Re: Cursor doesn' follow typing

On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:44:40 +0000
Rob Kendrick <rjek@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:35:13PM +0100, palama@inwind.it wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am a newcomer to the list and have a problem with netsurf which I am unable
> > to solve.
> > I'm trying to use netsurf on a i386 Debian Jessie box.
>
> There is no such thing. Do you mean Debian Testing? Sid? What version of NetSurf
> are you using?
>
Thanks for your prompt answer, Rob.
Yes, I meam Debian Testing which is codenamed Jessie. Netsurf version is 2.9-2.

> > If I start netsurf with the default homepage www.google.com and type a string
> > of 7 "a"s in the search field,
> > the cursor in the field moves slower than the right end of the string. After 7
> > "a" the cursor is between the 6th and the 6th "a" instead of being at the
> > right
> > of the 7th "a" as it should be. It seems that the routine that moves the
> > cursor
> > underestimates the space occupied by the string by a factor of 6/7.
> > Do you have any suggestion to solve the problem?
>
> A patch :)
>
> More seriously, is this the GTK front end, or the framebuffer? If the
> later, which renderer? SDL? Frambuffer? X?
>
I don't know. I start netsurf which connects to the default homepage
http://www.netsurf-browser.com/welcome
and I am presented with a field I can write in with "Google searc" on the right.
"Google searc" and not "Google search", another indication of netsurf unerestimating the lenght of a string.
Is there any test I can perform to find out in which program (GTK frontend, framebufer or other) is the problem generated?
Thank you for your help.
Best,
Palama

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