Re: odd bug with primes from Symbol (under Linux)

From: Stephen Viles (sviles_abi@iinet.net.au)
Date: Sun May 11 2003 - 04:36:59 EDT

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    Hi Christopher,

    Can you please file this as a bug at http://bugzilla.abisource.com/ - and
    when you have created the bug, can you please attach to it:

    1. the AbiWord file that produces the bug
    2. the output PostScript file
    3. a screenshot of the output when viewed by gv

    There have been some oddities with printing Symbol font before. A Bugzilla
    query for "symbol print" turned up 5 bugs. The most similar to your
    problem isBug 1593 "Printing 2 symbols in a row turns them into degrees."
    See http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593 for details.

    Regards
    Stephen Viles.

    8/05/03 11:05:43 PM, Christopher Pinon <pinon@netbsd.polarhome.com> wrote:

    >Hi,
    >
    >I've recently begun to use abiword for more serious work (such as class
    >handouts) and I've encountered a few odd problems. I say "odd" because
    >they do seem odd. I'll mention one in this message. This problem
    >arises for me in abiword 1.0.2 and 1.0.4 under Linux. Take a minimal
    >file containing the following,
    >
    >x', x"
    >
    >where the primes ' (single prime) and " (double prime) are inserted from
    >the Symbol font (the rest is from Times, but this isn't crucial). If I
    >save the file (as .abw) and then print it to a (PostScript) file, both
    >prime symbols turn into a degree symbol. This is the case both when the
    >PostScript file viewed by gv (using ghostscript 7.06) and when it is
    >printed out on a PostScript printer. Most other characters from the
    >Symbol font seem to print correctedly (though I haven't tested them
    >all), but it is mildly annoying that the primes don't work.
    >
    >Perhaps this is a well-known problem, but I thought that I'd mention it
    >just in case.
    >
    >Thank you,
    >Ch. Pinon
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