Followed the wiki instructions, although no need to create a file as settings.ini already exists as shown. What does not exist (at least on my laptop) is:
GTK_CONFIG_HOME/settings.ini: Or this path posted by D below C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash This is the only path to GNUCash files C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash (isnt this for older 32 bit programmes x86?) No other apps use GTK unless Thunderbird but that font is changed through css style sheet from within the program itself. ________________________________ From: D. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> Sent: 16 January 2022 05:17 To: David H <hell...@gmail.com> Cc: David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>; D. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble On Windows, I'm not sure there are many other gtk apps installed-- or whether a generic settings manager would work. I know the specific commands I cited work; I used them on my own machine before posting. ________________________________ From: David H Sent: Sat Jan 15 23:05:20 EST 2022 To: "D." Cc: David JamesTK , Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble It seems from https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3 that you can use settings.ini for ALL GTK apps installed or the gtk-3.0.css to affectGnuCash only... Settings.ini seems to use the gtk-font-xxxx=yyyy format. Cheers David H. Typefaces There are two ways of setting a default font and size for GnuCash. The first sets an option in GTK's settings.ini for all GTK applications (GIMP etc.), the other uses css to accomplish the same for GnuCash only. * If neither you nor a program changed the default values before, the files mentioned in this section will not exist. In this case just create them as pure text files and with normal file access rights. The examples below with both set the default font to Arial and font size to 14. Via settings.ini Create if necessary and add the following line to GTK_CONFIG_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GTK_CONFIG_HOME>/settings.ini: [Settings] gtk-font-name=Arial 14 General notes * In settings.ini, lines beginning with a # and blank lines are considered comments. * If the file exists and has a [Settings] line just add the font line beneath it. * Setting font family via settings.ini doesn't work on macOS and Microsoft Windows. Use CSS to set font family on those operating systems. Via css Create if necessary and add the following to GNC_CONFIG_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GNC_CONFIG_HOME>/gtk-3.0.css: * { font: 14pt arial, sans-serif; } On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 12:55, D. < sunfis...@yahoo.com<mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com>> wrote: So, My gtk-3.0.css is in C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash And the designator that changes fonts looks like this: * { font-size: 16px; font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; } You'd be better off following that, rather than copying from another app. David T. ________________________________ From: David JamesTK Sent: Sat Jan 15 20:12:23 EST 2022 To: David H Cc: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble Copied the config file containing this [Settings] gtk-font-name=Arial 18 gtk-xft-antialias=1 gtk-xft-hinting=1 gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull gtk-xft-rgba=rgb Into empty file location C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\gtk-3. No change, this happened with Thunderbird too, option there was edit css file something mentioned on wiki also. Cheers ________________________________ From: David H <hell...@gmail.com<mailto:hell...@gmail.com>> Sent: 16 January 2022 00:50 To: David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>> Cc: Glenn Fowler <gfowl...@outlook.com<mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com>>; GnuCash users group <gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble It’s my understanding the file is optional so won’t appear in all locations? Have you tried copying your file into the app data location which is currently empty by the look of things? Cheers David H. On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 10:35 am, David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>>> wrote: Cheers David, tried the local folder first but appears empty (hide system files option off) C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0 (empty) Searching C drive for gtk-3.0 returns four entries below with my comments in blue; C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc\gtk-3.0 (currently in this folder) C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0 (empty) C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\share\themes\Default\gtk-3.0 (contains css file gtk-keys) C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\share\themes\Emacs\gtk-3.0 (contains css file gtk-keys) ________________________________ From: David H <hell...@gmail.com<mailto:hell...@gmail.com><mailto:hell...@gmail.com<mailto:hell...@gmail.com>>> Sent: 16 January 2022 00:09 To: David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>>> Cc: Glenn Fowler <gfowl...@outlook.com<mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com><mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com<mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com>>>; GnuCash users group <gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org><mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble Probably not, depends what you set GNC_DATA_HOME to I guess - check that wiki again - https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GTK_CONFIG_HOME Cheers David H. GTK_DATA_HOME Versions: 3.x and more recent only GnuCash uses GTK for its graphical user interface; thus, locations that are used by GTK are also relevant. Note the base directories on Windows and macOS for this differ from the base directories for GNC_DATA_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GNC_DATA_HOME>. Linux USER_DATA_HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#USER_DATA_HOME>/gtk-3.0 Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#Environment_variables_LOCALAPPDATA_and_APPDATA>\gtk-3.0 macOS HOME<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#HOME>/.local/share/gtk-3.0 On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 09:56, David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>>> wrote: Thanks Glen. Currently in this folder C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc\gtk-3.0 on Windows 10 Pro editing this file settings.ini Before [Settings] gtk-xft-antialias=1 gtk-xft-hinting=1 gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull gtk-xft-rgba=rgb After [Settings] gtk-font-name=Arial 18 gtk-xft-antialias=1 gtk-xft-hinting=1 gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull gtk-xft-rgba=rgb Is this the right folder location and entry (18 font not needed, just making it super obvious for any changes) Thanks, David ________________________________ From: Glenn Fowler <gfowl...@outlook.com<mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com><mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com<mailto:gfowl...@outlook.com>>> Sent: 15 January 2022 23:47 To: David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>>> Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org><mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] access to Gnucash Nabble Hi, You can use any text editor On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 6:20 PM David JamesTK <davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk><mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:davidjame...@hotmail.co.uk>>>> wrote: Hello all, No idea if this will reach anyone but wanted to ask a question please. Just switched back to using Windows (long story) but noticed the font is smaller than on Mint using the same screen. Followed most of the GTK 3.0 instructions on Wiki including editing settings.ini file as per their help file, unfortunately no change at all. Do I need to run GTK inspector to edit or can this be done in notepad (as I have done?) Thanks, David ________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org><mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>><mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org><mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto: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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