[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#444957: Bug#444957: Bug#444957: xfce4-mcs-manager: Abiword crashes at startup while xfce-mcs-manager is running

Simon Huggins huggie at earth.li
Mon Nov 12 10:09:29 UTC 2007


reassign 444957 abiword
merge 444957 443048
retitle 444957 Segfault in XAP_UnixFont::getName
thanks

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:04:30PM +0100, G. Milde wrote:
> On 30.10.07, Simon Huggins wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 02:25:52PM +0100, G. Milde wrote:
> > > On  5.10.07, mmassonnet at gmail.com wrote:
> > > 	<option name="Gtk/FontName" type="string" value="DejaVu Sans Condensed, 12"/>
> > On the off chance, in Settings > User Interface you coudl change the
> > font given the back trace talks about fonts.
> This is the point, indeed: 

> * I changed Settings > User Interface > Font and abiword starts without
>   error.

> * What is more, I changed back "Settings > User Interface > Font"
>   selecting in the font choosing dialog: 

>      Family: Deja Vu Sans
>      Style:  Condensed
>      Size:   12,0
>      [OK]

>   Interestingly, the 'Settings > User Interface' dialog shows the 'Font'
>   button with the inscription 

>      [DejaVu Sans Semi-Condensed 12]

>   (while Semi-Condensed was not listed under the Styles in the fond
>   dialog).

>   and the gtk.xml file not has

> 	<option name="Gtk/FontName" type="string" value="DejaVu Sans Semi-Condensed 12"/>

> It seems to me like some name-change that is handled correctly when you
> set the font but not updated in existing config files.

It's possible the fontname changed independently of xfce-mcs-manager.
In any case I think this is abiword's problem for falling over in such a
bad way in such a situation so I'm merging it with your other bug.

Thanks,

Simon.

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