Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-05 Thread David T. via gnucash-devel
Scott, I am glad you have an understanding of how such software communities operate. You stated that there was a bug; I was under the impression that you were referring to the embedded settings in the registry, and so I was offering you background on the reasons for this behavior and why it

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-05 Thread Scott Traurig
David, and others, I am very familiar with various FOSS communities and offerings. I am a recently retired engineer, chief engineer of a very high-tech company for the last 20 years with over 100 engineers on staff. I have the greatest respect, admiration, and appreciation for software developers

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-05 Thread Liz Dodd
On Sun, 4 Dec 2022 19:10:17 -0500 Scott Traurig wrote: > Hi John, > > Respectfully, this is beyond the user-list. That list has come up > dry, and the conventional FAQ answer is not working. Scott, please keep this on the user list Liz Dodd Moderator

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread David T. via gnucash-devel
Respectfully, the problem is that GnuCash stores and handles its metadata in a variety of ways as a consequence of its cross platform nature and its development history. GnuCash was originally (and remains primarily to this day) developed on Linux, and has been ported to Windows to meet the

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread john
Dear Mr. Taurig, No, it's a user list item because you are asking about how to use GnuCash, not how to write GnuCash code. Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 4, 2022, at 4:10 PM, Scott Traurig wrote: > > Hi John, > > Respectfully, this is beyond the user-list. That list has come up dry, and >

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread David Carlson
Scott, If you still have a copy of the offending registry files in your trash folder, recover it and put it in your bug report. It could help a developer find out what went wrong. On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:37 PM Scott Traurig wrote: > David, > > Please look again. The metadata file that John

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
David, Please look again. The metadata file that John referred me to is *exactly* the same one as in the FAQ. I was just able to solve the problem a few minutes ago by deleting the registry information under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/Gsettings. That was where the problem was. I did not try to

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread David Carlson
Scott, The metadata file that John referred you to is not FAQ that you checked but a file on your hard drive. The exact location depends on your os. Look under Configuration section of to find it. On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:11 PM Scott Traurig wrote: > Hi

Re: [GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
Hi John, Respectfully, this is beyond the user-list. That list has come up dry, and the conventional FAQ answer is not working. The relevant FAQ entry: < https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F > That FAQ entry

[GNC-dev] Missing column header labels after resizing columns (Windows 10, GC version 4.12)

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
Dev's, After resizing some column headers in an account, the labels for the Transfer and Reconciled ("R") columns have disappeared. The header blocks for both are now combined into a single blank field. I tried un-installing, including manually removing the folders in %appdata% and Program Files