Bug 445536

Summary: Cursor/Input Place Does Not Line Up With Where You Are Typing
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Matthew Gaidar <matthewg8998>
Component: fontAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: major CC: a.samirh78
Priority: NOR    
Version: 21.08.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: showing the formatting problem.
attachment-29030-0.html

Description Matthew Gaidar 2021-11-15 16:02:50 UTC
Created attachment 143585 [details]
showing the formatting problem.

SUMMARY

The area where you are typing, the actual input area (cursor) does not display in the correct area (offset about 2 inched on 1440p display). As you type it gets worse so if I am typing a command that is 20 characters the cursor moves to the next line. If you make a mistake/want to edit a command this is where the problem sets in. It moves the characters to past the format problem, which makes it very hard to figure out what you are editing. This technically does not break the functionality of the program, but it makes the user experience terrible and makes work 5 times as long (editing text in a file has the same effect). I have tinkered with every "profile" setting yet it does not change anything.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux Kernel: 5.15.2-arch1-1 (happened before on 5.14 as well)
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Xorg Version: 21.1.1-3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800x
32 GB RAM
AMD RX 5700XT
Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2021-11-15 16:20:07 UTC
Please try other fonts, as it could be a font issue.

Any shell customisation? PS1 ...etc.
Comment 2 Matthew Gaidar 2021-11-15 16:34:26 UTC
(In reply to Ahmad Samir from comment #1)
> Please try other fonts, as it could be a font issue.
> 
> Any shell customisation? PS1 ...etc.

Yep, problem with the font(s).

All of the Noto Sans are bugged, and all of the Noto Serifs are bugged. Didn't check other fonts.
Comment 3 tcanabrava 2021-11-15 17:33:39 UTC
Created attachment 143592 [details]
attachment-29030-0.html

You can’t use anything that’s not a fixed width font on terminals.


On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 13:34 Matthew Gaidar <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org>
wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445536
>
> --- Comment #2 from Matthew Gaidar <matthewg8998@gmail.com> ---
> (In reply to Ahmad Samir from comment #1)
> > Please try other fonts, as it could be a font issue.
> >
> > Any shell customisation? PS1 ...etc.
>
> Yep, problem with the font(s).
>
> All of the Noto Sans are bugged, and all of the Noto Serifs are bugged.
> Didn't
> check other fonts.
>
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Comment 4 Ahmad Samir 2021-11-15 17:47:27 UTC
Yeah, only monospace/fixed-width fonts are supported. Noto mono seemed to work when I tested.