RE: Dumb question about fonts

[Atwood, Robert C]

Perhaps it is not 'really' a ddd bug then?

 I too have managed to try other systems without seeing this effect, but 
versions of ddd on the same system exhibit the effect. 
On the original system, the font preferences are read correctly and applied 
correctly, but when the new preferences are saved it seems that all sizes are 
somehow zero and the .ddd/init file updated with these values. 

Is it some unusual way that suse9.3 sets up the X system resources? Perhaps 
I'll try installing LessTif and see if that changes the behaviour. Perhaps I 
can demonstrate that it is not a DDD bug and pass the buck to some other 
mailing list? 



Original system: Exhibits the problem
GNU DDD 3.3.12-test (x86_64-suse-linux)
Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Universität Passau, Germany.
Copyright (C) 2001 Universität des Saarlandes, Germany.
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Compiled with GCC 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux), GNU libc 2.3
Requires X11R6, Xt11R6, Motif 2.2.2 (Motif Version 2.2.2)
Includes XPM 3.4.11, Athena Panner (7000002L), DDD core
Built 2005-12-07 by Robert Atwood 

Other system #1
GNU DDD 3.3.12-test (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Universität Passau, Germany.
Copyright (C) 2001 Universität des Saarlandes, Germany.
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Compiled with GCC 3.3.3, GNU libc 2.2
Requires X11R6, Xt11R6, Motif 2.2.3 (Motif Version 2.2.2)
Includes XPM 3.4.11, Athena Panner (7000002L), DDD core
Built 2005-12-06 by (unknown).


Other system #2
GNU DDD 3.3.11 (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Universität Passau, Germany.
Copyright (C) 2001 Universität des Saarlandes, Germany.
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Compiled with GCC 4.0.1 20050701 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.0-12), GNU libc 2.3
Requires X11R6, Xt11R6, Motif 2.1 (GNU/LessTif Version 2.1 Release 0.93.94)
Includes XPM 3.4.11, Athena Panner (7000002L), DDD core
Built 2005-07-10 by Daniel Schepler <address@hidden>.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Tim Mooney
Sent: 13 December 2005 19:33
To: Discussion list for DDD,the GNU graphical debugger front end
Subject: RE: Dumb question about fonts

In regard to: RE: Dumb question about fonts, Atwood, Robert C said (at...:

> Before I get more into this, can someone try the experiment who has a 
> different *tif already available?
>
> 1. Start ddd
> 2. Edit [ check 'save options' is on] | Preferences | Fonts
> 3. Make note of your settings to get them back after
> 4. Change 'default font' to 'times'
> 5. Change 'Size' for 'Default Font' to 150
> 6. Click OK
> 7. Click 'Yes' to restart ddd and see the effect
> ---> Menu font should be 15 pt Times, is this true?
> 8. File | Exit
> 9. Start ddd
> ---> Now what is the menu font? I get 12 pt Times , all the sizes in the 
> .ddd/init file are set to 0
> 10. Edit | Preferences | Fonts
> 11. Change back to what you had before

I tested this on Tru64 UNIX with the vendor Motif, though on an older
version of ddd (3.3.9-test2), and I didn't get the problem you're seeing.
If I set this to times and "150" (I accidentally had 1150 at first, which
was not good), those settings are preserved.

Tim
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