There probably IS a GTK file that is part of the standard configuration, but user configurations will override those settings. That is why you can safely create your own file and copy it to the user configuration area. You don't want to change the default GTK that is provided by GnuCash because subsequent installations will erase your change.
Just as an aside, many operating systems and applications have a two-tier or maybe thee-tier (and more are possible) configurations: They will first load a "default" configuration (one that comes with the app/OS). They will then load a user configuration, which will override the default configuration. This is a two-tiered approach. Some things also have a default config, a system config, and a user config. You don't have to replace the entire GTK file -- just the one line of text for your user configuration. It isn't coding to create a text file and copying/pasting the data into it. Best wishes! On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 8:14 PM Richard Gaede via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your comments, however they do not resolve my problem. My > belief is that there used to be a gtk file as part of the standard > config, but the contents of that file are now part of the overall coding > of GNU cash. I can find the directory where I believe the gtk file > should reside, but I don't have such a file, and do not have the coding > skills or knowledge to create one. I have seen the online advice how to > edit gtk, and can manage that, but not without the file to start with. > I also do not understand the relationship between a gtk file and the > inbuilt coding vis a vis fonts, and how it will work. That will be an > act of faith. > I am in the classic situation like when your Internet connection goes > down, and the support person tells you where on the internet to go for > the fix.🙂 > > > On 23-Oct-24 13:13, Phyllis Bruce wrote: > > Richard, if you go into Help/about, you can click on the _live_ link > > to the user config file. Then copy the gtx-3.0.css file directly into > > it. Once you reboot, you should see a larger font in the program. > > > > Windows does not make this stuff easy for non-programmers like me. > > Hope this helps. > > > > po > > > >> On Oct 22, 2024, at 7:59 PM, R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> As I read the help, the file doesn't exist until you create it; it > >> needs to > >> be put in the GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR as defined in the "About" menu > >> item. I'm > >> currently on a Mac, and I'm certain that the "About" item is > >> somewhere else > >> on Windows. > >> > >> So, you need to create the file somewhere, and then copy it to > >> the configuration directory, restart GnuCash, and the changes should > take > >> effect. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM Richard Gaede via gnucash-user < > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> > >>> I am a longstanding Gnu Cash user, currently using V5.6 on 3 Win > >>> machines (2x11, 1x10). On my latest machine, which was a clean install, > >>> the size of the register font is causing me difficulties. I have > >>> succesfully changed fonts in reports, however cannot do so for the > >>> registers. > >>> > >>> I have followed the various recent comments about editing gtk-3.0.css, > >>> but cannot locate such a file on my system. There is no reference to it > >>> anywhere in GTK_USERCONFIG_DIR. The only place I have found anything > >>> like it is in the Program Files … …Gnu Cash\etc\gtk-3.0. The latter is > a > >>> directory containing settings.ini and im_multipress.conf. On > >>> examination, only settings.ini seems to have any relevance, and its > >>> contents look nothing like what is shown in the examples of > gtk-3.0.css. > >>> the situation is similar on my other Win 11 machine which has gone > >>> through several upgrades. > >>> > >>> What am I missing in order to change the register font to something > >>> other than an optometrist's delight? > >>> > >>> Any guidance greatly appreciated. > >>> > >>> P.S. My thanks to the developers and all others in making this > excellent > >>> software package work as well as it does. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> _________________________________ > >> Richard Losey > >> rlo...@gmail.com > >> Micah 6:8 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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. 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