Mysterious font behaviour in compose message box

[Charles Kroeger-2]

Hello,

I use a mono-type font called Chantilly from Softmaker.de in the compose
window of claws-mail. I'm running Debian unstable and use the UWM desktop
or window manager

my problem is best illustrated by typing some text:

If I type short versus like a poem say the last stanza form 'Invictus'

It matters not how strait the gate,
 How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
 I am the captain of my soul.

everything would appear to be fine.

If I type instead longer lines, I get this:

This collection of verse is Houseman's signature work. Mixing the styles of
This collectithe traditional English ballad and classical verse, the young
This collectiHouseman takes on the growing pains of youth and young love.
This collectiHousHis verse is noted for its economy of words and directness
This collectiHousHis versof statement, pictures of the English countryside,
This collectiHousHis versand the fusion of humour and pathos.

As each line is added more of the previous line is dragged down and added
to the next line.

I've set the length of line at 76 characters and use the  auto-wrap option.

Any idea what might be causing this to happen?

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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:19:34 -0400 Charles Kroeger wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I use a mono-type font called Chantilly from Softmaker.de in the compose
>window of claws-mail. I'm running Debian unstable and use the UWM desktop
>or window manager
>
>my problem is best illustrated by typing some text:
>
>If I type short versus like a poem say the last stanza form 'Invictus'
>
>It matters not how strait the gate,
> How charged with punishments the scroll,
>I am the master of my fate:
> I am the captain of my soul.
>
>everything would appear to be fine.
>
>If I type instead longer lines, I get this:
>
>This collection of verse is Houseman's signature work. Mixing the styles
>of This collectithe traditional English ballad and classical verse, the
>young This collectiHouseman takes on the growing pains of youth and
>young love. This collectiHousHis verse is noted for its economy of words
>and directness This collectiHousHis versof statement, pictures of the
>English countryside, This collectiHousHis versand the fusion of humour
>and pathos.
>
>As each line is added more of the previous line is dragged down and added
>to the next line.
>
>I've set the length of line at 76 characters and use the  auto-wrap
>option.
>
>Any idea what might be causing this to happen?
>

A bug!  :D  Seriously, this is identical to an old bug I reported and/or
commented on at least a year ago during the wrapping issues...  I'm
shocked to see it back...  :(  Though I haven't seen it myself, yet :)

Pierre

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[Andrew-260]

Hi Guys,

I am doing some work on Claws Mail (which I shall reveal later...) however I would be very happy if
you could explain the functions of some items in the preferences dialog, I need to know
*exactly* what they do however I cannot seem to find what some of them do (or cannot be sure):

Composing > Wrapping:
        What is the difference between 'auto wrapping' and then 'wrap at n characters'? What does
        each do independent of eachother?

Message View > Text Options:
        The scrolling options don't seem to work for me, what *should* they do in any case?

Other > Miscellaneous:
        What does the 'Socket I/O timeout' entry do?
        What does the 'Add address to destination when double-clicked' option do?
        Metadata Handling - The 'safer' mode writes data directly to disk, however what does the
        'faster' mode do exactly?


Thankyou very much


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[Charles Kroeger-2]

> A bug!  :D  Seriously, this is identical to an old bug I reported and/or
> commented on at least a year ago during the wrapping issues.

I've only had claws installed about three weeks but this condition has been
like this since installation. It is actually the reason I signed up for the
list.

In defense to the developers I do run Debian unstable and this system is
hard on software. There are 'shoals' of Libs being upgraded weekly, and
after these sessions it's always interesting to see what doesn't work the
same.

A kind of poor man's adventure land.

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[Charles Kroeger-2]

> I am doing some work on Claws Mail (which I shall reveal later...)

Thanks for this, I will be compiling a report in the next few days. As it
Thanks would seem your work directly affects my problem in the compose
Thanks window.

As you see.

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On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:13:01 -0400 Charles Kroeger wrote:

>> A bug!  :D  Seriously, this is identical to an old bug I reported
>> and/or commented on at least a year ago during the wrapping issues.
>
>I've only had claws installed about three weeks but this condition has
>been like this since installation.

This news will probably send a chill through Colin and Paul in
particular...  after all this time, I was convinced the bug was gone.

You might want to try compiling from scratch -- I've not seen this
problem in about a year, and I really stress my system.  I also run three
instances of CM non-stop with multiple accounts -- all POP though.

Pierre


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[Andrew-260]

Charles Kroeger <mbone@...> wrote:

> > I am doing some work on Claws Mail (which I shall reveal later...)
>
> Thanks for this, I will be compiling a report in the next few days. As it
> Thanks would seem your work directly affects my problem in the compose
> Thanks window.
>
> As you see.
>

Spam?

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Sunday, 27th September 2009

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[Charles Kroeger-2]

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:54:28 +0100
Andrew <rugby471@...> wrote:

> Spam?

What?

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[Andrew-260]

Charles Kroeger <mbone@...> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:54:28 +0100
> Andrew <rugby471@...> wrote:
>
> > Spam?
>
> What?
>

Sorry I didn't really understand what you meant


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[Charles Kroeger-2]

> Sorry I didn't really understand what you meant

Sorry Andrew, I didn't understand what you meant either. It comes of not reading carefully. I thought you were working on my problem mentioned in the "Mysterious font behaviour etc. thread.  Alas I see your letter had nothing to do with that. A horrible misunderstanding like in a Coen Bros. film.

> Andrew
>
> Sunday, 27th September 2009

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[Charles Kroeger-2]

> >my problem is best illustrated by typing some text:
> >
> >If I type short versus like a poem say the last stanza form 'Invictus'
> >
> >It matters not how strait the gate,
> > How charged with punishments the scroll,
> >I am the master of my fate:
> > I am the captain of my soul.
> >
> >everything would appear to be fine.
> >
> >If I type instead longer lines, I get this:
> >
> >This collection of verse is Houseman's signature work. Mixing the styles
> >of This collectithe traditional English ballad and classical verse, the
> >young This collectiHouseman takes on the growing pains of youth and
> >young love. This collectiHousHis verse is noted for its economy of words
> >and directness This collectiHousHis versof statement, pictures of the
> >English countryside, This collectiHousHis versand the fusion of humour
> >and pathos.
> >
> >As each line is added more of the previous line is dragged down and added
> >to the next line.

> >Any idea what might be causing this to happen?

> A bug!  :D  Seriously, this is identical to an old bug I reported and/or
> commented on at least a year ago during the wrapping issues...  I'm
> shocked to see it back...  :(  Though I haven't seen it myself, yet :)
>
> Pierre


Yes, a bug to be sure, but good news, this bug was squashed in the last upgrade: v.3.7.3

Thanks, Claws Designers

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