Bug 33949 - kmail: cursor has problems with tabs in editor
Summary: kmail: cursor has problems with tabs in editor
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.3.1
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
URL:
Keywords:
: 354674 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-10-21 08:03 UTC by Andreas Hochsteger
Modified: 2022-10-08 18:57 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Andreas Hochsteger 2001-10-21 07:57:16 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kmail
Version:           1.3.1 (using KDE 2.2.1 )
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    SuSE
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.10
OS/Compiler notes: 

If you type a tab at the beginning of the line the cursor stays at the beginning of the line. If you type some characters now they are placed where you would expect it ( after the tab) but the cursor moves from the left char by char to the right as if you typed in the text without the tabs. In fact the cursor is not positioned where the characters are inserted.

Here's an example:
Typed text as it appears in the editor:
Text after the tab.
Cursor position after the text:
           ^
Which is exactly the same as if you typed this without the tab:
Text after the tab.

That's really strange since it's nearly impossible to make changes to those lines since you don't know where the cursor is really positioned.

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Comment 1 Michael H 2001-10-21 08:23:00 UTC
On Sunday 21 October 2001 09:57 e9625392@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
>
> If you type a tab at the beginning of the line the cursor stays at the
> beginning of the line. If you type some characters now they are placed
> where you would expect it ( after the tab) but the cursor moves from the
> left char by char to the right as if you typed in the text without the
> tabs. In fact the cursor is not positioned where the characters are
> inserted.

I think that is a font anti aliasing bug.
Are you using this feature does this also happen with this feature disabled?

Regards
Michael Häckel
Comment 2 Andreas Hochsteger 2001-10-21 09:04:03 UTC
On Sunday 21. October 2001 10:23 you wrote:
[snip]
>
> I think that is a font anti aliasing bug.
> Are you using this feature does this also happen with this feature
> disabled?

You are right it disappears when I start kmail from the console after typing 
export QT_XFT=false.

Is it a know bug which already has been fixed in cvs of kde or qt?
Strange is the fact that I only saw this within the kmail editor.

>
> Regards
> Michael Häckel

-- 
Bye
Andreas
Comment 3 Michael H 2001-11-11 17:13:54 UTC
On Sunday 21 October 2001 11:04 Andreas Hochsteger wrote:
>
> Is it a know bug which already has been fixed in cvs of kde or qt?
> Strange is the fact that I only saw this within the kmail editor.

I can't tell you that since I can't reproduce in on my system. It seems to 
depend on the graphics card though.
Most likely it is a bug in the X-Server. Font anti aliasing in anyway in 
general still a bit buggy.

Regards
Michael Haeckel
Comment 4 Jack 2022-10-08 18:57:14 UTC
*** Bug 354674 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***