Re: long line in GtkTextBuffer

[Olivier Sessink <lists olivier pk wau nl>]

Nick Watts wrote:
> I would probably never have realised except that I tried to open a very 
> complex svg file made with inkscape in my editor and it opened fine 
> but when the text was rendered, the really long line (one extremely complex 
> path element generated with the trace bitmap function) was simply invisible 
> and the whole application started moving at a snails pace. It's a fairly 
> fast computer so I don't think resources are the issue (the whole svg file 
> is only 12Kb). Anyone have any ideas?

this is a known issue with the gtktextview widget, and there seems to be
no fix ATM. Should be in bugzilla somewhere already.

regards,
        Olivier Sessink