Re: [jed-users] Double spacing fonts bug in xjed

["John E. Davis" <jed@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Itai,

Itai Arad <arad.itai@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi John,
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> I am using version 0.99.19 that I compiled myself:
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> ~> xjed --version
> jed version: 0.99.19/Unix
>  Compiled with GNU C 13.2
> S-Lang version: 2.3.3

I highly recommend that you try a more recent version of jed.  0.99.19
may be the latest officially released version, but it it extremely
old.  Instead I think that you should try the latest development
snapshot from <https://www.jedsoft.org/snapshots/>.

I would like to release a new version of jed but being one of the 2
developers for TEMPO <https://tiny.cc/y6aavz>, I have little time to
create a formal release.  I hope to have more time once TEMPO starts
nominal operations later this fall.

Thanks,
--John

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> jed compile-time options:
> +LINE_ATTRIBUTES +BUFFER_LOCAL_VARS +SAVE_NARROW +TTY_MENUS
> +EMACS_LOCKING +MULTICLICK +SUBPROCESSES +DFA_SYNTAX +ABBREVS
> +COLOR_COLUMNS +LINE_MARKS +GPM_MOUSE +IMPORT
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> Using JED_ROOT=/usr/local/jed
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> However, the exact same problem exists also in the AUR package of jed.
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> Strangely, on another machine that runs manjaro I don't seem to have this problem - but I don't understand why - on the surface they all up-to-date and use the same libraries .
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> I tried what you have suggested -- all three commands give the same effect of fonts taking two places.
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> I attach a screenshot to this email (I hope it is allowed in this mailing list).
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> Thanks,
> I.
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> On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, at 17:45, John E. Davis wrote:
>> Itai Arad <ia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I have installed jed on manjaro linux and I am trying to use xjed.
>>> However, all the fonts look funny; they appear to occupy to places,
>>> where the letter is written in one space and the other space is empty.
>>
>> What version of jed are you using?  (xjed --version)
>>
>> If it is a recent version, try something like:
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>>    xjed -fn xft:mono
>>    xjed -fn xft:courier
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>> If the same problems result, then try:
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>>    xjed -fn 10x20 -fs 0
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>> And if the problem continues, I will work with you to try to resolve
>> the problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --John
>>
>>> For example, if I write ABC, it will appear there as "A B C"
>>>
>>> I tried many different fonts using -fn and -fs --- for example, xjed
>>> -fn "mono" -fs 11 --- but while the fonts and sizes change, I always
>>> get the same behavior.
>>>
>>> Do you know what could have gone wrong? I compiled it with xft support.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Itai.
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