Ah yes, I'll need to dig that patch up. It is not completed, but maybe martin can complete it.
Marc On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 13:18 +1100, Martin Sevior wrote: > Sorry, misspelt uwog email address > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Martin Sevior <msev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a known bug. Marc Maurer was working on a complete fix for the > > problem. > > > > Cheers > > > > Martin > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:08 AM, gpk <g...@kochanski.org> wrote: > >> Whoops, here's the image. > >> > >> ** Attachment added: "bug.png" > >> > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/abiword/+bug/672263/+attachment/1726105/+files/bug.png > >> > >> -- > >> Letters in and near selection move by +-1 pixel > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672263 > >> You received this bug notification because you are a member of AbiWord > >> Stable Builds, which is subscribed to abiword in ubuntu. > >> > >> Status in “abiword” package in Ubuntu: New > >> > >> Bug description: > >> Binary package hint: abiword > >> > >> If you select text on abiword with the left mouse button held down, > >> and you sweep the mouse to the right, you can see the letters near > >> the mouse pointer shimmer. They move by + or - 1 pixel as the mouse > >> pointer approaches them, and also as the mouse pointer passes them. > >> > >> Somewhere, in the code that displays a selection, there is a fencepost > >> error. (Or, perhaps it's a fencepost error in the code that displays the > >> non-selected text?) > >> > >> I have attached an image made from four screen captures as I selected > >> part of a word. The top is the reference, with no selection. > >> The next three select larger areas. All four images are aligned on the > >> left edge of the document. > >> > >> I added two pink vertical bars for reference, and you can see that the > >> "r" is one pixel further leftwards in the bottom two images. You can also > >> see that the "v" is one pixel rightwards in the second image. > >> > >> Not every letter moves equally, it seems. Perhaps it's a rounding error > >> for characters that are a non-integral number of pixels wide? > >> > >> The font used was Times New Roman, 12 point. > >> > >> ProblemType: Bug > >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 > >> Package: abiword 2.8.6-0ubuntu1 > >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.37-generic 2.6.35.7 > >> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64 > >> Architecture: amd64 > >> Date: Sun Nov 7 19:58:36 2010 > >> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/abiword > >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 > >> (20100816.1) > >> ProcEnviron: > >> SHELL=/bin/bash > >> PATH=(custom, user) > >> LANG=en_GB.utf8 > >> SourcePackage: abiword > >> XsessionErrors: > >> (gnome-settings-daemon:3090): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: > >> gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed > >> (gnome-settings-daemon:3090): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: > >> gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed > >> (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3107): GLib-CRITICAL **: > >> g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed > >> (nautilus:3108): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != > >> NULL' failed > >> > >> > >> > > -- Letters in and near selection move by +-1 pixel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672263 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
