[18] in im locker bugs
Re: linux 9.1.17: gaim
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arun A Tharuvai)
Fri Oct 25 16:28:20 2002
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:25:17 -0400
From: Arun A Tharuvai <aatharuv@MIT.EDU>
To: Chris Toepel <ctoepel@MIT.EDU>
Cc: aatharuv@MIT.EDU, bug-im@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200210241531.LAA06995@scar.mit.edu>
Hello Chris,
Thanks for reporting this, I've fixed the wrapper script using your
suggestions, and this problem should not be happening in the future.
Arun
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:31:18AM -0400, Chris Toepel wrote:
> System name: scar.mit.edu
> Type and version: i686 9.1.17 (with mkserv)
>
> Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
> Window manager: sawfish
>
> >What were you trying to do?
>
> Run gaim and emacs in the same session on an Athena Linux
> workstation (only Linux, not Sun).
>
> >What's wrong:
>
> If I run emacs AFTER having run gaim, the plain-text letters
> are a very fuzzy, blocky, ugly font. This seems to be related
> to these lines in the /mit/im/bin/gaim script:
>
> xset +fp /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/intlfonts
> xset +fp /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>
> >What should have happened:
>
> Some different font setup should be implemented that doesnt
> mess with emacs. If I run gaim, type 'xset fp default', and
> then run emacs, they both work fine. It was suggested that
> 'xset fp+ ...' would be better than 'xset +fp ...', so I
> changed that in a copy of the script and it worked fine:
>
> xset fp+ /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/intlfonts
> xset fp+ /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>
> >Please describe any relevant documentation references:
>
> The bug was found by an OLC user and the solution by two OLC
> consultants. I just verified it and typed it up pretty. All
> details are here, but you may read the log in ounix [30377].
>
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