Re: [Multignometerm-bugs] Re: Multignometerm-bugs digest, Vol 1 #61 - 2 msgs

[Craig S. K. <cs...@cg...>]

> I don't think it is a gnome 2 thing - it happens to me with RH7.3
> (stock install).

Alrighty.  Any ideas as to the cause?  Suggestions for fixes?
Workarounds?  Should I report this to gnome's bugzilla (the same
problem appears in the latest gnome-terminal)?

> > Phil Rhoades wrote:
> > > Craig,
> > >
> > > It is a MGT display problem - the characters go into the file OK.
> > >
> > > Phil.
> >
> > Thanks for the response.  Yes, after playing with MGT a little
> > more I realized that the characters were getting into the file.
> > But the problem truly is an MGT _display_ problem, since the
> > resulting accented character appears on the screen as a blue
> > caret.  Thinking back, this coincides with a problem I was having
> > with alsamixer -- all their snazzy character graphics were being
> > drawn incorrectly.
> >
> > I believe the problems started when I upgraded to gnome2 (MGT
> > still works fine on my office gnome1.4 box -- I love using it!).
> > Could the problem be in a recent GDK or Pango?  My wife claims
> > she's seen similar behaviour in other gnome2 apps, though a
> > simple test with PyGTK worked okay.  Is there a magic setting
> > I'm missing?  I tried debugging into vt_draw_text in zvtterm.c
> > but I couldn't puzzle out what was going on.

-- 
Craig S. Kaplan                     ``Evolution drives a steamroller,
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University of Waterloo              http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/