Re: [PATCH] Zenmap DiffCompare FontDescription causes error to be generated in zenmap.exe.log

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 04:10:02AM +0100, jah wrote:
> I'm getting a font error with zenmap svn on windows.  From the
> zenmap.exe.log:
>
> <path>\zenmap.exe\zenmapGUI\App.py:183: PangoWarning: couldn't load font
> "Monospace Normal, Not-Rotated 9", falling back to "Sans Not-Rotated 9",
> expect ugly output.
>
> It happens when loading up a pair of scans in the Compare Results
> dialog.  The font used for the contents of the Comparison text area in
> compare mode is, as the error says, not monospace.

Weird. I wonder why this hasn't been reported before. It has never
happened to me on Windows.

I can't remember the output of the graphical diff ever being in
monospace. (The text diff is, but not the graphical diff.) See
http://nmap.org/book/zenmap-compare.html#zenmap-fig-compare-example
for a diagram I created that's not monospace.

> From reading the docs at
http://pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/class-pangofontdescription.html#constructor-pangofontdescription
it appears the "Monospace 9" is the correct way to get a 9-point
monospace font. But I think the proportional font looks a lot better. I
changed it to "Normal 9". Does that work for you?

David Fifield

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