[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1378: Error when clicking 'Set Font' dialog in wxGUI settings

[GRASS GIS]

#1378: Error when clicking 'Set Font' dialog in wxGUI settings
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 Reporter:  epatton                   |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  6.4.2                    
Component:  wxGUI                     |     Version:  svn-develbranch6         
 Keywords:  font, set font, settings  |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  x86-32                    |  
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Comment(by cmbarton):

 I looked at this in 6.5 svn. As soon as I added a debug statement, the
 font dialog popped up and saved OK. From then on it has been fine. I think
 that perhaps this is caused by 1) a changed in the wxgrass settings file
 (from "display" to "appearance" in the settings dictionary and 2) a lack
 of error trap for the first time font setting is called with the new
 format for .wxgrass. This can easily be fixed.

 BUT...

 I also found that the standard wxPython font dialog now works for the Mac
 with wxPython stable 2.8.12. I left wxPython font dialog code in
 preferences.py, commented out, when the standard font dialog broke. This
 now works. So here is a question for you all. Do we: 1) simply add an
 error trap to fix the custom font dialog that is being used right now (but
 is partly broken), 2) replace the custom font dialog with the wxPython
 standard one (i.e., uncomment out the code; this brings up a platform
 specific font dialog), or 3) fix the custom dialog for the 6.x series
 (thinking that not everyone with a Mac who compiles will have the newest
 wxPython) and go back to the standard font dialog for GRASS 7.x?

 Michael

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