[kdepim-users] font rendering errors running kmail on gnome

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday, February 16, 2015 06:07:33 AM Gene Heskett wrote:

Ping!

> Greetings;
> 
> Your basic wheezy install on an AMD phenom with 8 Gb of memory. 
> Nouveau driver for generic nvidia card, an EVGA GeForce 8400 GS.
> 
> I am at a loss as to where to find a doorstep to lay this problem on,
> but in kmail-1.13.7's message window, a message containing a number
> string followed by(no spaces) a numerical abbreviation for the scaling
> of that number, such as 320GB, is actually rendered as 3## where the 2
> char scaler, the 'GB' is actually rendered on top of the '20'.  Its
> font independent, you can change the font family, and its size, bold
> or italic attributes without effecting the trashed display.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to isolate this?  I do not
> believe I have noticed it anyplace but the message window, and
> possibly in the printout if I print the message suffering from
> this.
> 
> If I mouse highlight it, and middle button paste it to a terminal
> screen, there it renders correctly.  But when wiping the mouse across
> the string, the highlighting doesn't always follow the mouse smoothly,
> as if there is an invisible character or 2 there.
> 
> Running low on hair from scratching my head on this one. :)
> 
> Suggestions welcome.

I can't even hear the crickets but I am sure there are some hereabouts.

If its any help, I can hit a v to see the raw message where such a 
numberdotletternumber is reproduced correctly and is then perfectly 
readable.

Anyone?

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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