Bug 11898 - Current KDE2 does horrible things to xterm fonts
Summary: Current KDE2 does horrible things to xterm fonts
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Other
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Reported: 2000-09-27 11:03 UTC by James Tappin
Modified: 2002-09-16 14:43 UTC (History)
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Description James Tappin 2000-09-27 10:49:33 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: kde
Version: CVS 26092000

System: Solaris 2.7 / Sparc

The current snapshot is causing xterm to start with a horrible font=20
spacing (I think it's using a helvetica font).=20

I have the option to use kde fonts and colours in non-kde apps disabled.

It was behaving fine with earlier versions (like the day before=20
yesterday) and using xterm's fonts menu to pick a new font size reverts=20
it to a usable font.

There is a work around namely:

1) Enable use of kde fonts in non-kde apps in kcontrol
2) Change the general font to a fixed font in kcontrol
3) Create an xterm (might not actually be needed but probably is)
4) Disable use of kde fonts in non-kde apps in kcontrol
5) Change the general font back to something usable.

Sorry about setting this to package=3Dkde but I really don't know if it's=
=20
in one of the libraries or kwin.

?????????

James

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Comment 1 Dirk Mueller 2000-09-27 11:52:02 UTC
On Mit 27 Sep 2000 James Tappin wrote:

> Package: kde

this should be package "krdb" thanks.

> ?????????

well somehow it was executing krdb on your system. you might check that by
running xrdb -edit file and then inspect "file" i.e. using less. 

if it contains a lot of lines although you never set any Xdefaults then
this is the problem. if not please tell me. 


Dirk
Comment 2 Stephan Kulow 2000-09-27 11:56:37 UTC
James Tappin wrote:
> 
> Package: kde
> Version: CVS 26092000
> 
> System: Solaris 2.7 / Sparc
> 
> The current snapshot is causing xterm to start with a horrible font
> spacing (I think it's using a helvetica font).
> 
> I have the option to use kde fonts and colours in non-kde apps disabled.
> 
> It was behaving fine with earlier versions (like the day before
> yesterday) and using xterm's fonts menu to pick a new font size reverts
> it to a usable font.
> 
> There is a work around namely:
> 
> 1) Enable use of kde fonts in non-kde apps in kcontrol
> 2) Change the general font to a fixed font in kcontrol
> 3) Create an xterm (might not actually be needed but probably is)
> 4) Disable use of kde fonts in non-kde apps in kcontrol
> 5) Change the general font back to something usable.
> 
> Sorry about setting this to package=kde but I really don't know if it's
> in one of the libraries or kwin.
> 
Neither. Next time submit it as package configure then I pick it up
from
there. 
I noticed this xterm spacing bug as well. I guess we need to add a good
XDefaults file for xterm what we currently use is:

xterm*background: WINDOW_BACKGROUND
xterm*foreground: WINDOW_FOREGROUND
xterm*Font: FIXED_FONT
xterm.SimpleMenu*background: BACKGROUND
xterm.SimpleMenu*foreground: FOREGROUND
xterm.SimpleMenu*font: FONT 

It seems the FIXED_FONT entry is written wrong. I'll check that

Greetings Stephan

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Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2000-09-27 14:39:14 UTC
Hi!

Please update kdelibs/kdecore

Greetings Stephan

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