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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0010336ScribusStory Editor / Text Framespublic2012-04-29 10:57
ReporterJLuc Assigned Tofschmid  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version1.4.0svn 
Fixed in Version1.4.1.svn 
Summary0010336: Inserted glyph is not of the requested font
DescriptionWhen inserting some glyph using the Insert / Glyph palette, the inserted glyph has not the requested font.

The user-friendly behaviour would be that scribus insert the requested glyph in the requested font.
Steps To Reproduce- create doc and text frame
- click to enter edit mode
- menu : Insert / Glyph (or character)
- first button
- choose font (dingbat or wingding for example)
- choose glyph, double click it
- click "Insert" button on the bottom of the palette

The choosen glyph appears in the text frame at the insertion position, but it has not the requested font. For example; if in the middle of some normal text, a wingding glyph appears as an empty rectangle.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1d4ZGVQHA8 for a demo
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JLuc

2011-12-29 16:02

developer   ~0027416

Here is another related problem :

The insert char palette enables to record a selected char in a preselected chars pane (displayed below the buttons, in the palette).

However, not the selected char is viewed, but its equivalent in the textframe localy selected font.

Thus, the initialy selected char is not viewed, particularly when in a rarely used font, for special characters, like dingbats, webdings or wingdings. That makes the use of the palette difficult since these special chars are usually used single (not in a word but more as separators or bullets for example).

Other way to say it :
The palette enables to select a character in a specific font, it should record not only the ascii or utf8 code, but also the name of the font, and display it in the preselected chars pane accordingly to both the code and the font,
and insert it in the text in the initialy choosen font.

The insert char should enable not to select record and insert an ascii or utf8 code, but to select a specific char in a specific font (a specific glyph).

JLuc

2011-12-29 16:03

developer  

capture bad char.png (11,600 bytes)   
capture bad char.png (11,600 bytes)   

JLuc

2011-12-29 16:03

developer  

character palette.png (11,975 bytes)   
character palette.png (11,975 bytes)   

JLuc

2012-02-04 10:53

developer   ~0027652

The first of these bugs has been corrected in 1.5 with http://scribus.net/websvn/comp.php?repname=Scribus&compare[]=%2F@17272&compare[]=%2F@17273

fschmid

2012-02-04 19:36

administrator   ~0027653

I'm just working on the second part of that bug.

gpittman

2012-02-07 02:10

developer   ~0027662

Last edited: 2012-02-07 02:17

I'm getting a crash with this fix in 1.4.1svn. Both with inserting via Edit Contents and in Story Editor. Says it's a segmentation fault, Signal 0000011.
This is on Fedora 16, x86_64.
The crash happens when I close the insert glyph dialog. Visually, it looks like the correct glyph is inserted.

fschmid

2012-02-07 19:09

administrator   ~0027664

Revision 17283 contains a fix for that, although i really don't know why 1.4.1svn crashes and 1.5.0svn not. It is the same code apart from that bugfix.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-10-22 21:11 JLuc New Issue
2011-12-29 16:02 JLuc Note Added: 0027416
2011-12-29 16:03 JLuc File Added: capture bad char.png
2011-12-29 16:03 JLuc File Added: character palette.png
2012-02-04 10:53 JLuc Note Added: 0027652
2012-02-04 19:36 fschmid Note Added: 0027653
2012-02-04 23:07 fschmid Status new => resolved
2012-02-04 23:07 fschmid Fixed in Version => 1.4.1.svn
2012-02-04 23:07 fschmid Resolution open => fixed
2012-02-04 23:07 fschmid Assigned To => fschmid
2012-02-07 02:10 gpittman Note Added: 0027662
2012-02-07 02:17 gpittman Note Edited: 0027662
2012-02-07 19:09 fschmid Note Added: 0027664
2012-04-29 10:57 cbradney Status resolved => closed
2015-09-17 20:08 Kunda Category Story Editor / Text Frames => Story Ed/Txt Frames
2015-09-17 20:12 Kunda Category Story Ed/Txt Frames => Story Editor / Text Frames