Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Preferences bug: font reset if editing preferences

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Olivier Biot wrote:

> At lines 323 and 324 I get prefs.gui_font_name = "monospace 12" as I
> previously set it.
>
> Then I select the Font preference, and I see "sans" "Normal" 12pt
> highlighted.
>
> The code in gtk/gui_prefs.c says:
>
>    /* Set the font to the current font.
>    XXX - GTK+ 1.2.8, and probably earlier versions, have a bug
>    wherein that doesn't necessarily cause that font to be
>    selected in the dialog box.  I've sent to the GTK+ folk
>    a fix; hopefully, it'll show up in 1.2.9 if, as, and when
>    they put out a 1.2.9 release. */
> gtk_font_selection_set_font_name(
>     GTK_FONT_SELECTION(font_browse_w), prefs.gui_font_name);
>
> So it seems that the problem is known to some extent.
>
> Regards,
>
> Olivier
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ulf Lamping"
>
> | Olivier Biot wrote:
> |
> | >| >Might this be an issue only visible when compiling with "-O3" as
> | >| >optimization?
> | >| >
> | >| Could you try to use a different optimization level?
> | >
> | >Compiling everything in gtk/ and ethereal.exe with -O2 instead
> of -O3
> | >yields the same problem...
> | >
> | >
> | That's beginning to get strange...
> |
> | Could you debug into gui_prefs.c, line 323/324, and have a look at
> the
> | "prefs.gui_font_name" var there?
> |
> | This should reflect your saved font (e.g. "courier new 9" on my
> | machine). This is the default font shown by the "Font" page.
> |
> | Could you also have a look, if the "prefs.gui_font_name" is really
> in
> | the list of the fonts in the dialog?
>
>
>
>  

You have written, that you're using GTK 2.x, so this bug should have 
been fixed for quite a while now...

Hmmm, that sounds to me, that we cannot do anything against it, or do 
you have any good idea?

Regards, ULFL