From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 6 23:44:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7551C1065693 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 23:44:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA8E8FC0A for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 23:44:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o06NihQR016865; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:44:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o06NihTQ016862; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:44:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:44:43 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Charlie Kester In-Reply-To: <20100106221655.GF95215@comcast.net> Message-ID: References: <20100106215253.GE95215@comcast.net> <20100106221655.GF95215@comcast.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII; FORMAT=flowed Content-ID: Content-Disposition: INLINE X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:44:43 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Abiword window corruption X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:44:46 -0000 On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Charlie Kester wrote: > On Wed 06 Jan 2010 at 13:52:53 PST Charlie Kester wrote: >> On Wed 06 Jan 2010 at 13:16:51 PST Warren Block wrote: >>> With the recent mentions of Abiword, I've reinstalled it. Yet it has the >>> same problem it had the last time I tried it: random pixels under the >>> current row of text, the old cursor isn't erased when you move to a >>> different line. Am I the only one that sees this? >>> >>> Sample here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/abiword/abiword.jpg >> >> I just reinstalled it too. ;-) >> >> I don't see any stray pixels like you're seeing. One thing I notice is >> that your cursor is a lot thicker than the one I'm seeing. If Abiword >> is expecting you to have a thinner cursor, that might be why it doesn't >> erase the extra pixels when you move it. >> >> I also see several differences in the appearance of your toolbar buttons >> and other UI elements. What window manager are you using, and what >> theme? That's xfce4.6 with the Default-4.4 theme and Gnome icons. > I just remembered that I had implemented a tip I got somewhere for > forcing use of the condensed versions of the DejaVu fonts. Try saving > the attached file in home directory as .fonts.config and see if it makes > any difference when you restart X and abiword. It should be .fonts.conf, I think, but it didn't change anything either way. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA