also inside Gnucash.app (control-click on Gnucash.app > in Finder and select "Show package contents" from the context menu) at > Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash, though those aren't renamed for > QuickLook. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Oct 21, 2019, at 3:17 PM, David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I copy everything to Applications/GnuCash and run it from there, you can't > > run it from the dmg. > > > > Cheers Dave H. > > > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 20:28, GJS <g...@kembro.uk> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I've run 2.6 on previous version of MacOSX but couldn't install 3.6. > >> Having updated to Catalina none of my 32 bit software works! Thanks Apple. > >> Downloaded 3.7-1. Clicking the file opens a folder containing six files > >> but not the usual File -> Applications facility. Clicking the Gnucash > >> icon starts the verification process that loads the disc image on the > >> desktop, puts an icon in the taskbar and leads to the "do you really > >> want to open it?" dialogue. Choosing "Open" closes the window and > >> removes the icon from the taskbar. Only the disc icon is left which > >> invites one to do it all again ad nauseam. > >> > >> Checking Help files, tutorials and various mailing lists has produced > >> nothing useful. > >> > >> I've used Gnucash for years on Windows and Mac with no problems. This is > >> so frustrating and time consuming that I'm thinking of going back to > >> spreadsheets. > >> > >> Thanks for your time > >> Gra Smith > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
