Typing very *high* values for the text freezes Krita on Ubuntu

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Friday 06 January 2012 Jan, silvio grosso wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I would like to fill up a new bug concerning the text tool.
> 
> I work on Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity Shell) and I run Krita 2.4 beta 5 (through the ppa neon-project package).
> I have tested this bug on Windows 7 as well.
> 
> I have tried to test a bit further this bug:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289775
> 
> As of now, imho, at least on my Ubuntu 11.10, it is not possible to select any text easily.
> 
> A new text bug I have discovered today freezes Krita beta 5 on Linux:
> - Fire up Krita and open a new Rgb custom document;
> - Write some text;
> - Select this text (well, it is a bit difficult but....)
> - When you have finally *selected* your text, type in the box a very high value:  e.g. 99999.
>  I know this value is *weird* but I am testing Krita :-)
> - Krita freezes because it is unable to apply this big value to the *selected* text.
> In short, it does not crash on Linux but it becomes unresponsive.
> 
> I have tried to type big text values on Gimp 2.7.4 to see how it behaves :-)
> With Gimp you can type these big values (e.g. 99999).
> BUT, as soon as you hit enter to apply them, they are deleted (in order to avoid Gimp to crash or freeze).
> 
> I have recorded a video with all my steps to freeze Krita 2.4 beta 5.
> You can get it here:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3095134/KRITA_2.4-B5_BIG_TEXT_FREEZING.zip
> 
> On Windows 7, Krita 2.4 beta 5  crashes as soon as you hit enter.
> While on Ubuntu 11.10 only freezes the GUI.
> 
> If someone else confirms this bug I can fill myself it on the Krita's  bug tracker :-)

Yes, that's a bug. We need to have maximum values in the docker. I guess words itself cannot handle those font sizes either. 

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Boudewijn Rempt
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