Re: [Evolution] HTML email display problems in 0.8

[christophe barbe <christophe barbe inup com>]

I've the same problem and I use XFree 4.0.1 too.
It's really hard to compose a message with this bug.

Thanks

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:41:53 Ali Abdin wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2000 01:00:13 -0600, Larry Ewing wrote:
> > This is almost certainly a problem with e-font making a bad match for
> > the proportional font in gtkhtml.  There have been reports of similar
> > things happening in e-table.  Please try choosing a different for in the
> > HTML Viewer configuration capplet in the gnome control center, if it
> > doesn't work the first time try a couple other completely different
> > fonts.  Also, do you have a lot of  true type fonts installed or even a
> > bunch of type1 fonts for that matter?
>
>
> I have a lot of TrueType fonts (and the default Type1 fonts that come
> with XFree86 4.0.1) and I have some serious font problems apparently. It
> seems to be a problem with proportional vs. fixed font stuff.
>
> As a temporary work-around I chose Courier 12 as my proportional font
> (even though it is a fixed width font!) This only fixes some of the
> problems (when I compose a mail). It does not fix the rest.
>
> Some symptoms of my font problem is that highlighting does not "match"
> the actual text length. When I type something the cursor moves further
> than the character that I just typed. In some HTML mails (and mails with
> links in them), the text sometimes overlaps other text. Also, the line
> underneath a link does not extend all the way over the text.
>
> I'm not exactly sure why this font problem is happening - Any clues?
> (iain had similiar problems a long time ago, but he says he switched X
> servers and it went away)
>
> Regards,
> Ali
>
> > --Larry
> >
> > On 17 Dec 2000 22:49:17 -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> > > I've discovered that Evo 0.8 is not displaying any HTML email, unless I turn on "VIEW | SOURCE"
> > > to see the headers.
> > > . 
> > > As an example, any email that has a header similar to this in it:
> > >
> > > ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C06109.9A83C220
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > >
> > > will NOT display until I turn on "VIEW | SOURCE". At which point, I can see the content of the email,
> > > but not as HTML. It appears as plain text.
> > >
> > > Also, as I mentioned previously, any style other than PRE is invisible, so that I can't see any text 
> > > that
> > > I'm trying to type into an email (either new or reply). (HTML email is not on by default).
> >
> >
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